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by unabst 6y ago
I think the evidence points to discussions as naturally tending towards endlessness. Without an end definiting goal or a line drawn, discussions tend to feed themselves to ad infinitum . Basically, the more people you put in a room togethe
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by unabst 6y ago
Right. But I'm not just moving essential to a different place. I am describing how complexity is made essential or accidental based on where you are in the stack. It actually unifies your theory and Brooks, and I don't what others
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by unabst 6y ago
The crux of Brook's argument is with irreducible complexity which he calls essential, but also qualifies it with what cannot be reduced with technology: > programming tasks contain a core of essential/conceptual1 complexity tha
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by unabst 6y ago
> That's not what accidental/essential complexity mean in Computer Science. Of course. I was responding to the OP. This thread began with: > I have different idea about essential complexity and accidental complexity. I think
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by unabst 6y ago
Exactly. There is nothing you can do about bash unless you are the creators of bash. In which case, now you are dealing with whatever essential complexity it is you are forced to deal with to create your program. The program itself is all a
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by unabst 6y ago
You're missing the point which is context. If you're the accountant, the tax code is essential. HTML is accidental. If you're the programmer, then HTML is essential. The outcome of your page is accidental. Accidental is what
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by unabst 6y ago
In your example, the tax code is simply the abstraction layer one level down that you have no control over. So to translate your example, HTML specs would be essential complexity and all authored HTML would be accidental complexity to a fro
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by unabst 6y ago
You become easy prey for vultures. On a slight tangent but still related, think overdraft fees. We don't live in a world where the bank will give you money when you need it. They will take more away ever since we invented negative numb
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by unabst 6y ago
This is such an oversimplification. Since when did a table contribute to the richness of an application? Most modern sites are built with divs and remain inaccessible. Tables simplify the code for simple content placement. That's it. I
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by unabst 6y ago
“I’m not the kind of person who does things like that” This can also be not misbehaving or betraying your own values. It's not about you though. It should always be about actions. Not about "is" but about do's and don&#x
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by unabst 6y ago
Exactly. td supported vertical-align:middle since css1. But you're not suppose to use tables because... hmm. The user sees no difference. Google doesn't care. The browser has no problem with it. It's easier to code. Oh, but i
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by unabst 6y ago
It's this. The developer mindset almost enjoys documentation because you can absorb it fast, in detail, and get on with the problem in the window next to it. In the real world (TM), problem solving is often a matter of responsibility a
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by unabst 6y ago
I mean, all the comments I got were not about my main points at all. "No you should do this because of that" is not a valid argument when both "this" and "that" only exist because you created them. If vcenter w
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by unabst 6y ago
It's perfectly safe. Soy sauce and parmesan cheese has naturally occurning MSG. MSG is added in campbell and lipton soups, Doritos and Pringles chips, and dozens of menu items at McDonalds and KFC. Ajinomoto is the powdered form that m
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by unabst 6y ago
> Kindness takes courage. Not for a kind person. For a kind person it takes courage to be rude. It takes courage to say no, because it's so easy to say yes, because it feels good and it feels right (and I guess is also better for yo
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by unabst 6y ago
And my point is regardless of how complex something is, unless it's impossible, you can just give the thing a name and hide the complexity under the hood. Imagine if this just worked since html1: <div center vcenter>centered<&
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by unabst 6y ago
Vertical centering would work just as horizontal centering works in 99% of the cases as expected. The syntax could be symmetric. We override and adjust as needed. Instead, we have nothing to override or adjust. We're forced to pick a l
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by unabst 6y ago
> It requires a more complex layout Yes and no. Yes, because vertical centering can be implemented manually using these available elements as you said. But no, because all it takes is one of these solutions and naming it "vcenter&qu
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by unabst 6y ago
> not as easy to figure out what that means exactly I wholeheartedly disagree. When you see the title "centering in CSS" you know exactly what it means. It's the same old problem everyone has been solving repeatedly for 20
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by unabst 6y ago
No. Narcissists are the popular ones because they can't stop hoarding attention, including yours. Someone earnest can have an incredible sense of humor and a sharp intellectual mind. They can be kind, well-meaning, and respectful. And,
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by unabst 6y ago
Everyone has a personal philosophy, and your path of personal growth is the path by which your personal philosophy is developed. There are many great interviews with Mike Tyson where he gets highly philosophical. He has some amazing lines,
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by unabst 6y ago
"Flaw" is the trigger word. If we rename the list "Common human trends in thinking" then responses would be less dramatic, but also less interesting. Awareness is definitely the key. If you recognize you're self-pro
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by unabst 6y ago
The paradox is "pressure to keep civil" to you may not be the same to me. Numorous times trying to call out someone not civil will put you in the not civil category. That's why systems like HN aren't necessarily encourag
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by unabst 6y ago
Ergo, learning is stealing. Good students learn alone, and just need goals. Spoonfed knowledge is like processed food. It's clickbaity and likely spread because it makes you feel good.
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by unabst 6y ago
Rakuten is the original Japanese Amazon. It has everything and is just as cluttered as Amazon. Pages are optimized for maximum spam. Might as well call it the spam UI paradigm. Here are sites that don't spam. https://www.au.
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by unabst 6y ago
Wouldn't most employees fall under the first category, and managers and executives the next? And employees are paid to carry out goals. while employers take care of the organization and set the goals. With this modeling of the situatio
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by unabst 6y ago
Exactly. Really wish we could have constructive discussions about ideas again without these vigilantes interrupting every conversation and scaring people away.
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by unabst 6y ago
If you have issues with the ideas or know of similar ideas with different names then let's have it. But what is it with this mind reading and character lynching? What could be your motivation and why do you even bother? > spanktheus
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by unabst 6y ago
I would love if something like this caught on. "5% royalties due on profits derived from this product." So if something is given away free, nothing would be due. But if something were used for profit, part of that profit would hav
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by unabst 6y ago
You're free to disagree or challenge any statement, but character assassination is something else. This is modern witch hunting. This is bullying. What if I had then gone and killed myself. You don't know me. No context should eve

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