halfnibble

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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   I'd pay for that if you ever make it.
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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   I often wonder that myself.
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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   I recently started maintaining a decades old PHP application. I have been selectively placing in unit and functional tests as I go through the massive codebase. Whenever I refactor something I've touched before, I tend to get failing t
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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   Would you be interested in joining a US-based project/consultant "matching" platform? Check out sourcepanel.com and email jwedekind@sourcepanel.com if interested.
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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   Oh hey! I created something similar with Flask and Docker. Except you POST the html content and receive a PDF document back. It uses wkhtmltopdf, so it's pretty fast. https://github.com/halfnibble/pdf_service
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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   Every time I make a negative comment about React, I get a ton of downvotes. So this time, I'd like to applaud the React legal team for this momentous decision. I will now consider using React in future projects. But I'll still loo
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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   Chemistry is definitely cheaper to study at a University if you want the lab experience, which I find very important. (Imagine learning how to code in C without a compiler...) Between chemicals, ventilation hoods, labware, and instruments,
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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   I think I'm going to start buying licenses for my interns and students. It's an investment in our future. Today's interns and students are tomorrow's senior devs. Best to start them off proper.
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   by halfnibble 9y ago

   Swipe gestures, a steel frame, and a higher ppi screen. It sounds like the iPhone may have finally caught up with my BlackBerry Passport SE. Maybe I'll give the iPhoneX a try.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    Are downvoters not liking the volcano analogy for the FB license, or the critique of ReactJS?
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    Thank you SO MUCH!! Speaking of BlackBerry, I now have a functional Starbucks app on my BlackBerry10 phone (and not a laggy Android sideload). You rock.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    4DK. A cool startup later acquired by Radius Networks. That's where I got the "bug" for coding. It was sometimes stressful and occasionally caused a great deal of anxiety. But everyday, I felt challenged and engaged to the ma
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    All of these feel good stories about the Facebook license will immediately become null and void the moment they actually use it. Like an active volcano erupting for the first time in recent history, people will run away and never look back.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    I've been saying this for months. Don't use React!
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    Helium IDE for BlackBerry10. ;-) In conjunction with Term48 terminal emulator and GCC. crap and code https://crackberry.com/helium-blackberry-10
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    At least some of that growth is people jumping off the "Goolag."
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    There are many, many ways one can accomplish this. And to a great extent, it's becoming more difficult to broaden one's idea exposure on college campuses. For example, I believe I learned more about myself and life in general from
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    How do we still have issues with counterfeit products in 2017? There should be electronic records with audit trails for every shipment into the US. This ordeal is probably going to bankrupt several small businesses.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    It's not about typing. It's about code legibility. With a series of if/elif's you have to mentally evaluate each condition to verify what's happening. If the use case really is switch/case, then a switch/c
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    I got one of these circuit board pens. I think they are pretty cool. https://www.etsy.com/market/circuit_board_pen
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    If someone ever says that to me, I'll still keep using it to the day I die. And I'll maintain it if need be. Because Django is awesome.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    I'd have been using Python 3 ten years ago if they put something semantically useful in like a switch/case statement.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    "I'd encourage each of you to make an effort over the coming days to reach out to those who might have different perspectives from your own," he said. "I will be doing the same." And then firing them...
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    Is that what the PC police told you to put at the bottom of all your online posts? ;)
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    This is quite humorous. Can I use this?
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    Vaccinations generally work, so as long as your kids are vaccinated, I fail to see how sending them to a private school will endanger them in any way...
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    Nothing beats Django and the Django Rest Framework. In my opinion, it's easier to code a RESTful API in Django than to configure a 3rd party service.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    I thought all developers quit their jobs with the hope that maybe then recruiters would stop sending them unsolicited offers of huge pay increases and unlimited vacation days.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    If you live on the West Coast and want your children to be able to read Hacker News, then you better send them to a private school.
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    by halfnibble 9y ago

    My recommendation would be to hire people who are smart, responsible, and passionate. The language or framework can be taught. That's what the FAA does. Their initial assessment exam determines cognitive aptitude--not textbook knowledg