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by kakuri 15y ago
I do front-end development on Windows, and yes, it is a liability (though I'm also not a fan of command-line apps, regardless of platform, which is another liability, since it's much easier to build powerful tools that only expose the crapp
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by kakuri 15y ago
As it stands, I only see codeacademy being useful for programmers who are new to Javascript. If you're completely new to programming, there are too many problems, like the article mentions, that are difficult to get past without knowing...
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by kakuri 15y ago
SRWare distributes a Chromium build called Iron that strips out privacy problems. http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
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by kakuri 15y ago
It sounds like in this case, this guy might be a good candidate - look at all the effort he put in and his ability to remember things, think critically, and learn. On the other hand, there are plenty of competent programmers not willing to
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by kakuri 15y ago
Similar experience here. Been watching HN's hiring posts for 6 months or so, replied to many, received about 3 responses. I know I'm no John Carmack, but I've had a $100K+ offer (for a telecommuting position), and have a $100K offer (again,
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by kakuri 15y ago
I can't switch away from Notepad++ to any editor that lacks instantaneous, no-hassle (no extra key presses), buttery smooth current buffer word auto-complete.
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by kakuri 15y ago
In related news, AdBlock Works Really, Really Well.
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by kakuri 15y ago
Clearly Google's single usability expert was too busy to be involved in this project.
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by kakuri 15y ago
If you don't mind working alone, work with whatever you like. If it's important to your business to attract the best talent, you need to use the best tools. I'm leaving my job largely because of tools & tech, and passed on a lucrative o
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by kakuri 15y ago
I applaud your enthusiasm, and while I look forward to a future where some degree of logical reasoning and programming skills are commonplace, looking around at a world where it's rare to find a human who is literate with their own spoken a
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by kakuri 15y ago
Click link, see blank page, unblock Flash applet, struggle through reading a single paragraph with eye-gougingly atrocious font and mouse-crushingly stupid scroll functionality... then my head simply explodes from the irony of what I am exp
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by kakuri 15y ago
> Chrome is absolutely unusable for the amount of windows I have open Odd, that's the exact reason I switched from FF to Chrome. I generally have about 20-40 tabs open, and FF is terrible for me with more than just a few open, while Chr
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by kakuri 15y ago
It is very easy to build a form and some views in Lotus Notes. The result is armies of people not qualified to write programs starting creating Notes "crapplications". Now everyone hates Notes.
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by kakuri 15y ago
That really pisses me off. I played through the whole (mediocre) game without sound. The sounds MAKE this game! They could have mentioned they only did a half-assed HTML5 implementation and used Flash for audio.
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by kakuri 16y ago
Why is it disappointing? Microsoft has become a company that produces technological advances as a side-effect of their primary goal, which is making money. They are not really interested in sharing, or promoting innovation - they are intere
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by kakuri 16y ago
I use Stylish for HN (A Dark Hacker News) and reddit (The Dark Reddit).
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by kakuri 16y ago
I live in a big city where they have a local warehouse and they consistently ship movies to me really fast. I'm on the cheapest plan ($8/mo) and when I send a movie back, they get it the next day, and in the same day send out a new one. At
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by kakuri 16y ago
I've only talked to them once (I was annoyed that there was no option for communication except phone), but the guy I talked to was very helpful, friendly, receptive, and did indeed seem empowered.
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by kakuri 16y ago
Have you been paying attention to the sorts of people at the top of our capitalistic society? There are precious few who are notable for not being charlatans and con men. Ethics are for the poor, and laws can be circumvented, re-written,
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by kakuri 16y ago
I think tying language design to IDE design is absolutely brilliant. Languages are just a tool, IDEs are just a tool, we're missing brilliant opportunities if we neglect to design them synergistically.
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by kakuri 16y ago
As the world of programming grows, I think it's natural that programmers become more specialized. I think the value provided by sophisticated, complex tools (the language and core API) is worth the additional complexity. I don't think you c
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by kakuri 16y ago
It took several years, but eventually someone posted a sensible comment below the article - "ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer." The lecturer, a person in a position of trust, starts with a query coming from a place of deception. T