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by k3n 13y ago
That's great, but it's not without cost. Here, the cost is you end up with deeply-nested directory nodes (which breaks Jenkins ability to properly purge the directory after a job). Node modules are also extremely liberal in the nu
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by k3n 13y ago
http://opensource.apple.com/ Wasn't hard to find... :)
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by k3n 13y ago
Why have comments in code at all, then? You could always just make a variable/constant, with the added benefit that the comment becomes accessible inside the program... But that makes no sense at all to me. I agree that using comments
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by k3n 13y ago
Re: #1 I know there is a lot of JSON handling that happens behind-the-scenes, but there is also a non-trivial amount of JSON that I have manually created and/or altered, and have to share with a team. It's a blessing and a curse,
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by k3n 13y ago
That's because it wasn't an argument for banning users from running servers on their Fiber accounts. I was responding to the parent (perlgeek), not the original submission. It was an argument for why business-class services exist,
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by k3n 13y ago
What if the support options for residential was strictly email, and only answered M-F 9-5 (not including holidays) with a response time of 24-48 hrs, but for business support you get 24/7/365 phone & email support with a respo
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by k3n 13y ago
As a former pawn in the ISP game, there's a lot of reasons, though most of them are either directly or indirectly related to SLA's. The implied notion is that residential customers aren't going to lose money while their conne
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by k3n 13y ago
I haven't used the IE11 version yet (still on IE9 for work development), but IE9's are pretty solid. Perhaps I'm suffering from a sort of perverted Stockholm syndrome, but they work well for me. They're not without annoy
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by k3n 13y ago
I found it very informative, I mean Wikipedia[1] only gives a scant 140-ish word overview of the subject (and basically the same thing on the page for Nissan Computer itself), and though it does give 3 references, 2 of those are PDF's
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by k3n 13y ago
Meh, it's not more unreadable unless you have issues understanding || in the first place... and "or" is still a boolean operation. Considering 99.9% of it's use in PHP is some variant of "connect() or die()", I
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by k3n 13y ago
Ugh, `or` is mostly useless in PHP. That code is identical to: launchMissiles() || die('failure');
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by k3n 13y ago
For fun, sometimes I'll rewrite JS trying not to use any explicit conditionals (keywords if/else/), and use short-circuiting instead. It's a fun exercise but I know better than to commit the code, I think I'd be dea
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by k3n 13y ago
I'd say generally, yes, design is disconnected from software engineering. However, there's also the human element to it -- we all have unconscious biases and preferences, which creative designs can play off of. To put it another
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by k3n 13y ago
A HUGE difference, performance-wise. Delegation is O(1), while using any form of `each()` is going to be O(n). To elaborate -- jQuery does not set an event-handler for each TR -- it sets one on the parent element (the table), and basically
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by k3n 13y ago
> It's basically an offensive response to assholes: also be an asshole. You could be contributing to the problem a lot more than you think, e.g. by way of the Broken Windows theory[1]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x
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by k3n 13y ago
I think you need to keep his earlier words in mind: > So suppose this wonderful community has been a great help to you over the years, and you’re trying to figure out how you can help out around the clubhouse. In other words, what's
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by k3n 13y ago
Because HN, reddit, et al. do not have a "real name" requirement, nor do they attempt to force you into making connections to others that you may not be willing to make. Using HN and reddit as an analogy is flawed though, because
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by k3n 13y ago
Damnit, you're overcompensating for my refusal to join. I'm going to have to refuse to join 6 more times now...
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by k3n 13y ago
To Facebook's credit, they do allow you to set a threshold for filtering 'important' communications from daily spam. It's fully popularity-based, which makes it imperfect, but I've found it works great for ignoring
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by k3n 13y ago
Eventually? Although I've not tried them myself, a quick search of the internet pulls up numerous "spy" cameras built into all sorts of things, including eye glasses, that are virtually undetectable. One example I found: htt
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by k3n 13y ago
Only because they don't know what Glass is yet; the same could be said for John Q. Public back when the first cell phone shipped with a camera. Also, it's still possible to film covertly with a cell phone, whether it's riggin
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by k3n 13y ago
With respect to "searching for a fix on Google", I think you made a logical jump that caused you to overthink it -- he specifically mentions programming -- as opposed to _debugging_, which is what you seem to be getting at. While
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by k3n 13y ago
Which makes me wonder, since that wasn't all that long ago, why did they not give a teaser? Or did they, and we all missed it? Discontinuing the downloads was a big deal to a lot of people, which generated a non-trivial amount of bad p
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by k3n 13y ago
There will still be methods of determining whether the browser is IE or not; that's virtually impossible to hide. It will require a little more effort, but every browser is full of tell-tale bugs and other implementation nuances that c
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by k3n 13y ago
Not to be totally pessimistic, but that's probably potentially even more dangerous than trusting all that data to Facebook...
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by k3n 13y ago
To me, it comes across as trying to seduce the desperate.
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by k3n 13y ago
Considering we're on "Hacker News", is the OP trying to insinuate that we're all amateurs? ... This is the only definition of "hacker" that should be accepted IMO: http://www.catb.org/jargon&#x2
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by k3n 13y ago
You have a point, I do think that a majority of the internet populace would not raise a flag about this, but....also please notice that the URL linked on this page is simply HTTP. So, either you (and the others in this comment thread) manua
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by k3n 13y ago
http://i.imgur.com/8STooks.png ? edit: Ah, I see after clicking it says, "Donate to support the development of ievms". Wasn't criticizing, just curious what it was for.
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by k3n 13y ago
Wow, what's the $860 for, hosting?

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