jwdunne

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by jwdunne 8y ago
Oh yeah. I always liked history but it's now a favourite pastime. The best explanation I give for my growing interest is that you learn from mistakes and history is full of them. In more so, the greater the power, the bigger the mistak
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Even with all the building work, MediaCity always seems pristine. It's like stepping into a different country. MediaCity made my head spin when I first walked through it. One minute I'm in industrial Trafford Park, 5 minutes of a
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Ahhhh yes. Might be confusing it with another list that places Salford 1st in a list of most alcoholics by area. Eccles is up on that list - that's the one I was thinking of. Thanks for pointing it out!
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Grew up in Irlam, went to school in Eccles! Lots of family in Eccles too. Small world! That's the one. I'll check that out - I love stuff like this. The entire canal has a lot of great historic stuff along it. I used to cycle down
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by jwdunne 8y ago
I agree! I only ever see the MEN in my FB news feed. Even funnier: I can see the Lowry from where I'm sat! Salford is similar. I live in Eccles and there's a few old buildings. One is the Bridgewater mill. It's a big dirty bu
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Similar age for sin/cos. I wanted to move a game object in a circle that I used to develop amateur content for. I remember being wowed by light displays some scripters put together at the time (there was no particle system at the time)
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Well that wasn't the issue. The issue was unsafe cladding and inadequate fire safety systems. The fire should have been contained within the flat. Instead, the flammable cladding encasing exterior for "aesthetic reasons" went
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by jwdunne 8y ago
And most people discount the learning experience. You don't really know how to do something until you've done it, with all its warts and edge cases and all.
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Or at least necessary to evolve a relational schema from a simple blogging engine to a CMS that can do the things it can now (including the plugins). Advance Custom Fields, WooCommerce, LearnDash and the like are examples. If it can't
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Right, which means changing it will harm the UX due to ingrained pattern. That's not what I'm arguing for. I'm arguing against the idea that showing an error message with the exact command to use is good UX - see the original
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Which should be the default, based on popular use. You can always use the command it suggests to do something different.
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Sorry but if the error gives you the right command to run first time then it should just run it first time by default. Sane defaults for new users is good UX. Not an error telling you exactly what command to run instead. It already knows wh
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Doesn't look like a utility belt but a reference. If I want to know how queue is implemented by example, using the native queue methods wouldn't help whatsoever.
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Awesome :) congratulations re. graduation!
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Thanks for this :) I ask for recommendations because I don't know what I don't know. I've read a few criticisms of SQL where some conclude "just use mongodb". A good recommendation from an expert helps avoid faulty
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by jwdunne 8y ago
I tend to go by the following rules: Use const by default. If I need let, see if I can refactor to using const. I've found that actually I can go far without using let, improving my code along the way. I see a pattern from colleagues.
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Do you have any recommendations on where to read about the problems of SQL? When you put it this way, clearly my assertion that "SQL isn't bad" needs a review.
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Even in business, charging less is a sticky problem. It's next to impossible to raise your rates with a client base you've built up without alienating many of them. Because you've charged so low, you can't afford to drop
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by jwdunne 8y ago
I'd be interested in seeing a language that can take full advantage of the architecture in Out of the Tarpit. It's always touted as a must read paper but I haven't seen many inroads towards something truly Functional-Relation
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Oh yes. A lady I knew from Chadderton called them that. Always wondered if they called a barm, well, a barm.
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Never had that problem. Clearly not explored enough! I like both so a pie filled with mince would be a pleasant surprise.
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Confusing thing is: that's still a teacake round here! Easiest way I've found is to say "you know, a non-squashed wagon wheel"
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by jwdunne 8y ago
No haha both evoke two very different images. Sausage roll: puff pastry filled with sausage meat (no skin). Breakfast roll (with clarity for non-Brits): half a full English on a roll i.e sausage (with skin, perhaps halved for convenience),
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by jwdunne 8y ago
No hahaha. It's a common joke. Often see things like this making the rounds on social media: https://images1.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED18/5089de622790... If I post that, I can guarantee there'll be mo
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Oh, you have to be careful. You can't just go anywhere and call it a bap. That's because it's a barm . We joke about regional differences in names with mock defensiveness. In Manchester, my area at least, it's a barm an
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Yeah, I agree. "Tiny modules" is a thing in JS i.e there are people, influential developers, that champion the existence of modules like "left-pad", "is-positive-zero", etc. The idea is that "npm is the st
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by jwdunne 8y ago
It might be but the book boils down to: 1. Save at least 10% (or 25%) of your income 2. Live frugally. No flashy cars, etc. 3. Choose friends doing similar I.e how to retire with a million. I guess given enough income and decent rates on sa
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by jwdunne 8y ago
Oh yes. We rarely get a runway of heat like this for such a length of time. Plus, even if not technically a heatwave, we'd still call it one as laypeople. We are built to withstand the cold and wet (buildings, wardrobes, etc). It becom
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by jwdunne 8y ago
We're beginning to learn and refactor towards this approach. We've already layered the app between state and UI. UI components are grouped by features. We've not done this with state but it makes sense to. But we can't s
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Small JavaScript modules: it's not quite that simple(medium.com)
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