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You Might Not Need TypeScript (Or Static Types) (2016)(medium.com)
2 points by fergie 6y ago|0 comments
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by fergie 6y ago
Why does TypeScript use javascript as a compile target and not web assembly?
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by fergie 6y ago
This ascetic was very hot around 2000-2001 in the design department at the big dotcom where I worked.
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by fergie 6y ago
Will people keep on using crypto when they are forced to use centralized, democratically unaccountable gatekeepers such as Coinbase? What happens if we give random, yet massively wealthy corporations unfettered power to print money? (yes, y
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by fergie 6y ago
non-paywalled version -> https://outline.com/naVB6H
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by fergie 6y ago
Reading the replies here I’m pretty shocked by the lack of good arguments against unionisation. Its sad.
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by fergie 6y ago
Fair enough, but in that case what are you complaining about exactly?
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by fergie 6y ago
You are now on the front page of Hacker News- this is a golden opportunity to tell people about your product, yet there don't seem to be any links or information about it. Did you market it enough?
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by fergie 6y ago
Where is the data for the North? Is this service only for Imperial Romans?
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by fergie 6y ago
In my younger days I would probably have agreed with you OP. Now that I am older, I have come to appreciate the time, ambition, energy and reward that goes into being a public figure. I am also a bit wiser to the whole game of getting atten
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by fergie 6y ago
Yes. But that didn't answer the question.
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by fergie 6y ago
+1 for scrum master. Their mere existence is a strong signal that you are in an environment with a high tolerance for bureaucracy and low expectations for delivery.
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by fergie 6y ago
What can a "Team Inbox" do that a distribution/mailing list can't? ( <- no snark, genuine question, I'm sure there are things that I don't see here)
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by fergie 6y ago
Joel was one of the very first content marketing geniuses in the Software space. This post was designed to sell FogBugz, which at the time, was a stand alone Windows application that could charitably be described as "not as good as Bug
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by fergie 6y ago
Philosophy and Sociology undergrad here. Nope. With the possible exception of moral philosophy. And even then, you get most "points" for making sound arguments for (what most people would consider to be) morally dubious standpoint
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by fergie 6y ago
I actually quite like the gold/yellow light on "traditional" British street lights. Not only is it arguably more "natural" than whiter hued light, but I think it actually illuminates better. I live in a city in anot
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by fergie 6y ago
Elastic has a market cap of over $10billion. It is literally one of the most successful tech companies ever.
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by fergie 6y ago
This is something that MS makes you do when presenting at conferences (it a uniform rather than the same actual article of clothing of course)
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by fergie 6y ago
I sort of got stuck in Scandinavia and woke up one morning 20 years later with a wife and 3 kids.
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by fergie 6y ago
I find it particularly ironic that it has fallen to a Facebook group of Cold Fusion programmers to call out poor choices. Those of us who actually worked at 1st generation dotcoms know that absolutely nobody had any idea what they were doin
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by fergie 6y ago
Was forced to install and register for the Spond app for my kid's basketball team. Was very uncomfortable with the amount of personal information it forced me to enter. I dont really understand the angle with the "kids sport apps&
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by fergie 6y ago
See also the follow-up article: https://residentcontrarian.substack.com/p/being-poor-ish-rev...
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by fergie 6y ago
So, basically this is allowing corporations to set up "company towns" in Nevada? Does this make sense?
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by fergie 6y ago
> the weakness of both, Upwork and Fiverr is that they focus too much on the demand side. Yes, they only attract marginalised developers. Any "good" developer will be working full time in a well paid job. In the unlikely event
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by fergie 6y ago
Love my e-up. Small cars can do so more than you think. My girlfriend and I just used it to drop our kid off in kindergarten and then go skiing. Am currently sitting in a tight supermarket parking space half way up a mountain- very easy in
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by fergie 6y ago
What about the environmental impact / physical limitations of cryptomining? At this point BTC alone consumes more energy than Argentina ( https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56012952)- will legislators allow this t
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by fergie 6y ago
Phones are _designed_ to be addictive and attention seeking. Personally I have had email alerts turned off for the last decade and I dont sleep with my phone- its the ultimate DND.
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by fergie 6y ago
If you are studying at a decent English university then you are talking €25000 a year just in accommodation and tuition fess.
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by fergie 6y ago
$417,608 is not completely unreasonable for a Cornell-educated doctor who has more than half a century of experience and holds one of the very highest medical offices in the US.
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by fergie 6y ago
Theres a lot of talk of cancel culture these days, but the UK has a long an shameful history of shutting down the hard left. You can argue about whether or not you agree with people like Arthur Scargill, Gerry Adams, Tommy Sheridan, George

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