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by grandalf 9y ago
I realized after 3.x came out that committing to a large framework and associated ecosystem comes with a significant cost/tax that is often not worth it (but sometimes is).
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by grandalf 9y ago
It's just odd because so often a tantalizing but highly descriptive title is reverted to whatever the author opaquely titled the article and I feel a tinge of annoyance... Then this time I see the clickbaity title and double-check to s
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by grandalf 9y ago
> Camping True, I didn't forget Camping, but in my mind last night as I wrote the comment I was thinking that camping inspired the micro-framework idea but not the REST ideas. But I agree with you.
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by grandalf 9y ago
> moderately-sized Rails app How many models? How many gems that hook into the framework? > Rails came about in a world of SQL embedded in html Great point. Rails deserves tremendous credit for showing people the light in many ways.
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by grandalf 9y ago
My intent was to mention the timeline from Sinatra's perspective, not to diminish the contribution Rails made. Of course, Rails was revolutionary in many ways, and certainly, Sinatra was a riff off of Rails. Great points.
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by grandalf 9y ago
Is this a case where the HN story originally appeared with a title matching the essay and was subsequently changed to a more descriptive title? Quite the opposite of the typical pattern :)
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by grandalf 9y ago
The relevant timeline for Sinatra is as follows: - Rails 1.0 is released, popularizing Ruby - Rails 2.0 is released, deprecating patterns that were best practices in 1.0 and advocating REST patterns. - Sinatra is born, distilling the ideas
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by grandalf 9y ago
Good points. Being female puts a person at a disadvantage in certain ways, and particularly makes it more likely that teachers and parents will believe that the easier path of study is preferable to the one that requires more challenges, pa
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by grandalf 9y ago
> I believe that some of the most compassionate people have grown that way through hardship This is very true, and all of the most dedicated physicians I know were inspired as children to pursue medicine because of some situation they we
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by grandalf 9y ago
I used to get teased for being so interested in computers and electronics during grade school, and for staying in at recess to program or read. Being able to ignore social pressures and just be yourself is definitely a benefit of privilege.
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by grandalf 9y ago
For every explicit thing in the code the programmer must pay attention to it when reading/understanding how the code works. For every implicit thing in the code the programmer must have a mental model of what it is doing behind the
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by grandalf 9y ago
> The customer's benefits came right out of the driver's pay check (and health insurance, and pension funds etc). I do think Uber has made (and continues to make) a strategic mistake by not becoming the market leader in gig eco
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by grandalf 9y ago
> Overall, you get more people working longer hours for less compensation So then the solution to increasing wages is simply to ban hard-working, willing people from taking jobs! Brilliant. Let's force them to be unemployed just s
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by grandalf 9y ago
> is no excuse for fucking people over in the first place Who is getting fucked over because of the job? Are you claiming that people choose those jobs over other, better jobs? If I didn't own a car and was considering making a c
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by grandalf 9y ago
> Adding more middle men isn't a good thing Would the people who chose employment through them as a preferable choice to other options (or unemployment) agree with you?
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by grandalf 9y ago
> Breaking the law What percentage of laws in the US do you think it is reasonable to break? Unless you answer 0% you should justify your comment by explaining why the laws that Uber broke are just and important. The laws Uber broke to
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by grandalf 9y ago
This is a good thing though, isn't it?
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by grandalf 9y ago
> "jumping on the bandwagon" is kind of a conversation ender Has there not been a very profound anti-Uber bandwagon effect going on? Several incidents snowballing into a major backlash? I think there is some sort of organized
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by grandalf 9y ago
> so be it. No offense was meant by my phrasing, FYI. > Thankfully we have choices Yes we do. I think we likely agree on the overall benefits of Uber, but you are more inclined to focus on Lyft as a better instantiation of the idea an
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by grandalf 9y ago
Lyft lagged in new markets and allowed Uber to establish the driver pool and consumer awareness. I'd say Lyft is a completely different investment than Uber. Lyft has made smart decisions but is generally "drafting" behind U
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by grandalf 9y ago
> for argument's sake, lets say all of it is true It is :) > If Uber's big innovation was being able to order a car via an app That's like saying that it would be trivial to set up a rival to the post office or a rival
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by grandalf 9y ago
Edit: Please don't down-vote this. Up-vote it and argue articulately against it! The only thing more embarrassing for authorities than having propped up a corrupt medallion taxi system for decades is this sort of probe. In order to di
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by grandalf 9y ago
Thanks :) Just ordered some.
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by grandalf 9y ago
I think people are reluctant to believe this, but practical evidence shows it to be true. Unethical behavior by groups is very common.
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by grandalf 9y ago
I've been wanting to try Soylent but have not done so b/c of the price. Is there an HN promo code or something? I'd try it for a full month.
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by grandalf 9y ago
I think he came to the belief that there was legal justification for conducting mass surveillance in secret... in other words that the AG didn't need to sign off on it for it to be an appropriate tool. If the AG had signed for it, then
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by grandalf 9y ago
> Do you think such an organization could exist in the light? I think it could but it would need good legal support and PR support to prevent its actions from being mischaracterized. > Bootstrapping myself to have great opsec seems li
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by grandalf 9y ago
> He is playing the word game That's the worst thing about Comey. He is totally comfortable and unabashed about going in front of the American people and playing a word game.
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by grandalf 9y ago
> It's not at all natural that he should argue for hollowing out the constitution, or favour the needs of own organisation over the rest of the state or over the entire society. Very true. But I think it's safe to assume that n
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by grandalf 9y ago
> Most people I've met who work in security at large companies would rather lose their job than participate in the erasure of security for all. While I think (and hope) this is correct, I'm not sure it matters. For example, it

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