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by vdaniuk 11y ago
> There is no library (promises, fibers) that alleviates the simplicity of being able to do: users = User.objects.all() As an counter-example, Sequelize offers both callbacks/promises so you don't have to wrap the query functi
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
> Browser: interacting against DOM objects and events (clicks, etc) > Server: you are wedged into the function(options,callback) pattern and many promise libraries. you are often using functions as "middleware" or wrapping t
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
> it will not go well. It doesn't go well now, at this very point in time. >misogynist wants their daughter to have a reduced sex drive Number of instances of female genital mutilation is absolutely insane. >fundamentalist gov
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Humanity is also suffering, pain, despair, hate, agony, torture. Human condition is indivisible from suffering. Such is life they say. For millenias humanity has not made a significant number of its individual members happy or fulffilled. H
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>You aren't Gandalf Thanks for clearing this up for those confused!
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>majority A majority qualification wasn't present at any point in our short discussion. Don't move the goalposts. >how did you figure Impossible to do that. Maybe most potential commentators are so appalled by the aggressive
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>Person stewing about it: stews on silently. This is just absurd. The linked article, the majority of comments and your own comments are not silent at all.
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Wow, this is one petty evil comment.
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Usually, judgmental behavior stems from the incredible all-encompassing feeling of self-importance of those making a judgment. Chilling out is a preferred course of action. Also, hundreds of millions of people are parts of the cultures wher
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>Someone who cares about something will not be absent-minded about it if they are willing to try. I'd prefer a person who is constantly late than a one with your attitude.
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>Since many companies in the U.S. do send rejection emails Are you able to provide any kind of data backing up that claim? I am strongly in the "don't hate the player, hate the game" camp on this issue. This is NOT a basic
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>sophisticated verification technology Haha. Coursera's verification technology is a joke and prevents only the worst cases of cheating. >Me, personally, I don't care about certificates What's fine for you is fine for o
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
"Free MOOC certificates for most platforms? Forget about it" would be a more accurate title. Nevertheless, the post content is quite accurate. I was immensely disappointed with Coursera's decision to remove free statement of
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Ukip has been cosy with Moscow[0] but I am unaware about any reliable funding stories. [0] http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/31/nigel-farage...
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Yeah, Moscow would certainly make sure that their funding is easily discovered and attributed. For example, Le Pen's Front National got EUR 40M loan[0]. Also Greece’s Golden Dawn party, Belgium’s Vlaams Belang, Italy’s Northern League,
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>Wilders, Le-Pen, the UK euro-skeptics, Greek nationalists and so on all have one thing in common. Two things actually. A very significant share of euro-skeptics, far right parties and movements are funded by Moscow. When Putin's an
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>Within Europe you have cultures and mentalities as diverse as you can imagine. Isn't it the same with US? >... try to apply knowledge about something that 'worked' in one EU country to another invariably fail. Have any
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Language barrier may be the single most important obstacle for further integration. English fluency is growing too slowly due to political reasons, so universal translators may be the one technology EU needs to become and act as a single en
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Thank you for supporting privacy efforts.
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Which jurisdiction would you trust in this matter?
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The implicit suggestion that one stops "being the product"[0] if one is paying for the service has no roots in reality. [0] This oversimplification has to die.
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Sorry, I don't understand your reasoning. Why do you trust your ISP more than Google? ISPs have much more shady practices and are able to match your online and real persona with 100% accuracy. If you care about privacy, why do you use
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
I would love to see some sustainable structured cooperation with at least thousands of developers participating. https://snowdrift.coop <-- this is a great example, btw
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Ember would be a notable counter-example. I think a more important reason would be that Facebook/Microsoft/Google media influence and corporate support creates massive brand awareness and generates instant interest. Educational pr
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
I don't. If Angular has produced a local optima of efficiency in the range of "misguided attempts" then it's effect on the development ecosystem was a net positive. That said, I am extremely concerned that most popular f
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
It's Google fault as in a mistake, a defect, an offense that they've created a popular js framework? Is that a correct interpretation of your words?
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
There is no "our" and there is no "we". Developers, web developers, JS developers or even HN users who are JS developers are not: * a tribe * a close-knit group * an industry union You do not assign blame to hundreds of
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Ian Banks. Culture series. Vernor Vinge. Zones of Thought series. Alastair Reynolds. The Revelation Space series. I would recommend this list of sci-fi book series. All of the series belong to the space opera genre (though not the pulp fict
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
Are you aware about anything resembling a convention or at least a limited consensus of best practices combining JSON Schema/Api with JSON-LD? That would be immensely useful.
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by vdaniuk 11y ago
>he can't be disadvantaged The point is not that they are disadvantaged in absolute terms, but in comparison to those who value profit above all else. Voluntary gifts to gov diminishes relative power of those more compassionate and

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