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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
I sometimes wonder how much my life would be different if I never got into this. Programming is such a big part of my life now. I frequently consider how much of my brain power goes to programming; and I have to say it's about 20%. If
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Just an FYI, there's a typo here: > During this [[though]] period, I regularly considered giving up my Open Source project a few times. Somehow, I couldn’t. I just soldiered on. And in the end, it all worked out well.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
The "wild west" stuff is still out there. You just need to look harder.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
> it's just a personal preference. deal with it. It saddens me how some people fail to realize this. It's like they think that their opinion is objectively right, and everyone else is objectively wrong. How do you expect to m
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
A better metaphor would be: "Does it matter to you if I made an exact copy of your fish tank, and then shat in it?", in which case, I wouldn't care.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
> it matters what's ok in the developer's book. Why?
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
> Right so at this point your opinions are essentially worth less than nothing. Just because I don't believe in intellectual property? I'm a programmer just like you... piracy also "hurts" me. As long as you support t
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Installing apps from web: wget http://example.com/app.zip unzip app.zip -d app_files mv app_files/App.app /Applications rm -rf app.zip app_files With Mac App Store, I have to leave the CLI and u
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Because it's horrible UX. I don't want to open a whole other application, search for it on their placeform, and then authenticate with AppleID. Instead you can just download a .dmg or a .zip right from their website, like how it&#
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Yeah I'm sure JS is better than before but I just don't like the web stack in general. I don't like using CSS/HTML/DOM.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Hopefully this inspires someone to make a Lua/Python scriptable terminal. I'm not a big fan of the web stack. This is a pretty cool concept though.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
> it's a bit weird though - the best, most well managed emulators seem to be for Nintendo hardware I think it's because Nintendo has a sort of cult following with extremely dedicated fans (and a lot of really good exclusive con
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Just curious, have you been to Japan? What is it like? I heard it's pretty awesome to visit, but not to live (presumably for same the reasons you've outlined)
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Or what if someone invites you to go climbing but you don't have climbing shoes? Or what if someone wants to go camping but you don't have a tent? Or what if someone wants to cook some rice and tofu but you don't have a rice
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Yeah I would also like to know this.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
There are efforts to unify OOP to be compatible across codebases: https://github.com/bartbes/Class-Commons , but yeah I agree it is still somewhat of an issue. For the beginners thing: most beginners who use Lua don&#x2
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Lua supports OOP, it can be written in < 20 lines of code. It's just not built-in.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Having OOP built into the C/C++ codebase is just a chunk of complexity that is needlessly built into the language itself; it can only be maintained by a select group of people who understand it. Instead, you could just use an OOP libra
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
One of the strengths of Lua is how usable it is for non-programmers. Having separate concepts for (essentially) a hashmap for integers and a hashmap for everything else makes it more complicated.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
I was referring to portability. Being written in ANSI C is one of Lua's biggest strengths in that regard.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
To me, it looks like the only improvement of Squirrel upon Lua is automatic reference counting. Everything else seems like a step backwards. * C++ < ANSI C * two null types < one nil type * separate types for arrays and dicts < tab
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
It is not factually incorrect. Sure, nobody could prove it with certainty, but you can't just dismiss it like that. ...Especially when you're trying to convince someone who saw it with their own two eyes.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
I mean, you're not wrong there, but personally I'd rather have my private conversations in the hands of Verizon than Facebook. Facebook actually sees the value in the private conversations and tries to monetize it. Verizon, on the
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
An adblocker just treats the symptoms. I'd rather just not have the disease :)
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Am I the only person who is totally fine with just texting people? I mean, given this is HN, maybe all of you people use Android and have no idea how amazing iMessage is.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
I was answering the question "Why not use Messenger?" To answer that question, I opted to list personal reasons why I don't use it; reasons I'm sure are shared by many. Your response is basically telling me my experien
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
Good to know, thanks.
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
> I don't know of a modern chat app that doesn't have [the seen indicator]. I don't use those either. I stick to texting and iMessage. > The point of using Messenger is that you're not tied to any other portion of
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
The ads are also embedded in the News Feed itself, in the form of "friend X likes Y page" and the like. I'd imagine it would require an ad blocker specifically designed for Facebook to block it. Same goes for the sidebar. I d
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by pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
There's a ton of reasons to not use Messenger. 1. The mandatory "seen" indicator 2. All of your messages are beholden to a private company, permanently stored in plaintext 3. They analyze said messages to deliver advertisemen

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