fleitz

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   by fleitz 16y ago

   No, it isn't. I was talking about this earlier on a topic about java. Magic is good, it keeps the 'I don't like magic' people away. It provides a slow introduction to noobs and introduces them to the mindset that you shouldn't have to do a
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   by fleitz 16y ago

   The problem with java isn't static typing, checked exceptions, XML configuration, type erasure, lack of lambdas, lack of closures, EJB 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, J2EE, JSP, servlets, servlet containers, etc. The problem is ALL of those problems combine
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   by fleitz 16y ago

   It makes problems because political hay can be made over how campaigns are financed. Most people want the gov't to have a large degree of control over how others conduct their affairs. Politicians believe that making reforms to campaign fin
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   by fleitz 16y ago

   Pretty much everything except that which is rails related. In more seriousness, what do you mean by stuff? Many gems have their source in github, but really if github imploded tomorrow gem install rails would still work. Do you mean, who do
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   by fleitz 16y ago

   Yep, it is a bit of a PITA to setup but once done is well worth it in avoiding social faux pas.
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   by fleitz 16y ago

   Incorrect, Facebook or the company that kills Facebook will figure out how to convey multiple identities from a single account. Facebook will soon enable us to better manage multiple identities in the same way that Outlook's delay send feat
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   by fleitz 16y ago

   Agreed. A solution requires one of two things to happen: every hacker to start using a new term, or every hacker to 'reclaim' the term. Reclamation is out for two reasons, one, we have a really poor narrative, and two, try organizing hacker
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   by fleitz 16y ago

   Good point, I've heard rumor that some of the DEC compilers for Alpha were actually advanced enough that they'd perform many complex calculations in compiler itself, this led to problems with SPEC where the benchmark would be computed in th
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   by fleitz 16y ago

   I don't believe HTML is Turing complete, and thus it's difficult to argue that it is indeed a language for computing.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    Given the level of abstraction in most modern programing languages/ operating systems it's really hard to say that any modern language could implement quicksort in the most strict definitions. For example, is a quicksort 'in-place' if your
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    This is precisely how and possibly the best answer I've ever heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7X7sZzSXYs
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    I bet most of the enterprises that are concerned about jailbroken iOS devices being a threat to their security are the enterprises that force IE6 and its security panacea upon their employees.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    If any of you need your PSD files turned into HTML let me know. Will do it up nice with a 960.gs layout. Also turn PSDs into WordPress themes.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    Don't post a link, post your link in the text box below.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    Most OO programs ARE procedural. (eg. Anything written in Java/C#/C++) OO does not eliminate procedural code, it merely encapsulates it.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    http://thenextweb.com/media/2010/12/09/caving-to-pressure-fr... 'nuff said.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    Yeah it seems backwards to me as well. I always thought it was the only one.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    I know I mean thats like thinking 12 guys back in 1776 could really stop the British Empire with their silly little tea parties.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    The problem is that because Wall St focuses on making money via financial smoke and mirrors that whenever they see something steadily rise in value they always assume it's a bubble rather than people working their asses off.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    This is more of a pro tool than let your mom make websites type thing. The idea is to remove the tedious image slicing / linking from Photoshop and make it easy to link in the relevant parts of WordPress. Will definitely post on HN when don
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    I have to say though, that finding work is a skill of its own. You should setup a site, start posting all over the place, etc. You want to have a lot of channels to get work through, when you're starting out you'll have to spend more time l
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    Hey look at Web 2.0 and all that private money, almost none of it public, or with anyone's pension riding on it. Please don't look at Gold, NYSE, NASDAQ or 0% Prime. Those valuations are definitely not a bubble, and aren't at all based on t
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    They probably took the address from the caller and looked for the plane near there. Once finding it, they likely looked around the area for a guy with an RC remote. Of course they could have also used a radio direction finder.
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    If you want to be pedantic and get into a debate nothing is really ruby as the language lacks a spec the best definition of Ruby we have is acts kinda like MRI 1.8. Also, most browsers don't run really run Javascript, they run ECMAscript or
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    I think you're on to something here, I know there are a lot of utilities to consolidate loyalty cards, but tying together loyalty cards with social could be huge. Stamps and cards for the old fogeys, QR codes for technophiles. When you rede
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    I have a feeling that 'Amazon's privacy policy forbids discussing reasons why customers were terminated with 3rd parties'
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    No, it was a brilliant move on Amazon's part. Most of the populace understands wikileaks to be bad, engaged in killing soldiers, letting terrorists escape, etc. Most of the populace thinks that national secrets are a good idea. When you can
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    Ultimately 9 Justices in the Supreme Court determine that. If Gonzales v. Raich or Kelo v. City of New London are any indication I'm fairly sure they can come up with the legal gymnastics required to make these documents illegal given the c
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    Interesting, I'll give you sessions hands down, but tabs? I'm really interested to know what I'm missing in FF. I think FF4 may get me to switch back as there are a few extensions I miss, oh, and the in page search sucks compared to firefox
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    by fleitz 16y ago

    What got me hooked on chrome was the unified address bar that just worked, and tabs on top (and the close button stays in the right place when you close half a dozen tabs), basically it just took up less space, firefox feels like IE with wa