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by erickj 8y ago
https://media3.giphy.com/media/Fjr6v88OPk7U4/giphy.gif
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by erickj 8y ago
that's until OP decides tonight that the tool is so pouplar that sticking a database behind it to serve anonymous examples MUST be a good idea, e.g.
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by erickj 8y ago
that's what i'm procrastinating on right now
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by erickj 8y ago
document.body.addEventListener('mouseenter', e => { console.log('this just in, erickj tracks mouse movements'); })
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by erickj 8y ago
The only wrong with this is the octopus logo has 9 arms
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by erickj 8y ago
"... I’m not sure that disabling user extensions actually disables the Javascript engine completely, but it definitely minimizes it to the least possible scope."
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by erickj 8y ago
"How come that developers give away half of their earnings to the monopolist platform and are still treated like kids" I don't mean to troll, but the answer to that question lines in the uncomfortable economic reality. Apple
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by erickj 9y ago
What is crystal? And where are Java & C++? Also, who the hell writes web frameworks in Objective-C? Also... does anyone notice that this test shows that the web framework hosted under the same github account is the fastest. edit: re: &q
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by erickj 9y ago
upload it to Google Drive for easy OCR to a doc https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692?co=GENIE.Plat...
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by erickj 9y ago
> So, what you're saying is they protect the value of a currency by devaluing it? A central banks job is to stabilize the currency and the relevant economy. Controlling liquidity and interest rates are two tools to affect this cha
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by erickj 9y ago
every CL (changelist) gets 2 CL numbers, an original (OCL) and committed (CL) number. so CL #s are monotonically increasing, but less than 1/2 are ever actually committed. when the CL is first uploaded or sent for review the OCL is ass
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by erickj 9y ago
Well obviously compiling a 10 page PDF, replete with references to 37 other sources, in order to establish the core 53 traits to identify the next great SWE is the simplest way to identify great engineers. Just hand this doc over the HR and
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by erickj 9y ago
Here is the reference implementation for Russ Cox's work: https://github.com/google/re2
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by erickj 9y ago
I'm definitely most concerned about the scotch.
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by erickj 9y ago
Moving abroad, I now fully understand the feeling behind "Taxation without representation is tyranny".
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by erickj 9y ago
Emacs Dired mode is my go to here
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by erickj 9y ago
I use books for libraries and large software projects. For languages I use books as references (early on, sometimes) But for learning a new language, an editor and a hello world app are where I start.
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by erickj 9y ago
more like Flowers for Dracula
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by erickj 9y ago
it seems like the better question is: "is it a good idea to build a business around trivia answers?" if your entire business model could be upended by a collection of 1 line wikipedia edits, then it seems like the problem is in th
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by erickj 10y ago
so true. the estimation game can work well on time scales of up to a few months (like 2 or 3)... maybe anything beyond that scale becomes the educated guessing game. no amount of analysis can flesh out every blocker that will be encountered
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by erickj 10y ago
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/#infouse
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by erickj 12y ago
Get off your high horse. Either congratulate or ignore, but in the end just move on.
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by erickj 13y ago
Just a heads up, the reason I say "useless" is that about 1/2 of the servers I tried testing with using the technique in the pong tool just black hole the request.
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Show HN: Some useless JS that simulates ping in the Browser(ejjohnson.org)
1 points by erickj 13y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: How do UX designers work?
1 points by erickj 13y ago|0 comments