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by kentosi 10y ago
This is extremely exciting. I can't wait to try this out. On the other hand, I wonder why such an effort was never carried out with Java itself? Or maybe it was but just never took off?
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by kentosi 10y ago
If they just made the bezel more like XPS I'd be handing over my credit card right now.
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by kentosi 10y ago
What is none of the jobs end up being what you're after - or if you don't get accepted for any of the offers? You've already traveled that far and you've done what they've asked you to. What you do in your spare tim
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by kentosi 10y ago
So my hacker brain says anyone looking into this who's coming from somewhere far away (like the US, Europe) should maximise their opportunities by hopping over to Australia and doing some job interviews there too. The long flight to NZ
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by kentosi 10y ago
Central Business District. It's what Aussies (like myself) and Kiwis call "downtown", or the city-centre.
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by kentosi 10y ago
Can you back the claim up that natural chemicals are being used and are harmful? I thought the whole point of organic is that there are no pesticides being used in the first place.
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by kentosi 10y ago
I'd first question who these successful people actually are, and by what metrics they're considered successful. Over the years I'm starting to realise more and more that what I thought was success was actually prequalified by
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by kentosi 10y ago
Yes, case classes! I currently use Java for work and I cry a little inside every time I see big hashCode() methods, toString() methods and a chain of getXXX()/setXXX() methods when I know that a simple case class statement would have b
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by kentosi 10y ago
I'm not UI expert, but the fact that the buttons don't have any animation change (or change in colour) when pushed down is a little grating...
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by kentosi 10y ago
Or have both. What's in Java 8 that isn't in C#? And last I checked you couldn't use Java 8 fully on Android (please correct me if I'm wrong).
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by kentosi 10y ago
Given the title, and the fact that this site is currently down, I can't help but think that this could've be the cruelest yet funniest April Fool's joke ever.
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by kentosi 10y ago
Yes, I got hired in my current role through HN. Even moved countries for it (Australian now residing in NYC).
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by kentosi 10y ago
Exactly what I wanted to say. At one point I almost thought that this was a copy-paste job from some other, more clearer site.
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by kentosi 10y ago
Yes! All the time, but with some variation. Let me explain by rewriting your query: select t1.col1, t2.col2, t3.col3 from table1 t1 inner join table2 t2 on t1.col2 = t2.col1 inner join table3 t3 o
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by kentosi 10y ago
How can an posting dated from 2005 with only 19 points (at time of writing) reach number 2 on Hacker News? Does anyone know how the ranking algorithm works?
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by kentosi 10y ago
Nice reply, given your username :-)
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by kentosi 10y ago
Though not a language, nor a tool: A touch typing course. Early in my career I noticed programmers around me with 10+ years experience still typing the "preying-mantis" way (thumb+index+middle fingers pecking at the keyboard, head
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by kentosi 10y ago
I see where you're getting at, but with only a handful of browsers* maintained by large organisations eager to protect their reputations vs a plathora of extensions out there, your argument doesn't hold so well. * I'm assumin
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by kentosi 10y ago
You could do this in Java, but therein lies the cultural problem: From my experience, the Java world is so accustomed to get/set method doing nothing other than getting and setting the value that any attempt to do more (validation incl
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by kentosi 10y ago
I think that the point is that you shouldn't have to rely on an IDE in the first place.
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by kentosi 10y ago
"I really don't understand why people love properties", followed by "Getters and setters are elements of bad style". So you don't like either of the following: myObject.name = "Ben"; myObject.se
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by kentosi 10y ago
With the trend of bigger smartphones I'm really surprised by the sizes of 5" and 5.5".
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by kentosi 10y ago
I would name them the other way around since I'm pulling "down" and pushing "up" ....
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by kentosi 10y ago
What do you mean that they don't have a choice? Can't you disable the siri function?
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by kentosi 10y ago
Not necessarily. Having recently moved from Sydney to NYC and being disappointed with the coffee here, I decided to take things into my own hands and bought this beauty here: http://www.brevilleusa.com/the-barista-expresstm.
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by kentosi 10y ago
I just had to google this. Thanks! I guess I never really questioned (learnt?) it and thought monkey/ape was interchangeable.
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by kentosi 10y ago
Genuinely curious as to what you mean by "other primates". What else is there apart from humans and monkeys?
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by kentosi 10y ago
On a side note, why are areas separated based on countries of origin? If I were a muslim on the Hajj I'd be enthralled to be around people of all cultures and countries around me.
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by kentosi 10y ago
"... and then bought an online business ..." Where do you find businesses to buy? Is there a site for this or is it just a word of mouth thing? I'm curious.
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by kentosi 10y ago
Aussie currently living in NYC: Rarely tipped back home and the service is on par.

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