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by fungiblecog 2y ago
To me it just signals what a bullshitter you are. Most people cannot claim these "outcomes" because it takes a whole team. How do i know you made any contribution to those outcomes?
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
This principle also applies at the business level. I’m constantly dealing with business analysts who obsess with processes (code) but don’t first take time to understand the entities and their relationships (data). The result is that when i
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
Substitute any non-trivial programming idiom for “macros” and that is true for some subset of working programmers.
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
To get it you really need to learn enough lisp (not a lot) and try implementing a non-trivial macro.
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
Rich Hickey would say "just use maps" and avoid all this navel-gazing
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
LOL
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
Just watch all the Rich Hickey videos on YouTube and you’ll understand where it’s all gone wrong.
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
Except for trivial examples, all real development needs to be undertaken iteratively. Design a bit, build a bit, rework both based on what you found out. Unfortunately most people - and definitely most organisations - don't want to rew
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
this will work about as well as the tedious fad for chatbots a few years ago
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by fungiblecog 2y ago
This: https://github.com/kanaka/mal
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
I think a better question would be “how fast would our software be if it was programmed by people who didn’t waste all that cpu power on frameworks, terrible algorithms, and layer after layer after layer of cruft”
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
Social media just projects our toxic culture back at us. It a symptom not a cause. Until we address the reasons why our culture is toxic, mental health will continue to be a problem. Blaming social media, or any other easy target, just dist
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
Wow, it’s so easy when you don’t have to consider downsides!
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
bollocks. it was a new area ripe for experimentation. this always happens when a new market is created. now we're in a phase where there is no innovation and there hasn't beem for some time
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
Why do the majority of the people in the world think the universe was created by an all powerful deity? It’s the same phenomenon. Wanting to believe in something because it strikes a chord despite an absence of evidence.
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
Parental controls are just a feature for advertising purposes
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
Science isn't about truth. it's about the best explanation of the way the world works. the best explanation tomorrow may be better than today but that doesn't make today's explanation false. newton's laws are still
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
that's not an argument it's an emotional appeal
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
people have to pony up to mitigate the consequences of alcohol being legal and many other things...
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
A eulogy for programming as reinventing the wheel over and over again, possibly. But programming as a creative endeavour, no chance.
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
The idea that the user's time is more valuable than the developer's The idea that the user is not an idiot
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
good practice. "best practice" implies there's bo room for improvement. let's face it there's plenty of room to improve software development
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
Who thought that? Surely everyone knows incognito mode is about privacy on your local computer ie watch porn without leaving evidence. weird.
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
You "make" an argument, you don't "do" it
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
Says bloke rich enough to afford healthcare in the country with the most broken system in the western world
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
It's just a classic F.U.D (fear, uncertainty and doubt) tactic
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
Is this satire? Next week: "Why I never cross the road, and 20 other things to avoid if you're terrified of actually living"
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
One anecdote is not data. You need controlled trials that include both correct and incorrect diagnoses not just a headline
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
You realise that all of modern software development is designed around the idea of programming as bricklaying rather than as a skilled craft… but it didn’t have to be that way.
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by fungiblecog 3y ago
The people writing this stuff don't understand tech. they always want the good uses without the bad and don't understand it doesn't work like that

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