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by wting 13y ago
Do you share workstations with your co-workers or do significant amounts of pair programming? I'm not sure why my work environment should be optimized for a <1% use case.
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If you have root you can still enable it with market apps.[0][1] However something like this needs to be integrated tightly like iOS and apps need to be aware they may not receive requested permissions. I still use App Ops in Kit Kat and it
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One rationalization is that a 10 year probation means he'll be under police watch for a significant amount of time. On the other hand if he was given a sentence as a minor, he would be released in 2 years when he's 18. That leads
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by wting 13y ago
This line has me more excited over everything else. I can't wait for a mechanical keyboard with a trackpoint like device. I'm a big fan of Thinkpad keyboards and have a few USB versions, but finally switched to mechanical keyboard
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by wting 13y ago
> My college adviser (part-time grad school) even INSISTED that I learn Java because I wouldn't get anywhere without it. To be fair that statement isn't without merit. I just went through a slew of interviews for new college gr
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by wting 13y ago
Is it faster to write a report in notepad or Word? Depends on your level of expertise. If you have none, then notepad is the faster. However if your job requires writing reports all day then learning to use Word is better in the long run. F
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by wting 13y ago
There's also a quick demo of Pythonium here: http://pythonium.github.io/ The generated JS: http://pythonium.github.io/js/app.py.js
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by wting 13y ago
This is a conscious culture decision for my workplace. We ping / discuss topics over IRC even though most of my team is within talking distance. This provides (remote employees|other teams|working from home people) a chance to provide
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by wting 13y ago
I have a bunch of expensive headphones (Bose QC2, multiple inner ear), and the best solution I've found costs $28 and allows me to listen to music comfortably on a Mac at 0.5 tick! I use a pair of earphones[0] covered by industrial ear
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by wting 13y ago
Evolution of a Python programmer: https://gist.github.com/fmeyer/289467
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by wting 13y ago
I made this same mistake refactoring a function to not process duplicates that the original dev caught in code review. I argue that assumptions (intentionally re-processing duplicates) should be explicitly communicated through comments, uni
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by wting 13y ago
This article and related commentary are relevant: http://nautil.us/blog/the-math-trick-behind-mp3s-jpegs-and-h... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6683866 In fact, it looks like Lucas Viera may hav
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by wting 13y ago
You can always buy a USB number pad for data entry tasks, but you can't remove a numpad from an existing keyboard. A 3rd party number pad is probably higher quality anyway.
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A similar question was asked on Quora recently: https://www.quora.com/Silicon-Valley/What-do-people-in-Silic... Some of the companies and founders' ages compiled from the answers: - Zynga: 41 - LinkedIn: 36 - Sale
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Google Hangouts adds SMS, animated gif support(googleblog.blogspot.com)
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You might want to look into BetterTouchTool ( http://www.boastr.de/ ). It gives you the ability to map keys to full screen maximize, left and right split, and a plethora of other options.
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by wting 13y ago
My brother has become proficient at using Windows, so his switching costs are higher. He didn't want to learn the Linux equivalent of task manager, adding startup applications, updating / installing software. Also he's in fin
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by wting 13y ago
Both my parents are 60+. My mom is perfectly fine using Ubuntu on my old x61 for email, browsing, and YouTube. To be fair she could probably replace it with a tablet if it weren't for the fact that she visits a lot of flash sites (Chin
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by wting 13y ago
I think many HN readers have a hard time relating to Pinterest because we aren't the target demographic, but from what I can find they have great metrics. The question is whether they can monetize despite lack of purchasing intent (as
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by wting 13y ago
There's also a few benefits of code review that you missed: 1. Reduces bus factor. 2. Increase readability. Coding in a company is a communication problem. How you solve a problem may be different than someone else. Outside of simply c
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by wting 13y ago
If you're creating an IO bound application (e.g. Dropbox, most web sites) then the developer time gained may be worth the performance offset.
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by wting 13y ago
There will be obvious winners and losers, but I'm interested in the long tail results. The poll quantifies a community's thoughts as only the vocal minority comment while the majority lurks. It provides a snapshot for comparison w
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by wting 13y ago
I can also break out Lisp into Arc, SBCL, Emacs, Chicken, Racket but I have to draw the line somewhere. Also historically VBasic has not garnered many responses thus the catch all.
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F# - Dislike
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F# - Like
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Poll: What are your liked and disliked programming languages?
996 points by wting 13y ago|463 comments
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Actionscript - Like
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Actionscript - Dislike
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Ada - Like
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Ada - Dislike

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