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by jcbrand 10y ago
> I can't imagine them being very cooperative with someone whose specialty was "UX." Sounds like you've never actually tried. I maintain an open source project ( https://conversejs.org ) that could benefit g
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by jcbrand 10y ago
> Stop worrying about all the unknowns in the project. Work on what's known, usually the unknowns will become more clear as you progress. Good advice which applies not only to software development. I've found that focusing on w
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by jcbrand 10y ago
So did you do JS development back in 2006 without jQuery?
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by jcbrand 10y ago
Interesting that the concept of Antifragility is gaining traction with regards to software. Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post "Antifragile Software Ecosystems" that discusses how IMO antifragility relates to how software is develop
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by jcbrand 11y ago
Sounds like Mozilla wants to jump on the Internet of things bandwagon.
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Open Source and the expectation of free labor(opkode.com)
1 points by jcbrand 11y ago|0 comments
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by jcbrand 11y ago
> so I can't Nix on a Debian or Ubuntu or Redhat. You absolutely can run Nix on those distros. You can even run it on OSX.
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by jcbrand 11y ago
It's not a stretch. A more expensive laptop is generally better than a cheaper one. A good engineer is generally more expensive than a cheaper one. A good doctor... a good lawyer... etc. > can you name any industry or product where
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by jcbrand 11y ago
From TFA: > OK, what's the solution, then? Just pay more? I don't think that's going to solve the problem; I'll just burn more money. Sounds like the author hasn't actually tried to solicit a company with higher
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by jcbrand 11y ago
As much as I'd love it if things turn out as rosy as depicted in TFA, I'm not totally convinced. I've read enough arch druid report articles and listened to enough peak prosperity podcasts to be rather cynical about claims th
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by jcbrand 11y ago
> and a large, extremely low-probability liability requiring some collateral Having read up on the topic, the problem appears to be that this probability cannot be accurately determined, due to useless models being used (e.g. Normal dist
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by jcbrand 11y ago
Except that lone developers or small teams and large corporations aren't equal. A lone software developer who works on software under a permissive license is not benefitted to the same degree by those supposed "equal terms",
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by jcbrand 11y ago
I've been wanting to write a blog post about this transition for ages. Perhaps I should. Here's a quick list: * Cloud (files, contacts, photos, calendar): https://owncloud.org * RSS Reader: http://selfoss.a
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by jcbrand 11y ago
Yes, because all issues need to be tackled sequentially.
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by jcbrand 11y ago
My 2c. I host my own mail server, owncloud, RSS reader, bookmarker, blog and a bunch of other stuff. I don't particularly like sysadmin tasks or having to update stuff and then hope that nothing breaks, but I love the fact that I'
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by jcbrand 11y ago
Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack. With something like GMO, it might take decades for the harmful effects to become clear. Just like it took decades before people became aware of the carcinogenic effect of cigarette smoking.
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by jcbrand 12y ago
I think jabber.org is indeed overloaded and they don't accept new registrations since 2013. See my answer to the GP about available servers.
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by jcbrand 12y ago
jabber.org doesn't accept new registrations since 2013. If you're looking for a public XMPP server to register an account at there is a (no longer updated) list of Jabber servers at https://xmpp.net/directory.php
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by jcbrand 12y ago
There's a long history of abusing words or phrases with positive connotations in order to achieve something else (often the exact opposite). It's basically Newspeak from Orwell's 1984. One of the more recent ones is the &quot
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by jcbrand 12y ago
While I agree with a lot of what you say, planned obsolescence does exist and IS a factor in many products breaking soon. You might want to watch "The light bulb conspiracy": http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/light-bu
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by jcbrand 12y ago
Thanks :)
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by jcbrand 12y ago
Just because nouns are commonly being used as verbs and just because languages evolve doesn't mean that those examples are grammatically correct. They might one day be accepted as grammatically correct because they are overwhelmingly b
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by jcbrand 12y ago
The second example is written: Can you set up a new user for me.
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by jcbrand 12y ago
I'm actually ok with it being written "setup" in that case. It's then just a noun and not a verb. However something like "cleanupInstance" is much better written cleanInstance or cleanUpInstance
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by jcbrand 12y ago
> If incorrect grammar leads to shorter and simpler variable names It doesn't. > that other programmers understand It confuses many programmers.
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by jcbrand 12y ago
You missed the point. The point is not that one should always write words in between, the point is that these compound verbs should not be written as single words. "I set up the computer", not "I setup the computer".
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A very common grammatical mistake that programmers make(opkode.com)
50 points by jcbrand 12y ago|60 comments
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What Facebook does to you (and why I quit)(metathoughtsdotnet.wordpress.com)
6 points by jcbrand 12y ago|3 comments
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Book Review: Who Owns the Future? – Jaron Lanier(opkode.com)
1 points by jcbrand 12y ago|0 comments
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by jcbrand 12y ago
Messaging between friends is not publishing and it's normal to want and expect conversations between friends to be private. With Facebook, there's always a middle man, listening in on and recording the conversation.

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