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by tabtab 5y ago
But because in practice people will flake, the only alternative may be a technical solution. If you can't fix "stupid", Plan B may be to engineer around it.
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by tabtab 5y ago
I just wish TypeScript supported optional named parameters. Once I got used to them in C#, it's hard to live without. They make adding enhancements so much easier. The work-arounds, such as object literals, are just not the same.
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by tabtab 5y ago
Careful. Functional is often harder to debug. The very "state" functional likes to avoid is often an excellent x-ray point(s) for debugging. It's one of the reasons functional fails to take off in the mainstream despite being
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by tabtab 5y ago
What specific part, or what's your interpretation of the general message?
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by tabtab 5y ago
Most things are cross-cutting concerns. For example, database access and security are issues that entity-specific modules have to deal with, and it's best to share those features rather than have every entity reinvent it. Early in the
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by tabtab 5y ago
If the "modules" are source code you don't know or can't control, then it's a dependency that can create dependency headaches. For example, a new OS or browser version comes out and the existing components are not c
487.
by tabtab 5y ago
I suspect you are confusing using characteristics to correct for existing bias versus using characteristics for discrimination itself. Specific scenarios may help us explore this better.
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by tabtab 5y ago
I corrected it; however, keep in mind many readers don't know that means.
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by tabtab 5y ago
Perhaps they should change the org name to reduce perceived controversy
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by tabtab 5y ago
CIS (as born) women may also have (traditional) male-like traits. If you separate people by traits in prison, then why separate based on trans-ness alone? For example, large women are more likely to rape small women in prison simply because
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by tabtab 5y ago
I don't know, the UI seems screwed up to me. They should have scrolled vertically, for one. It's more natural to people and mice design.
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by tabtab 5y ago
Keep in mind that 2/3 of software costs are in longer-term maintenance. If the results are not maintenance-friendly, it won't be wallet-friendly. As a proof of concept or an emergency rush job, it might be okay, but don't hit
493.
by tabtab 5y ago
Imagine an article written in Trump-esque style. Politics aside, it would be an interesting thing to see. Let's give it a try: Trump style articles? Politics aside, very interesting, let's try!
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by tabtab 5y ago
If terrorists really wanted to disrupt civilization, then S.O. would be a prime target. I'm just the messenger, shore it up, you've been warned. I'd estimate it solves at least 1/3 of the glitches I encounter from day to
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by tabtab 5y ago
Re: My wife is what I call a 'sympathetic speaker', she very quickly adopts the accent of those she's speaking with. Politicians are often known to do the same. It's usually painted as "pandering", but I&#x27
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by tabtab 5y ago
Why should UI's and their API's be tied to specific programming languages? What's needed is an an interactive stateful GUI markup language that supports the common GUI idioms. (At least in the domain of business CRUD.) Rather
497.
by tabtab 5y ago
Why should we have to register for demos? It's the web, let anybody run the demos. What are they protecting?
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by tabtab 5y ago
PDF's still fill a gap that the web can't because of DOM/CSS's inconsistent text positioning problems. Thank you Chuck! (Hopefully the web standards will someday get real interactive text WYSIWYG features. Certain kinds
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by tabtab 5y ago
I had the impression such is considered "lower class" talk, for lack of a PC way to describe it. Please hear me out before giving me negative points. If you are "educated", then you are "supposed to" pronounc
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by tabtab 5y ago
Maybe because "V" and "B" used to be pronounced the same ;-)
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by tabtab 6y ago
That's a b-a-a-a-a-a-d request.
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by tabtab 6y ago
"Predictions are hard, especially about the future" -Yogi Berra I don't trust anybody's ability to predict the future. The economy typically runs on a roughly 10 year cycle, but wars, pandemics, and natural events can th
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by tabtab 6y ago
Cutting edge does often cut.
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by tabtab 6y ago
Even in the software design biz, factoring often looks easier on paper. Small-scale modules and components usually have a better reuse record in my observation because you can mix, match, change, and drop them as needed per project: you can
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by tabtab 6y ago
The US should allow AstraZeneca to be used on volunteers in other nations, as long as it's not under coercion. The possible blot-clot issue is small, if any. Thus, volunteers is a decent compromise, rather than let it sit in storage.
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by tabtab 6y ago
If it's reverse engineering an existing application in an obsolete platform and translating almost verbatim into a new platform, it can resemble that. A lot of software work is porting from older platforms.
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by tabtab 6y ago
Societal status aside, how does it pay?
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by tabtab 6y ago
Re: "I actually didn't get any hassle as a PhD student, possibly since I was a mature student and wouldn't take any shit, I didn't need to get into any fights but I was willing to and I guess that comes out as confidence
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by tabtab 6y ago
As somebody with 3+ decades of experience at multiple kinds of orgs as a contractor and an employee I can say with confidence YES! Especially when they know you are in a jam, such as recessions or family issues. Dilbert is a comic strip an
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by tabtab 6y ago
Amen! Java and C# are too "stiff" to handle many kinds of changes/expansions that say Smalltalk or Lisp would have no problem with. Lambda's and "annotations" are doing many things that objects should be doin

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