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by rrreese 14y ago
Objective C has been in heavy use for a lot longer then CoffeeScript though. CoffeeScript has only been stable for over a year. Objective C has been in use since before the creation of StackOverflow.
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by rrreese 14y ago
Ad hominem (argumentum ad hominem) is a specific term of art to describe arguments that try to counter a thesis by attacking the character, qualifications, standing etc of the person claiming the thesis. It does not mean an argument in whic
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by rrreese 14y ago
Could you please explain this in more depth, or provide a link?
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by rrreese 14y ago
I absolutely agree. I've been hearing predictions about the startup bubble for quite a while now, no doubt the market will fall at some point. Markets are cyclical so you can safely make a prediction once a year and eventually be right. Wha
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by rrreese 14y ago
Thanks, that's great to know, time to give the latest FF another go.
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by rrreese 14y ago
You could add eBay, Amazon, Craig's List, Yahoo, etc. I don't really think they are outliers - if you offer a product with real value, lack of design may have an impact, but the value you provide to customers will vastly outweigh it. Not th
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by rrreese 14y ago
This sounds great, I stopped using Firefox just over a year ago due to its fairly heavy memory usage. I usually run with 20+ tabs and even on a machine with 4GB of ram it was pretty unpleasant. How are you current Firefox users finding the
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by rrreese 14y ago
It seems to me there are two parts too this. Firstly there is value in solving the problem. It didn't matter that the feeder had rough edges, it did the job. That's ultimately what matters. If it didn't feed the cats it would be considered
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by rrreese 14y ago
Right, I've worked on many projects where it wasn't really possible to gather all requirements up front. This is hugely frustrating to everyone involved but the fact remains that until you have at the very least a working prototype you will
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by rrreese 14y ago
Very true, especially as the FSF has been so instrumental in creating and encouraging the creation of free software. While the FSF have "been against" non free software they have at least helped provide the alternative. In the case of DRM,
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by rrreese 14y ago
If you take a GIMPdesigner and give them a weeks training in Photoshop will they still be faster in GIMP? Will the additional speed offset the cost of a weeks course? Are there many professional designers who aren't already familiar with Ph
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by rrreese 14y ago
What it comes down to: Is the cost of Supporting IE 8 greater then the revenue an extra X% of users will generate. Obviously this comes down to: 1) How much will it cost to support older browsers. 2) How many users do you have/what percenta
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by rrreese 14y ago
The current github is overflowing with visual noise. You don't need to be some sort of moron to desire a less cluttered interface. The recent post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3814508 has many readers commenting on their preference
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by rrreese 14y ago
This story makes no sense. Firstly there is a nook app already available on iOS ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nook-by-barnes-noble/id373582... ) Why isn't this version a disaster while a Windows 8 version is. Secondly competitor Amazon
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by rrreese 14y ago
While the plugin is quite nice, what really impresses me is the example page. All to often projects do not have examples, only have screenshots of examples or have a tiny selection. Raty's example page seems to cover every thing, I have no
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by rrreese 14y ago
I suspect that any sort of password enforcement would decrease sign ups in relation to its strictness. It would be an interesting thing to AB test.
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by rrreese 15y ago
When I arrived in London I sent my CV as a PDf to a number of recruiters. Each one requested that I send a word copy, something that was difficult as I had written it in Latex. I found out later that they want it in word so they can edit it
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by rrreese 15y ago
I think that most people see a pretty big difference between a large company infringing copyright for commercial purposes, and the average person infringing copyright for non-commercial reasons. Aditionally there are matters of David vs Gol
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by rrreese 15y ago
WPF is used extensively for LOB apps in enterprise. It seems to have completely replaced windows forms except for legacy applications.
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by rrreese 15y ago
Does anyone have a clue as to why GCC's messages have remained so bad for so long?
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by rrreese 15y ago
Interestingly the original coffee houses of London where used in somewhat simler ways, as places that merchants would meet and conduct buisness (not exclusively of course).
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by rrreese 15y ago
I find expedia.com to be equally terrible in this regard. In fact I have found that most travel oriented websites suffer from extremely poor UX, be they hotels, airlines, bus or train services. I can understand the smaller hotels or bus com
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by rrreese 15y ago
Surely there is some middle ground between your straw-man and taking 13 years to finalize a spec.
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by rrreese 15y ago
TermKit seems like it could do that nicely: https://github.com/unconed/TermKit
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by rrreese 15y ago
Absolutely agree with you. I would object though, if after your neighbour took your ladder you claimed financial loss despite not being hurt. I would also object if your neighbour claimed they have the moral right to take it since "you were
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by rrreese 15y ago
Sorry to be clear I mean that ignoring moral or ethical implications, some one who is broke and pirates something they can not afford is not harming that rights holder. Regardless of their age. Not harming in a financial sense anyway, you c
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by rrreese 15y ago
Also note that a secondhand book isn't a perfect substitute for a new books. Some people don't want to own second hand books, and many people don't want to give secondhand items as gifts. On the other hand second hand books often get resold
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by rrreese 15y ago
There seem too be two flawed mindsets. On one hand you have people claiming that every pirated copy is lost revenue and that there are no positive benefits. Pirates are thieves destroying the lively hoods of hard working creators. On the ot
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by rrreese 15y ago
Is there any reason you aren't using Open XML rather then COM? http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5124 For files <100MB I found it much nicer to use then interop.
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by rrreese 15y ago
It's an odd definition of RPG that would exclude Skyrim, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, The Witcher, or even World of Warcraft as none are turn based. If anything RPG has come to mean quest style game with XP.

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