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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Heh - Great idea, but can you imagine testing that during development?
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Then don't write meaningless types. If you're needing to constantly test parameter types - Then you need to work harder on ensuring your input is the correct type before calling a method. It should subconsciously tell you to put m
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
So because RoR encourages unit tests, it's bad? You should be writing tests for all code - Not just dynamic languages. Compilers catch things like typos and type differences as you said; but there's so much more to test suites tha
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Who ever said 'dull business code'? Take Twitter Bootstrap for example - It started off just so Twitter could iterate faster on internal applications and not worry so much about styling - Now they've open sourced it and other
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
It's not a screenshot - Just some CSS :-).
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
If a company decides to open source a project that is not directly related to their business, then they are gaining an advantage - now their code can be vetted and improved by the open source community and they can spend less engineering ti
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Clicked HTTPS and then immediately searched 'bombs' afterwards. Now we wait.
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
"Most"? Do you have statistics?
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
I actually wouldn't be surprised if it was independently conceived - When http://identity.com designed their first logo they found out both Stide's iD gum and one other company (That I can't recall off hand) both
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
I'm sure this was a 'hidden' feature as it wasn't ready for it's prime time. I would expect developers to receive a notification that they need to update applications to support this - or things will be made to simp
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
It stops people from doing something like fake@lolthisisstupid.com at least though.
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
I said 'eXtract Zee Files' in the overly stereotypical German accent before even finishing your sentence saying that you did it as well (And I said it out loud, not in my mind). But more on context - that's actually a great m
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Sounds like it - Netflix is what, $10/mo? Pulling that off the top of my head. After tax it was ~$42 with basic shipping - so more than half off it sounds like :-)
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Looks like if you refresh enough it will allow you to purchase - Just ordered one. Took a lot less time than the Nexus 4 ordering process ;-)
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
I'm sure you aren't their target market. Personally I went for a bare bones TV because I have so many peripheral devices it made sense to keep using those. Also - Can you stream games and other random apps to your TV? I would assu
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Also take into consideration portability between these two. I use a MBP for my main machine - It's a beast, but if you're lugging it around it could get heavy (Although, I could find much heavier laptops). If you want something yo
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Not OP, but in my experience I always shoot for inbox zero - So I only need my inbox, archive, and starred folder really. I sift through my emails and archive everything that doesn't need my attention, and star anything that does - Aft
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Searched for "password" - 36 results. The majority some iteration of 'password1', 'Password1', 'password2', etc. Really wish government employees would be forced to use more secure passwords, or at th
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
And I don't disagree - It's just the only thing I can possibly come up with to make sense of it.
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
The only reasoning I can come up with that could possibly support this is maybe they have the idea in mind that those with more than 12 years experience would be less able to adapt to newer ways of thinking?
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
I've always found it's a lot easier if you learn the language (And others' habits & conventions) before picking up the framework. Rails will come a lot easier after you're familiar with Ruby and getting the correct e
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
In this case - What the author wants to do in life besides working is travel and gain some rich experiences by meeting people across the world. To me - that's really freaking cool.
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
He stated he has learned from this - it was 7 years ago. > Things have changed since I first started out. I now have systems in place to better protect myself and the client. When I first started out I didn’t have a contract in place or
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
If it 'generates some buzz' but in doing so helps push others to follow suit and help build the market - Then I'll count it as a win. Also, if it ends up being enough of a threat - Maybe it will push Microsoft into allowing s
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
I'd recommend not forcing people to register to see generic information like this - I know HN is biased towards "Connect with Facebook to login", I would assume most are also biased towards registering to see content - I know
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Project link? Cool idea - Hate wasting time on small things like this; but not comfortable putting my, or a clients, information in a public site. Would love to host this myself.
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
You'll want to rephrase that to "How many years experience would you recommend before 'taking the leap.'?".
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Looks interesting - Will probably try it out, but not sure if I'd stick with it. I try to shoot for 0 inbox at all times - So all my emails are either archived or starred for later; I don't categorize outside of that. But, that's why they a
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
Very great analysis! I remember reading an article about an experiment someone took in bringing up the contribution in his project - And that was to add users as collaborators any time someone made a successful contribution. I've been doing
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by tjbiddle 13y ago
This drives me nuts. Every time I encounter a website that was setup with constraints it drives me nuts. Could probably find a few rants on my Twitter feed without much effort. I actually just sent an email to my new utility provider compla

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