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by wes-exp 14y ago
I am a former C#/ASP.net programmer and I can confirm this. The thought of going back to the MS stack makes me cringe.
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by wes-exp 14y ago
For the record, the MVC Framework is completely open source. So is the entire Asp.Net stack. I'm a former C#/ASP.net programmer. This guy is delusional. Even when MS makes code available, that doesn't really mean it's useful in any practi
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by wes-exp 14y ago
I agree that patent protection has some deep flaws in the pharmaceutical and other industries. I would even be in favor of abolishing software patents. However, this is really a tangential discussion to the original point that competition i
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Aggressive competition is a great thing. It incentivizes innovation to reduce cost and incentivizes competitors to differentiate themselves, which gives more options to consumers at lower prices. Competition is not always beneficial. Cons
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Given the choice between switching to a computer with Flash (I'm on an iPad) or not watching this, I'm choosing not to watch.
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by wes-exp 14y ago
This. Inside the US, consumers have to pay the "rich tax" on products they buy. Outside the US, you get a discount. It is no wonder companies want to hire foreign workers that do not have to pay this additional cost. Living in the US could
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by wes-exp 14y ago
An interesting point here is that the client was asking for an immigrant hire. Here we have a conflict between human nature and the law. It is human nature for Americans to perceive immigrant hires as cheaper. It doesn't matter if pay i
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by wes-exp 14y ago
The argument seems to be that if the smallest workings of space/time exist in discrete points rather than being continuous, then we must be in a simulation, if I understand correctly. Personally I find discrete math much more natural and it
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by wes-exp 14y ago
What would you rather see on an exam then? Is the entire notion of requirements/design/etc. not "agile" enough, or what?
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Are you factoring in the exorbitant cost of renting an apartment in the bay area when making this calculation?
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by wes-exp 14y ago
You know what's economically unfeasible? An unstable climate created by forever burning coal.
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Considering the "readable" example: (define (factorial n) (if (<= n 1) 1 (* n (factorial (- n 1))))) define factorial(n) if {n <= 1} 1 {n * factorial{n - 1}} The first one looks more pleasan
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by wes-exp 14y ago
I've coded a significant amount of lisp, and I agree the parentheses are completely an asset.
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Why the dependency on node?
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by wes-exp 14y ago
I'm doing this and I also added the bing app which, although it's a bit clunky, seemingly has transit directions.
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by wes-exp 14y ago
It was widely reported last year that Google started charging money for high-volume usage of the maps API. For the amount of maps API usage iOS would have, this would be a lot of money. Paying a lot of money to your competitor is generall
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by wes-exp 14y ago
More evidence that coding is presently overvalued. Is MC Hammer investing?
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by wes-exp 14y ago
I'm curious too. I'm guessing the main draw is the ability to write extensions and enhancements in Clojure rather than Emacs Lisp?
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Lisp also had plists, which practically look like Json: For instance (:name "Bob" :age 50) being a plist called person would give (getf person :age) as 50. That seems pretty similar to {"name": "Bob", "age": 50} and person.age to retrieve t
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by wes-exp 14y ago
"The computer market is not a conspiracy of manufacturers that get together and decide to screw customers." I agree, but for the record, there have been a variety of customer-screwing conspiracies within the computer market. If memory serve
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Nerfing hardware artificially can be beneficial to the consumer. I'm sure many things have a lot of their cost not in physical production, but in engineering/design. Software would be an extreme example of this. This being the case, nerfing
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by wes-exp 14y ago
I'm not saying the press freedom situation is comparable... Reporters Without Borders is. Maybe their index is total nonsense. I would readily believe that. However, in the absence of better data, I'll take the word of an organization dedic
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Correa's view, not that I know enough to endorse it or not, is that Ecuador's press is dominated by corporate influence. This creates a situation not unlike in the US, where the mainstream media is not always fair in its reporting. In fact,
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by wes-exp 14y ago
I honestly don't know where the wikipedia ones come from. On the map you've linked to, they are different, but only by one.
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Well, it is color coded on wikipedia. Further, a gap of 1/3 might not be very significant if the scores are closely packed. Also regardless, stack ranking is known to be bullshit. Ask any current or former Microsoft employee :)
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by wes-exp 14y ago
"The simple answer is: Ecuador simply isn't a party to this controversy, and so the way they see things isn't material" On the contrary, Ecuador's independence from the controversy makes them seem more impartial and credible.
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by wes-exp 14y ago
"Ecuador has a woeful record on freedom of the press. It is 104th in the index of world press freedom" US is ranked 47th. This effectively puts Ecuador in the same category as the US. Look at the color codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P
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by wes-exp 14y ago
I'm not saying he is innocent, but if he is, he has every reason to believe this is a politically-motivated frame-up. So, if he is innocent, why go to Sweden? Probably, even as an innocent person, the frame-up would succeed. As such, his un
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by wes-exp 14y ago
Natural gas has lower GHG emissions during energy production, but this doesn't account for GHG emissions during its extraction. With total life-cycle taken into account, this kind of GHG "reduction" isn't so clear cut. Natural gas is mostly
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by wes-exp 14y ago
It is fair in the sense that they earned the same color code on that wikipedia page. If you break them down into grades or something, it's like they both get a B-.

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