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1081.
by gambler 15y ago
Call me a cynic, but I think most managers in medium-to-big companies would never believe that there is something wrong with the structure of the work their handing down, so they would never try to fix it. Developer turnaround of X percent
1082.
by gambler 15y ago
You speak about "math community" as if is some exclusive, elite club. In reality, anyone who needs to read a formula or some proof is part of that group. Also, a formula can be written once and read hundreds of thousands of times. Because o
1083.
by gambler 15y ago
If you're interested in PC interfaces, computer games can be pretty inspiring because of their UI diversity. Some have really good ideas, others have obvious issues one can learn from. It's difficult to discuss things like this without more
1084.
by gambler 15y ago
Funny thing is, people invest so much time and effort into clunky "natural" UIs, yet don't want to expand the quality of good old keyboard and mouse interfaces. There are so many things possible that aren't being done! Heck, even some usefu
1085.
by gambler 15y ago
Nope. It's not DNS either, I can ping them.
1086.
by gambler 15y ago
They are adding executable code at the beginning of what is supposed to be a data structure. This solution is not elegant at all. It's an ugly hack that uses a side-effect of code to plug a hole in a rather convoluted security model. Edit:
1087.
by gambler 15y ago
In real life, this is a non-issue. Even if one piece of software is compromised, you cannot compromise all of the parts of the system so they align perfectly. For example, someone compromised your C compiler such that it adds a secret login
1088.
by gambler 15y ago
I'm not keenly familiar with Wordpress API, but it doesn't look like it. From their documentation it looks like a pretty standard ACL. With ACL you usually push permissions into the list when you load a new module/plugin. With functional ap
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A Diferent Way to Think about User Permissions(framework.korsengineering.com)
3 points by gambler 15y ago|2 comments
1090.
by gambler 15y ago
I get really annoyed when a "bad" technology comes out with a good feature I wish the technology I was rooting for had. Which is kind of insane when I think about it. It's not that insane if you think about long-term consequences. For exa
1091.
by gambler 16y ago
I would gladly discuss it, but I don't want to post like this (i.e. just to prove something).
1092.
by gambler 16y ago
She spoke about filtering out unread books, but I'm speaking about books that I've read personally.
1093.
by gambler 16y ago
I think I read a lot. I also keep a list of the books I think everyone should read. That list includes around 20 titles right now. Twenty out of much, much greater number. Moreover, it seems that the rate at which new books are added to the
1094.
by gambler 16y ago
The irony is that this is still going on at Google, and presumably everywhere else in the industry as well. The article describes how Google constantly improved and rewrote their codebase to make it better. I wish this was going on ever
1095.
by gambler 16y ago
"You always backup" is an oversimplification. If you run a medium-size company, chances are, you don't back up stuff yourself. Instead, you pay someone else to do it. You trust them to do it right. This article raises a good question. Why
1096.
by gambler 16y ago
You certainly can pay to use Google Documents and do your own backups. It's just that doing so would defy the biggest appeal of the service. The appeal is that Google handles day-to-day operations for you.
1097.
by gambler 16y ago
> Callback spaghetti is quite easy to avoid. That's what people say about most bad programming practices. "It's not the language, you can write good code in the language." This doesn't really help, though. The reality of programming is
1098.
by gambler 16y ago
The solutions you describes are designed to keep calendar in sync with Earth rotation around the Sun and around its own axis. However, there is no real need to keep computer timers synchronized with Earth rotation. The simplest way to keep
1099.
by gambler 16y ago
Why should we be forced NOT to use a technology that provides superior response and productivity than what was traditionally possible? On many websites heavy (ab)use of JavaScript/AJAX has the opposite effect. It makes them less respons
1100.
by gambler 16y ago
You don't have to supply OpenId to leave a comment there. It's completely optional.
1101.
by gambler 16y ago
Maybe he just understand the concept of "enough", something many CEOs fail to grasp. $90/k is a decent salary, at least in US. What if he simply believes in his company and wants to put more money in developing it, rather than let it stockp
1102.
by gambler 16y ago
Problem is, Photoshop is the default for many designers. They start with image-rich websites and scale them down if necessary. I think good design should be scaled up from simple to more complex - with each instance of complexity being just
1103.
by gambler 16y ago
It's now drastically easier for retailers to sell goods on credit, and it's vastly easier for customers to pay electronically. 10-15 years ago, you couldn't swipe your ATM/credit card at the grocery store. On the flip side, credit cards a
1104.
by gambler 16y ago
> You should show more respect to what other people do. Only if they do something useful, in a reasonably efficient manner. Can you truly say that most of the financial sector operates this way? True, some of IT is also run by selling d
1105.
by gambler 16y ago
If there wasn't an artificially created shortage of TLDs, people probably wouldn't abuse country domains. Besides, this game has started long time ago. It's not like .com, .net and .org bear any meaning either. Domains today are not really