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by siempreb 7y ago
> Other people have told you multiple times no-one believes apes evolved into humans You're kidding me? That's what I see with most ape -> human believers, they are 100% sure about things they assume or cannot know. Typical
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by siempreb 7y ago
> Teaching well-established scientific knowledge in schools is essential Well established? It's simply not proven, period. You should only teach kids what you are 100% sure about, and when you're not than you have to honestly s
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by siempreb 7y ago
> if we don't know all the details about our evolution, then we should just say that we know nothing and ignore all the things we actually do know are very very likely? Nothing wrong with studying and figuring out how things work, y
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by siempreb 7y ago
so? That still doesn't make an ape my ancestor. Or are you saying that every specie I see is ending up being a human? Or is it only when a specie has been 'a good boy'? I am a software developer, dealing with logic all day. T
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by siempreb 7y ago
I mean we are a very different species, we have not evolved from apes, nor have apes evolved from fish. It is an idiot theory that doesn't serve us at all. These apes are not our ancestors fortunately, we are very fortunate to be real
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by siempreb 7y ago
> I used to think like that Such arrogance.. ..and unfortunately so typical for TS proponents..
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by siempreb 7y ago
JS was designed to be dynamically typed, just as Python and others, it is at the root of those languages. I can totally imagine that with all the big web apps of today type safety is a thing for some people working in large code bases. But
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by siempreb 7y ago
> The real solution is for Microsoft to treat its customers with a bit more respect. This company (like most other companies) operates out of greed, and that doesn't go well with respect. They're just trying to milk as much as
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by siempreb 7y ago
> Windows 10 has more built-in advertisements than Google’s Android and Chrome OS do. It's still hard to believe that after paying a few hundreds of dollars for a new OS you will be treated with advertisements, as if it were freewar
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by siempreb 7y ago
Maybe if legal weed would be certified 100% non-poisonous, organic, etc.. there could be more traction for legal. The government should be able to enforce this.
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by siempreb 7y ago
> Typescript solves the biggest issue I have with using JS which is a lack of a static type system. Hmm, the biggest problem with JS is types? Are you sure? I rarely had issues with types in JS. With JS I just used my trusty dynamic type
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by siempreb 7y ago
It is indeed not funny, and you're off the mark as well: > Dan did not develop the hooks api I didn't say he developed it > he is also on record saying that people don’t need to re-write their components with hooks So? In my
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by siempreb 7y ago
> None of the tools you mentioned are unsupported as of now, though. I mean working as a professional, doing my next gig. Do you think I can still use my Grunt or Gulp skills there? The landscape is now again very different than it was a
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by siempreb 7y ago
> at the peak of Javascript fatigue Are you very sure the peak was 3 years ago? Based on what? IMAO the mess only gets worse. You just mentioned webpack is going to be replaced?? That's unfortunately very typical for the JS eco syst
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by siempreb 7y ago
> now throws ~30 errors on build Yep, it's a beautiful technology, total type safe heaven. Two basic basic rules if you want to work with TS: 1: apply the 'any' type 2: tweak TSC config so it won't complain anymo
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by siempreb 7y ago
Yes, but if only the tooling was too complicated, it would not be too bad. IMAO the entire front-end JS world is one big pile of MISERY, complicated is not the word or the problem at all. Not 1 year you can write the same kind of code (prof
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by siempreb 7y ago
The fact that it works doesn't mean it's good code. A switch statement should not be used like that IMAO because every developer just like the author is confused by first sight. Readability is an extremely important part of good c
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by siempreb 7y ago
> 3. Hire the best engineers you can. This is where most companies fail. Yes, they do want the best developers, but for the budget of an average junior/medior dev. For some reason most companies/managers I worked for do not und
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by siempreb 7y ago
> The price of unusually high IQ is terrible loneliness. We truly are the outsiders. This is so true unfortunately. But success has almost nothing to do with being more intelligent as success depends mainly on luck.
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by siempreb 7y ago
> just stop eating meat? For most people that's simply not an option. But, if all people were eating just a little less meat, that would be an incredible improvement already. I believe we better fight down the meat problem with smal
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by siempreb 7y ago
"Dark Matter Developer", what label is that for a developer doing his thing without going to conferences, doing blogs, etc..? This should not be on HN imao.
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by siempreb 7y ago
> A Secure Runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript So, does it support a specific ECMAscript version? Or am I restricted to the Typescript JS definition? This is confusing..