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by wgj 17y ago
I agree, and I know it sounds negative, but I couldn't make it through the whole screencast. For me, it was too distracting.
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by wgj 17y ago
Some of the conclusions are inconsistent. For example, Ruby got canned mainly for having a heavyweight framework, since he wants to write everything from scratch. What keeps one from doing that in Ruby? Ruby does not depend on Rails. His co
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by wgj 17y ago
Here is Steve Albini's famous article on the generalized situation between labels and bands: http://www.negativland.com/albini.html
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by wgj 17y ago
Iwata: "So you wanted to know what it was that made players insert another 100 yen coin once the game was over and have another go?" Miyamoto: "And basically, I concluded that this was born of the players being mad at themselves. So I would
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RightJS - A New Javascript Framework(dailyjs.com)
1 points by wgj 17y ago|1 comments
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Compare/contrast: Murdoch then and now(buzzmachine.com)
1 points by wgj 17y ago|0 comments
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by wgj 17y ago
Why are people down voting this? It's not spam or trolling. It's a valid comment, and a useful link.
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by wgj 17y ago
"I know many of the best security people in the world, and none of them work for the British police." - Ian Clarke
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by wgj 17y ago
Also, suicide is more common in Japan, and viewed differently by Japanese society: "Suicide has never been criminalized in Japan. Japanese society's attitude toward suicide has been termed "tolerant", and on many occasions a suicide is seen
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by wgj 17y ago
No, it looks like I was wrong but there's no link to delete it.
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by wgj 17y ago
I believe the part about over-consuming energy drinks though.
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by wgj 17y ago
No, it's only a 5 point scale.
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by wgj 17y ago
Patrick, excellent post. I'm glad I asked you to do it!
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by wgj 17y ago
This was asked recently. You might find some inspiration in this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=913911
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by wgj 17y ago
Yes, I understand it's satire or at least something similar. I'm not a regular reader, and maybe I'm missing some subtext. In this case it's too subtle for me because there's this huge glass house called iPhone Developer Relations. Fake Ste
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by wgj 17y ago
Thanks for the updated link. Mine was a cut/paste from the Chrome address bar. A bug maybe.
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by wgj 17y ago
I understand the point, but given Apple's track record with developer relations recently I find it ironic that FSJ found this topic to riff on.
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by wgj 17y ago
The percentages look like a standard gimmick to make the article more readable and create an attention-getting headline. The message is still valid though.
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by wgj 17y ago
The point should be that every platform company needs great developer evangelism, and a great developer evangelist should certainly be serving the developer community as much as they serve the company that writes their check. This is why t
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by wgj 17y ago
The post is a direct response to: http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2009/11/16/sending-emai... Discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=944686
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by wgj 17y ago
This wikipedia entry is a decent introduction, discussing pros and cons of repetition-reducing abstractions (DRY) in a language-independent way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dont_repeat_yourself
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The 40-30-30 Rule: Why Risk Is Worth It(the99percent.com)
51 points by wgj 17y ago|16 comments
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by wgj 17y ago
For whatever reason some people have obviously downmodded your comment. I just want to say, that was a really good presentation on Ruby internals. I watched the whole thing, and bookmarked it to go through again later. Thanks for the link.
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by wgj 17y ago
That's exactly why it makes a good blog post.
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by wgj 17y ago
well_said <<QUOTE Metaprogramming allows you to cut down on boilerplate code, making your programs shorter, easier to write, easier to read, and easier to test. Also, it reduces the impact of changes. QUOTE ...and your JSON grab bag
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by wgj 17y ago
They gave Gopher credit for being first in content search, although it was admittedly not exactly "web" search.
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by wgj 17y ago
A commenter at sitepoint noted the positive point about Google open sourcing Closure. I think it's a good point. It leaves room for people to review, critique, and help improve things. I thought the more interesting thing about Closure was
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by wgj 17y ago
Rails uses Ruby's metaprogramming capabilities extensively, and those capabilities are one of the reasons people choose Ruby, as well as the very thing that makes it possible for Rails to work the way that it does. This is, at least in part
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by wgj 17y ago
The references section could benefit from including why's classic Ruby vs. Python video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXZ_htL1rOI
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by wgj 17y ago
I think HomeworkStack would be a runaway hit.

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