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I think any fully fledged script would use its specific variables rather than forking to another script. This is after all, mostly just appending to a list. And you can step through an internal script representation in a debugger
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For non coders: Rate of learning of features required > rate of retention of features. That's the real problem even with competent workflow GUI tools. Workflow is hard. It is very easy to deadlock/livelock which you cannot explain to un
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Spoofing of email addresses? --- Great service, really very nice. One problem obviously is there's no verification of the email address being yours to send. So annoying spammers can 'remind' people of their viagra and what Paris Hilton has
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18y ago
There have been a few key data points lately: * Snakes on a Plane - large blogosphere audience, no bumbs-on-seats * Web-Cameron and other election focussed unicast - "preaching to the converted", or "shouting into the ether" it used to be c
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18y ago
* Desktop Notifications - This is solved, I wrote one myself[1] Try using existing Java/Browser technology. I would suggest this: Each compatible web page has a signed applet which can also run resident on the remote machine via Webstart.
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18y ago
Hi Litewulf, Thanks for the insider view. My previous post was wondering whether Google is trying to set the entry bar so very high in order to attract some talent that would otherwise go to Goldmans, Bain. Google need not exploit them, rat
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18y ago
How much is Google trying to establish a cult of success? Other companies accused of cult-of-elitism are Goldman Sachs & Consulting firms like Bain. They are considered to actively encourage "Only the best may enter, the rest can f k o
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Maybe worth mentioning again: * Try using the personal pronoun "I" as much as possible. This is used in the 7 rules itself "I... and I... and I..." * Try to have the difficult conversation 1 on 1 and face-to-face Avoid situations where ther
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Agreed. A lot of the article seems just like a restatement of KISS. * Using a Debugger is like a first pass sweep of where to put the juiciest printfs. It cuts down the problem space. * If you're doing OOP and different components are calli