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541.
by gleenn 5y ago
Our Independence Day is probably a special case. Clearly language is flexible enough to say all the formats, but the date format we write matches the most common verbalization.
542.
by gleenn 5y ago
It's because people for hundreds of years have been saying "March second, nineteen sixty two" which they then write out in that order. As a programmer, peoples' frustrations are understandable, but you're a bit naïv
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by gleenn 5y ago
The practicing a habit example is great, it has been nearly impossible to quit cracking my knuckles because, like the author, I would only notice when it was too late. Practicing by fake-starting to do the bad habit and then doing a replace
544.
by gleenn 5y ago
Is there a good reason they haven't added them? Difficult to implement?
545.
by gleenn 5y ago
In my very humble opinion, the parens in lisps are one of the most redeeming qualities as it makes IDE manipulation so much easier and macros are much easier to write. I did enjoy Ruby a lot too though, and you can definitely see some of th
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by gleenn 5y ago
One of the best validation techniques I heard was check for an "@" symbol and if they have one the call it good.
547.
by gleenn 5y ago
That's true but this only making things worse
548.
by gleenn 5y ago
Very cool project putting together raft and sqlite. Definitely seems like it's biggest benefit would be super simple operation when you also really need the distributed behaviors. Is that accurate? What do you guys use it for and where
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by gleenn 5y ago
He did mention that he would never care to change his behavior and had two reasons to continue doing it. I guess that doesn't mean it's the hill he would go to die on. I do struggle with the same thing, at what point is it somethi
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by gleenn 5y ago
They said it looked like a comet, not a rocket, it was very small in size.
551.
by gleenn 5y ago
Could you imagine trying to aim something at a moving planet from light years away and while also shooting it at that speed and not having potential a huge number of things affect it's trajectory via gravity? I love the conspiracy theo
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by gleenn 5y ago
Some companies never respond so it could help get the first call. Maybe if two candidates are otherwise equal but one has a great referral it might help. At smaller companies it definitely helps, I definitely remember calling referrals to g
553.
by gleenn 5y ago
The very last bit of the article interestingly stated that they author wouldn't spend time doing prep again, they would only make sure they applied with a referral. I definitely agree, it's kind of a blight on our industry that th
554.
by gleenn 5y ago
Apple is quick to tell you all the things that the heart monitor can NOT do, but I think they have already had cases where the watch detected peculiarities in heart rhythms and suggested getting things checked out by a doctor which did save
555.
by gleenn 5y ago
Sure if you want an even more contorted version of corporate America and to disenfranchise even more poor voters. I'm all for changing up the rules because there are plenty of problems but handing the government to the highest bidder s
556.
by gleenn 5y ago
I always struggle with the idea that "frameworks are bad, combine libraries instead," it makes sense and makes orthogonal libraries not step on each other or make things more complicated. The thing lost is having an easy time gett
557.
by gleenn 5y ago
That just seems like a crazy amount of pieces and complexity. It looks cool but god strategy must be so hard. If you have played people who start taking long times to think through moves, I feel like this would basically lock people up for
558.
by gleenn 5y ago
Is there any new concern that Curve25519 has been backdoored by the NSA? It looks like P-256 did a long time ago, and reading the Wikipedia article doesn't give that impression, wanted to check though.
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by gleenn 5y ago
People always struggle or avoid doing pair programming, and people always think it means that the developers' time now costs twice as much, but this is a total lie. When I worked at a place that did 100% pair programming with rotation
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by gleenn 5y ago
That makes a lot of sense, I just hope that doesn't mean some countries don't start making PhD mills for schools to get around visa caps which seems like an obvious possible side effect
561.
by gleenn 5y ago
Coming from writing a lot of lisp, all day I dream about s-expressions
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by gleenn 5y ago
I will start that I think TDD is very valuable. But reading this article that quickly goes into a numbered list of "rules" is a little disheartening. Already some other commenters are talking about more nuanced views of when to te
563.
by gleenn 5y ago
You say that but having worked on a DSL for a while, you end up sprinkling this code all over the place and things which might be simple loops, or string.splits, etc become much more gnarly.
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by gleenn 5y ago
Pretty wild, especially also the implications of the children having their own children and passing the mutated genes. I wonder also why there is a deactivated gene that prevents HIV infection... did we have this ability for a long time but
565.
by gleenn 5y ago
I feel like this is MySQL's model very well. A long time ago they traded some strictness for speed, because the average MySQL user was doing some basic CRUD apps and it never mattered. But adding useful checks and good messages everywh
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by gleenn 5y ago
And this is why AMD and Apple are eating their lunch now. I'm super happy Intel is going to build a next gen fab though, mostly because I'm concerned about the imminent threat of China taking over Taiwan and TSMC with it.
567.
by gleenn 5y ago
"Hopefully, with the help of a professional editor — I still haven’t figured out how commas work in English." Haha, impressed by the humility and also the ability to discuss some pretty challenging topics given being not a native
568.
by gleenn 5y ago
Did you miss the title? It literally says SQL in the title.
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by gleenn 5y ago
Well it says its SQL, not just a KV-store. That's a pretty ig difference to start.
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by gleenn 5y ago
> Al Kelly, chairman and chief executive officer of Visa Inc., said in a statement: “This war and the ongoing threat to peace and stability demand we respond in line with our values.” From the New York Times. Someone seems to be able to

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