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by tabtab 7y ago
I don't think they are hiding stuff at the top levels, because you-know-who couldn't keep quiet about it if his life depended on it.
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by tabtab 7y ago
Re: [Gov't worker] needed to go find the the appropriate microfiche At least hackers cannot delete it :-)
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by tabtab 7y ago
I'm curious of specific examples. Functional programming is possibly an example. It takes a good long time for many to become productive with it, and with some it will never click. It's hard to actually know if its a personal pref
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by tabtab 7y ago
I find that different browser brands react differently putting BUTTON tags inside of forms. Tread with caution. Internet Explorer versions are usually the biggest bottlenecks.
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by tabtab 7y ago
In practice the gov't has to pretend like the money is real in order to prevent chaos. In fact both gov't and citizens have to pretend "properly" for it to work. It's a mutual agreement about how to represent the va
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by tabtab 7y ago
In practice the dichotomy between hyperlink and button is blurry and should be treated as blurry and interchangeable. But HTML doesn't really allow one to blur properly, at least not in all browser brands. To resolve this, it should be
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by tabtab 7y ago
Seems the problem is feeding back on itself: it's hard to hire people so org's make sure they "do it right", but "doing it right" scares away applicants. Anyhow we are due for a recession and probably also an A
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by tabtab 7y ago
I can build a flowchart out of this article, but realized it has no end: it's an infinite loop. There has to be a point where you give up after get-user-feedback-tweak-and-try-again happens too many times. It's almost like a genet
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by tabtab 7y ago
Re: Coming up with something truly new is much, much harder than people give it credit for. I have to disagree. The ancient Greeks played with idea of the Sun being the center of the solar system, along with inventing gear systems, and pr
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by tabtab 7y ago
There's plenty of new ideas around, you don't have to generate them yourself. If you ask in forums or search the web you can get a big list. The problem is culling the list for practical and successful ideas. Somebody has to inve
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by tabtab 7y ago
Some goofy coder did a mickey mouse software job.
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by tabtab 7y ago
Privatization is often a varied bag. Sometimes the contractor does a good job and sometimes a lousy job. Letting it be a directly gov't run process tends to get a consistent "C" grade, while privatization may get you an &quot
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by tabtab 7y ago
Re: Not that the amount of taxes paid ever stopped a government from trying borrow and spend way more than that. Government, taxes, and private industry are all tools of civilization. Tools are imperfect and the human managers & users
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by tabtab 7y ago
Indeed! Voters want great gov't services but also hate paying taxes. These are often contradictory. Sometimes you get what you pay for and can't vote for a magic lunch. People complain about how slow the DMV is, but if you ask the
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by tabtab 7y ago
Startups are generally taking risks by design. When you are allowed and expected to take risks, your behavior is different than those being risk averse. Most gov't services are infrastructure to a degree. You don't want people gam
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by tabtab 7y ago
To clarify, "PAL" refers to the European TV standard, correct? Commodore had to make a different sub-model for Europe versus US because the TV signals are governed by different standards in each continent. The screen refresh rate
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by tabtab 7y ago
The C64 was pretty much the same model for about a decade. The various iPhone models are probably too different to count in the same world-record category. The C64's lack of change is perhaps a reason why Commodore died. Jack was brill
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by tabtab 7y ago
If the 12.5m figure is correct, it would probably still hold the record, wouldn't it? The Apple II, TRS-80 model III, or the IBM-brand original PC are the only contenders I can think of.
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by tabtab 7y ago
The physical hardware for the computers of 70's probes had more parts and complexity. Voyager used magnetic tape recorders, for example. Newer tech has allowed for simpler computer hardware, but does shift problems into the realm of so
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by tabtab 7y ago
Indeed. Things change. Backward compatibility is difficult, and doing it with the minimum possible headaches involves many trade-offs. A lot of things will look "stupid" in hindsight.
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by tabtab 7y ago
I don't think it's realistic to declaratively define a UI that works well under both a 15 inch screen and a 2 inch screen. One is probably going to have to programmatically take different courses of action under each of those sc
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by tabtab 7y ago
Okay, I see it now. Thanks! If one uses a "wide" screen, it shifts to the left side and resembles a navigation link to another article. There's a UI design lesson there: don't do that.
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by tabtab 7y ago
Atheists are going to have a hard time if it turns out the Universe is shaped like a giant Pikachu :-) Some models suggest our universe is just one "foam-bubble" in a big ocean of universes. Hell, the mole on your face may contain
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by tabtab 7y ago
Maybe vagueness itself is a survival technique ;-)
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by tabtab 7y ago
I've also read that Steve admired how the Beatles were willing to experiment and change styles to keep up or even stay ahead of the competition. They refused to settle. Despite rocketing on the charts via "hold-hands" teenage
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by tabtab 7y ago
Interesting quote: "...they will continue on their trajectories long after they fall silent. "The two Voyagers will outlast Earth," said Kurth." The Earth will be totally fried and maybe even vaporized in about 5 billion
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by tabtab 7y ago
I agree that if you tune it for shop conventions and know its warts well, one can indeed be productive in it. But getting to that point is not necessarily short or easy.
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by tabtab 7y ago
Re: Whats wrong with Base? When I first learned MS-Access, I barely had to read the manual. I could discover most functionality by clicking around. With Base, I had to constantly dig in the manual and still couldn't get it to do ma
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by tabtab 7y ago
dBASE III and dBASE III+ were different enough that they are generally considered two different "big release" products. I used to automate a lot of grunt work by putting code in dBASE tables. It's real easy to do that. You ca
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by tabtab 7y ago
Re: Why is it that experienced programmers can't efficiently solve a problem that a business user can handle in Access? Because existing web UI standards suck rotting ass to hell and back. The standard was not meant for CRUD and stil

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