net_greybeard

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by net_greybeard 5y ago
The topic was specifically about it. Fuck off dang.
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
I was speaking more broadly regarding anonymity. > Yes, of course there are many people who are aggressive about their views and basically intolerant, but if someone crosses the line they'll be downvoted here too, even if they have
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
> That's why you should take care of protecting your identity online. In the future, you won't be allowed to be anonymous online. Governments don't like it and sooner or later they won't allow it or make it very diffi
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
I literally got downvoted immediately. Thus proving my point. :D
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
People end up getting ridiculed, punished or even have mobs of people harassing them for having dissenting viewpoints online. Why bother exposing yourself to different viewpoints when all it does is bring you vitriol and sometimes real worl
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
I've worked in a lot of places where there were no docs and nobody knew how any worked. So be thankful that you have some docs.
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
Not be harsh. But if someone is going to just quit because of jargon (which everyone has to learn btw) then Sayōnara.
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
If you don't understand how something works you shouldn't be including it in your project. I regularly reject PRs because of this.
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
Obviously. If the docs are garbage then you are going to have to find alternatives. However these days devs have never had it better.
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
> best practices may not be obvious even when reading the docs I am right now working on a project because of the googling stuff has led to the worst practices at the moment. I have worked on many projects where people haven't bothe
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
It is fine for finding the docs. However people use it to find quick, frequently out of date or just wrong solutions on the net. For example. If you are using the babel compiler and its plugins you will fine lots of answers that are wrong o
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
Google is okay for research on how other people have achieved something. But generally these days I am of the opinion it just teaches you bad habits. I really wish people would just read the docs instead of just googling. I am working on a
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
> Java projects publish Javadoc which is good - you can sit down and understand an API. It's not the same story on .NET. Almost all the projects I use with .NET have sufficient docs on their sites. MSDN has the full docs on their si
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
I wish they would scrap them entirely. I used to do very long commutes in the car. If anyone here has done a lot of driving they will know that you tend to go into "autopilot", you are paying attention and know exactly what going
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by net_greybeard 5y ago
> Gave it a serious go but it still lives inside the Windows + Visual Studio bubble. I work in a small shop and most of the developers use Visual Studio with Linux or a Mac. Most of the developers that don't bother with anything out