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   by tabtab 4y ago

   A new sub-species is evolving: Homo Smokus
2. 362.▲
   by tabtab 4y ago

   Tna bafsasdf qujalml bmapvnal dx glramsdfa vvalkjli mst!
3. 363.▲
   by tabtab 4y ago

   And trying to expel humans after seeing them in action.
4. 364.▲
   by tabtab 4y ago

   CEO's learned to never put anything controversial on record. They imply to underlings dodgy requests so they can blame them later if bleep hits the fan.
5. 365.▲
   by tabtab 4y ago

   > I'm tired of living through "once in a life time events" every decade or less. The world is getting "smaller". An ever smaller group of people can create bigger chaos than they could in the past, be it hacking,
6. 366.▲
   by tabtab 4y ago

   An alternative to DE is "Assume Balance". See near the bottom of http://wiki.c2.com/?AccountingModeling
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   by tabtab 4y ago

   I actually like some of the ideas from CASE. For example, non-programmers (typically analysts) should be able to change attribute-oriented features without code changes. Menus, button titles, field titles, field length, required status, etc
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   by tabtab 4y ago

   "Dynamic Relational" needs to be implemented. Columns and (optionally) tables are "create on write". If you issue "SELECT nonExistingColumn FROM myTable" you get nulls (if rows exist), not an error. One can inc
9. 369.▲
   by tabtab 4y ago

   Low/no-code solutions (LNCS) almost always become maintenance headaches , except for a few highly trivial uses. They are kind of like renting a motel for 20 years: they are easy to get into, but will empty your wallet in the long wron
10. 370.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    And they moon humans.
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    What's sorely needed is an open state-ful GUI markup language that targets CRUD and data, something HTML/DOM still sucks bigly at. We wouldn't need language binding libraries if we could issue XML to give us all the common an
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    That's why it takes about 3x the effort and money to make a smallish CRUD app than it did 25 years ago. Too many eToys to distract decision-making. Warren Buffett said one of his top "skills" is not being afraid to say "
13. 373.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    There is an art to delivering bad news without coming across as a jerk. I don't do it well despite many attempts. I've seen others do it well and I have to admire such a skill.
14. 374.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    I'm going to take point hits, but what about the opposite: why to AVOID it. For one, it's a dead-end job. On average you'll need to move into management or quasi-management to survive in IT. Even if you find a way to keep up
15. 375.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    > Simplicity is much harder than complexity. Amen!!! The skill of practical parsimony is way under-valued. Warren Buffett said one of his top "skills" is saying "no" to financial gimmicks and peer pressure. Somebody
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    Functional can be tricky to debug, as the frowned-on "intermediate state" of imperative programming makes for great x-ray examination points during debugging. The backlash against OOP is partly because existing OOP engines are lim
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    > Sure, it's closed environment, but last time I felt so productive doing UI dates back to Visual Basic. The "closed" nature seems to have made such IDE's better integrated such that you didn't need "layer
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    I rant about the excess complexity of our CRUD dev tools all the time. Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31217253#31240227 It's roughly 3x the complexity and labor compared to the 1990's desktop-orient
19. 379.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    I like boring chips. Don't mess with them or I'll kick you in the chillies.
20. 380.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    Boys tend to have more physical energy, and it must be "burned off" to "get the wiggles out". Their recess breaks need to be more intense and supervised so that some don't fall through the cracks. It works, it'
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    Dave Bowman: "My God, it's full of parentheses!"
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    It is partly Adobe's fault; they played legal games to scare away competitors. Plus, Flash was already falling out of favor by then. Competitors should have started in the late 90's. Also, cloning Flash also meant cloning its secu
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    For some reason no other respected company made their own Flash or Flash-like player with it. HTML took off in part because multiple vendors made browsers such that no one vendor could hold the industry hostage if they turned evil(er) one d
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    There is a financial incentive to over-complicate your project or job because it's job security to make a mess. When I call for parsimony (KISS, YAGNI, DRY, etc.), I am often given the stink-eye by IT staff. It's somehow "sup
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    My impression is that many conservatives simply don't value the basics of critical thinking and cross-checking information. They've learned to trust their "gut" and/or prayer above doing the legwork needed for findi
26. 386.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    I found Blender has a huge learning curve. Maybe they since improved it, but it left a bad taste in my mouth.
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    The 16bit chip had to be backward compatible with the 8bit, no?
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    by tabtab 4y ago

    [Ads showing] Viewer: "Sony" [Ads stop] Viewer: "...sucks!" [Ads back]
29. 389.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    Reddit's editing policy sucks. It encourages partisans, fanboys/girls, and zealots to manage a subreddit.
30. 390.▲
    by tabtab 4y ago

    > College is a scam (specifically the debt-based form of it) Degrees are statistically worth it, salary-wise. Just don't go to an expensive college. There are a few degrees where it may matter, but for the vast majority of subject