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by grogs 14y ago
I think idiomatic Scala code should be FP. And although you can just quite Java-esque code in a slightly more concise way in Scala; I do think that people are starting to see that Scala is more than that - it introduces new ideas and idioms
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by grogs 14y ago
Groupthink.
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by grogs 14y ago
I no longer care. Java is overly verbose, but therefore explicit. I'm happier to do concise Scala with more stuff implicit stuff going on, or more explicit stuff in Java with lots of Spring config. Opinionated frameworks which hide stuff fr
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by grogs 14y ago
Another approach to async IO is CPS (continuations passing style), in which you write imperative style code. This imperative style code is then compiled such that the blocking IO operations are called with callbacks, which are the remainder
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by grogs 14y ago
just stick an exec zsh at the end of your bashrc, wrapper in an if statement if it's not available on all machines on your environment. do people have the same attitude to screen/tmux or vim/emacs (vs nano)?
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by grogs 14y ago
Apple still has a reputation/image plenty good enough to attract good talent. I assume they just don't invest as much. Hardware and marketing is a much bigger part of their business.
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by grogs 14y ago
This might make sense in office programs, but I'd hate this for program code at least. I think saving should not be needed except when you want to send the file to someone. Work already creates temp files which autosave? Part of me likes th
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by grogs 14y ago
Yeah, Oracle's brand/goodwill is completely dead if we're talking about consumers. However, does this effect business decisions at all? Any paid thing is aimed at businesses, and the business doesn't care about open source/ethics issues in
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by grogs 14y ago
This looks exactly like Smalltalk's cascading; just allows you to not repeat $message loads of times. To me it's a useful feature which I often would like when working with lots of Java libraries.
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by grogs 14y ago
Hah, that's actually a thing (steganography). That full stop is actually a microdot.
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by grogs 14y ago
Good write up for a sensible solution to a problem which should effect lots of sites. Personally, I would probably take the approach of settings a cookie per user. This would be very suitable when beta testing is enabled/decided by users, r
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by grogs 14y ago
I think it's true that the Android permission system is not very good; an application with zero permissions can read everything on the SD card. However, I'd like to think this is just a weakness in Android, rather than proof that permission
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by grogs 14y ago
Is this true? It's good resume filler, but you won't "meet" many people through it; your mentor, although probably a member of a big corp (most OS stuff has corp sponsors), is just one person. So the networking opportunities are limited, a
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by grogs 14y ago
At my last firm we could share our screen just by giving someone a hyperlink over IM. Sometimes this was really valuable... for coding issues or support issues. Skype has this too, people should use it more.
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by grogs 14y ago
Goto statements are not as horrific as comp sci 101 lectures suggest. This is especially true when compilers do it, pretty sure JMP statements are used for function calls.
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by grogs 14y ago
Even so, paying for a proof reader or two isn't a lot to ask. Especially when they're charging more for the books.
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by grogs 14y ago
Argh, sensationalism is very annoying. As a web dev who's used PhoneGap, and I'm glad to see it's becoming an accepted approach to mobile apps... But PhoneGap has been around for years. Regarding responsive design: the best mobile apps/site
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by grogs 14y ago
Why?
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by grogs 14y ago
Because it was at some point when the decision was made, for a few distributions. How often is this decision re-evaluated? ...personally I just hit Ctrl+C again to reset my prompt.
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by grogs 14y ago
I'm really sure a fair few women will resent being given "unfair" advantages. I've definitely witnessed this in regards to Google giving some free conference passes to a number of women. Maybe the education system just needs to interest fem
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by grogs 14y ago
UTF-8 is just... really good. The only disadvantage I can really think of is that the implementations must be fairly complex. That and determining character count can no longer be calculated from filesize.
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by grogs 14y ago
The Internet should not replace the 1995 solution. You should always use a hybrid approach. If a friend recommends Avengers Assemble, I go see it. If I end up at the cinema out of boredem, I'll let imdb help me. I want some website to come
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by grogs 14y ago
I think the 6 figure salaries will definitely still exist. The interesting thing is that developers cannot let their skills stagnate. If we stop learning at 30, the 20 year olds will steal our jobs. Going the management route can be dangero
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by grogs 14y ago
Interesting ideas. I'd love to read some good sciene fiction novels based on this. It has the potential to be very relevant. 3D plastic printers are interesting, but too limited at the moment. 3D concrete printing has existed for a while th
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by grogs 14y ago
Interesting idea. Obviously, plenty of good people do not use github though. This should be used to allow programmers to skip the phone interview stage, filter people in. However, it it should not filter people out... Just give others a pho
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by grogs 14y ago
I really like this analogy (as I've been actively developing my cooking skills a lot over the past few years). I mostly develop recipes through trial and error, or at the very least the existing knowledge from my cooking skills. The idea t
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by grogs 14y ago
Absolutely. Oversimplified to the point of being false. I'd have thought this would be fairly easy to do, you just need a sufficient amount of WiFi access points. Someone should add this DD-WRT or Tomato so it can be done with cheap/consume
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by grogs 14y ago
Indeed. Writing a book creates a passive income stream. Much like a blog with ads. It's arguable it's not completely passive, you can/should do promo - but equally you may want to do SEO on a blog. The Hunger Games trilogy will be getting a
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by grogs 14y ago
Same. Could not believe it, reread until I saw the all important colon.
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by grogs 14y ago
Facebook making breaking changes does piss people off. It's interesting that it doesn't kill the apps. I can't remember any single change Facebook have made - possibly just because tere's so many - but I do remember when twitter made everyo

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