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   by random42 15y ago

   End users do not get affected by commented code. A more direct and positive way of making sure that the users do not get affected, would be to be responsible and actually test the code before putting it in-front of the users.
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   by random42 15y ago

   No one is arguing for throwing away the code. There is certain amount of brains, efforts, time and money spent on writing code. What is argued is, the active current code should be readable. Version control systems, handle older version
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   by random42 15y ago

   I could have written this article myself. For me, it is simple. Code maintainability is of paramount importance, and you've got all the history in the version control anyways. Comment is not Code. They are written for humans for maintainin
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   by random42 15y ago

   I understand the benefits of object oriented approach, vs the free formed JSON. Is it possible to create class dynamically in C#, or is it supposed to be one time effort (and the tool does it automatically it, as opposed to doing it manuall
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   by random42 15y ago

   Thats OK. I have had the case of convert Json to Language Class objects myself before.
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   by random42 15y ago

   Just to clarify, you mean that a json object can be deserialized into an object of the c# class, right? or just the class definition (as done by the site)? If latter, how do you use the class definition generated dynamically? (without the
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   by random42 15y ago

   Cool. Whats is the use-case? Edit - I hate to bitch about downvotes (as per http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ), but can the downvoters to my comments in the thread, please respond, why the downvotes? Are my comments Off-Topic, ru
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   by random42 15y ago

   On a related note, to establish the credential of the author, he is the creator of BitTorrent protocol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Cohen
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   by random42 15y ago

   This is journalism at its absolute worst. When an article/story/incident/conflict essentially just shows one side of the story, it is ALWAYS, without exception biased.
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    by random42 15y ago

    > The deal isn’t done until the money is in the bank. Is this not commonsense? No offense implied, but I, a just-another-software-developer, have said "Thanks, but No thanks" or "Lets get over with the formalities first" on few occasi
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    by random42 15y ago

    $99 seems pretty steep (for a beginner). Any alternatives?
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    by random42 15y ago

    @Patio11, What changes in the design/architecture of AR did you make/ plan to make to avoid such thing happening in future?
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    by random42 15y ago

    Just keep the day off. 5 days/40 hrs. a week is the norm.
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    by random42 15y ago

    Thanks. I hope you dont take my query the wrong way, I was just concerned that how well your efforts are tied with (potential) rewards. Good to know they are tied well enough.
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    by random42 15y ago

    I believe this is an artifact of http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html On the other-hand, MS is under the pressure, like never before to prove itself on the web, and few hard-choices need to be made for it o be nimble.
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    by random42 15y ago

    That is around 75 hrs/week. Please tell me you work for yourself.
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    by random42 15y ago

    Are you looking for something similar to flag -j, --jobs of http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/app-pgrestore.html , which implies the number of jobs running in parallel (which to my understanding depends on the number of CPU cores
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    by random42 15y ago

    I like HN without comment scores, because it avoids the bandwagon effect, also username biases become more important that the actual content, BUT comment score do solve an important problem, to highlight the quality of a comment, in a threa
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    by random42 15y ago

    He is not being unbiased, and does not even claim to. He is presenting his own views on education, which are contradictory to peter thiel's, and using education experts' opinions (and other anecdotal evidences) to back them up.
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    by random42 16y ago

    Thanks. Not sure if I agree with PG's opinion though.
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    by random42 16y ago

    While I agree to it (I was gonna point it out myself), it is a (separate) problem already before the change. Showing the comment score change, is after the fact of (down)voting, after which not much can be done. A better placed/sized voting
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    by random42 16y ago

    > I would like to see point display re-enabled for the owner of the comment. I second that. Now, that up-votes are not visible, I have to write it out. Something that makes me wonder, Will this change increase the "me-too" comments coun
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    by random42 16y ago

    > but pg himself said that using voting to express (dis)agreement was OK A link to his comment would be really appreciated. I find such statement, which is so contrary to guidelines, hard to believe with proof.
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    by random42 16y ago

    Is Peter Thiel qualified to opine on Education? (This is not a snark, but I am genuinely curious to know how to process his opinion.)
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    by random42 16y ago

    > But what if Harvard had enough capacity to admit everyone who met its admissions standards? What if the admission criteria is top n candidates? (not top n % of the candidates, mind you), which is very likely (and valid criteria for
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    The SEC and Private Markets(avc.com)

    5 points by random42 16y ago|0 comments
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    by random42 16y ago

    We get that you think it is a bad idea, but don't know/understand why/how? Since you are the security expert at Hn, we are trying to understand/learn from you. This is not plain Nerdgasm making people understand about software security is m
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    by random42 16y ago

    How about funding where founders (3) are 1. understands/responsible for design. 2. understands/responsible for technology development. 3. understands/responsible for business development. Edit - I personally do not agree to have artificial
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    by random42 16y ago

    Wow, If it works well, it is a boon for people who are not natural cooks, who want to make something homemade, with the ingredients at home. (I suppose/believe/hope this is a significant market size.) I would like to know more about the alg
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    by random42 16y ago

    Please do realize that there are youngsters who come across new terms, like linux, unix, design patterns, kernel, unix, oop, functional programming, open source, SEO etc. and many others, every single day for the first time. Just because yo