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by stevoski 11y ago
I've been using IntelliJ IDEA since 2002. I used to get excited every time IntelliJ IDEA released a new version. But in recent years I find the improvements in a new version are marginal. I guess that is a sign of it being a rich and c
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by stevoski 11y ago
A Ukrainian developer told me that working for a large outsourcing shop looked better in the eyes of her friends and family than being a freelancer. She said being a freelancer, was, in her opinion, seen as a sign you couldn't get work
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by stevoski 11y ago
Based on the info you gave here, I'd highly recommend you get some courage together today, and see your boss/major decision maker, tell them: "I am discontent with my current remuneration. I feel I'm not being paid what
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by stevoski 11y ago
Even algorithms "proved" correct sometimes turn out to have bugs: "I was shocked to learn that the binary search program that Bentley proved correct and subsequently tested in Chapter 5 of Programming Pearls contains a bug.&q
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by stevoski 11y ago
> modern Western history I'd say, modern English-speaking history. The KJV has little relevance to German-speakers, French-speakers, etc. In German, Martin Luther's translation established, more or less, what is now Hochdeutsch
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by stevoski 11y ago
The KJV has plenty of archaic usage that reduces its usability. One of my favourite KJV oddities: "Suffer little children" Singing "Suffer little children" in church always struck me as odd. As a kid, I'd puzzle ove
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by stevoski 11y ago
Yes. You pay and still have to look at ads. A model used by The Economist and by the New Yorker, too. Annoying adverts that break the page turning UI and sneakily trick me into clicking on links that open browsers. It is somewhat frustratin
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I agree. But, until recently, it had the huge disadvantage of being a Windows-only product.
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I think what Bruce Eckel is arguing here is that the creators of Java and the Java API would have done a much better job if they had applied the lessons in advance that they learnt from years of Java being actively used. Which is, in my opi
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From this article, I have some of my software business beliefs validated: - don't be afraid to charge money - release frequent, small updates. Users tolerate this much better than infrequent big updates with major changes - focus on qu
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by stevoski 11y ago
I'd love to have the JVM equivalent of this for my company's main desktop product, written in Java. Due to being Java (and having an embedded JRE) the app has slow startup, due to the JVM having to be started up. The installer is
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by stevoski 11y ago
There are three genders in German. And four cases. Multiply them together, throw in plurals, add in uses of the indefinite article and the definitive article, and, well, it is far too much for a single sentence to explain. But in principle
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by stevoski 11y ago
I feel that that the article often mixes cause and effect. It also neglects to mention that the cost of producing music is much less than ten, twenty, fifty years ago. I have the tools in my modest office to record a track, edit it, cut it,
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by stevoski 11y ago
Sorry about that. In future I'll be more careful to write The Netherlands.
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I'll most likely post it on blog.barbarysoftware.com
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Alternatively, small companies started by developers should stop thinking they can implement the payment and order handling code themselves, and learn that instead they should use a service that does this for them.
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by stevoski 11y ago
I commented this on yesterday's jsbin article, and I'll write it again. Don't implement the payment processing code yourself. (And using Stripe is _still_ implementing it yourself - they supply only one part of the process.)
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by stevoski 11y ago
Good point. I consider using Stripe a "do-it-yourself" solution, which requires manual coding. As far as handling EU VAT, Stripe offers nothing, and you need to manually implement this. I meant that you should use a service last F
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by stevoski 11y ago
Please, please, anyone, if you are getting started in online payment processing, don't do it yourself. Use a service that already handles the VAT and fraud detection issues. Then, when you've proven your product, and got substanti
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by stevoski 11y ago
Yes. I've been researching this in recent weeks, and have found several operators that build on top of Stripe and PayPal, in various ways, to handle the VATMOSS burden. Without offering any recommendation for them, here are two I'
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by stevoski 11y ago
I've been assuming that green usernames indicated some kind of super user. That's because the green usernames stands out so much compared to all other usernames.
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by stevoski 11y ago
These other features you've added are good. But years after I started using HN, I still accidentally downvote when I want to upvote because the mobile experience is...well, you know. You all probably often use HN on a mobile device. Pl
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I've definitely been that person who didn't want the project to succeed - and I was the key developer (and an external consultant). I was convinced that we were implementing the wrong thing. Even though I tried to suck it up and d
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by stevoski 11y ago
Great little guide. Now...my negative view on using Futures as per the examples in the guide: Futures (and concurrency in general) make your code much harder to reason about, and much harder to debug. Sequential code running in one thread m
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"We" is who? Europe or USA?
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The underarm delivery was disgraceful. Almost as bad was those caramel fudge coloured uniforms the kiwis were wearing. In New Zealand in the months following the underarm disgrace, my ten-year-old friends would establish the rules for our g
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I run a software company. A very small software company. Instead of focusing on growing it, I've focused on being able to work part time and remotely.
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I have New Zealand and Australian passports. I've been to 115 countries. Russia was a bit painful to get a visa due to bureaucracy. But for me so far Turkmenistan was the most difficult to get into. I still have the really hard ones to
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If SQLite can handle your data handling needs, then almost by definition you are not doing "big data". Quoting my friend Wikipedia: "Big data is a broad term for data sets so large or complex that traditional data processing
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by stevoski 11y ago
I wish the "novel discovery/technique against cancer" news items would stop appearing on hacker news. They are a staple of mainstream media, always with super promising headlines, but with nothing but a far-fetched, vague pro

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