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by pif 2y ago
> People tend to forget that Golang was created on purpose for poor programmers. Ergo: if you actually like it, you must not be that great a developer.
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by pif 2y ago
> I choose a language that I feel works well for me Which is the wisest choice for everyone. Golang is only a problem when a manager imposes it on you.
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by pif 2y ago
> I’ve previously spoken about my loathing of exception handling because it adds a “magic” layer to things which is way too easy to mess up. I kind of see your point. In this very moment, it doesn't matter whether I agree. What I do
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by pif 2y ago
> Do you really want a plugin car that loses its charge in 30 minutes? 30' are enough to go to work, where I can recharge during the day for the return leg. 30' are enough for any daily errand, too, so that would not be a probl
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by pif 2y ago
My point is that constraints must be equally strong on both sides. If you want to be free to leave, just accept that the company is free to let you go. That's all!
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by pif 2y ago
> If an employee, for example, decides to put in notice and then half-ass their job until their departure date, Suppose you are fired, and the company decides unilaterally to halve your salary during the notice period, wouldn't you
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by pif 2y ago
> Although Homa is not API-compatible with TCP, IPv6 anyone? People must start to understand that "Because this is the way it is" is a valid, actually extremely valid, answer to any question like "Why don't we just sw
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by pif 2y ago
> Google Maps has more detail than you need I'd happily pay for a version of Google Maps where you can hide the streets and highlight the borders between countries, states, provinces and so on.
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by pif 2y ago
Yes and no. External deadlines are often meaningless, but customers are not the only users of the application. Once you release your part and keep developing/debugging/polishing your code, your colleagues can move on with their jo
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by pif 2y ago
> smooth is fast Such reasoning is based on a flawed assumption: that the value of time is constant in time. While smooth is indeed fast in the long run, it is slower in the short run, and time before the release date is much, much, much
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by pif 2y ago
The elephant in the room is that a touchscreen wants all your attention, especially visual attention, while physical buttons let you operate them while keeping your eyes on the road.
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by pif 2y ago
Did you put it in writing, in uncertain terms?
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by pif 2y ago
> I guess it depends on what you're referring to as the "scientific method No quotes needed, scientific method is well defined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
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by pif 2y ago
> For the rest C# is mostly perfect. No! It misses "typedef", both at module API level and within generics.
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by pif 2y ago
> For the rest C# is mostly perfect. No, it isn't. The power of C++ templates is still astronomically far from C# generics.
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by pif 2y ago
The 0.05 threshold is indeed arbitrary, but the scientific method is sound. A good researcher describes their study, shows their data and lays their own conclusions. There is just no need (nor possibility) of a predefined recipe to resume t
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by pif 2y ago
Nice idea, if you want to go out of business! People don't buy quality: people buy cheap!
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by pif 2y ago
> The main problem is using text as a common format between different applications. If you can't get the immensity of the cleverness of Unix foundations, you should not talk about them. That idea is what made it possible for you to
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by pif 2y ago
(|1999> + |2001>)*Sqrt(1/2)
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by pif 2y ago
> it rough size was also known And it had been known for 1600 years already! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
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by pif 2y ago
> I don’t know when it became acceptable to just have no customer service or someone to talk to at all. The word that makes anything acceptable is "cheap". We love to buy cheap and complain about quality. But hardly anyone buys
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by pif 2y ago
> they banned me for absolutely no reason, I swear! I tend not to believe the "no reason" part, but I still stand on their side when their privileges are revoked without human intervention and without a human customer support a
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by pif 2y ago
> There is great value to exploration and experimentation I agree. Typing in some code and trying to compile it is experimentation. Trying to fix the error in your code is exploration. Discarding the compiler's output as getting in
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by pif 2y ago
Uhm, this post looks based on a flawed premise: > Imagine if Word documents were only ever created by “Word professionals.” But they are! OP explain how to create websites using basic text editors, and nobody is able to create a Word doc
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by pif 2y ago
> languages which are constantly changing They change because they are used.
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by pif 2y ago
As a service company in the Western world, does it make financial sense to even start wondering what changes could retain a couple customers more? I suppose it doesn't!
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by pif 2y ago
> If I had a dime for every time someone complains they can't make a living volunteering, What do you mean there? That I cannot choose my tasks, my hours, my responsibilities, my involvement... and my salary as well? The world must
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by pif 2y ago
Very simple: just Write the Right Stuff ! https://www.eng.auburn.edu/~kchang/comp6710/readings/They%20...
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by pif 2y ago
> It is about how many people can travel safe This is not false, but it isn't either completely true! Those pesky car commuters keep driving because they have yet to be offered a solution that decreases the only metric every commute
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by pif 2y ago
Buying Apple is a luxury in itself: don't expect them thinking about the non rich.

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