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601.
by yarrel 11y ago
"But perhaps my concerns are overblown" They're certainly not new or unaddressed. Or politically neutral within Bitcoin.
602.
by yarrel 11y ago
It's a fast, simple, low-level language that despite the best efforts of standards bodies is easy to reason about.
603.
by yarrel 11y ago
"Please note: this lot includes a code license" For a fragment shorter than a tweet. It's a stretch IMO.
604.
by yarrel 11y ago
GPLphobia. This is a good study in why that's irrational.
605.
by yarrel 11y ago
Surely using the Pomodoro technique for creative work will break flow?
606.
by yarrel 11y ago
cat takes as many files as you pass it, yes.
607.
by yarrel 11y ago
Jettisoning any advantage to using the blockchain rather than a centralised database. This is the snake oil phase of cryptocurrency. Or, more charitably, the not-inhaling phase.
608.
by yarrel 11y ago
My experience of dollar shave club was that it was none of those things. But suing them in this way isn't good.
609.
by yarrel 11y ago
I don't think water or electricity are evil. I wouldn't want to drown or be electrocuted. This doesn't require a hypothesis that water or electricity are "evil", it just requires an understanding that sometimes you
610.
by yarrel 11y ago
, servant walking 20 paces in front carrying red flag.
611.
by yarrel 11y ago
The word "debt" is not just a financial term. There are debts of gratitude, debts to society, debts of honour, and so there are also technical debts. Objecting to the name "technical debt" on the basis that it is not the
612.
by yarrel 11y ago
In my experience they do pay attention. Mine responded and even helped.
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by yarrel 11y ago
Object Oriented Philosophy is even worse. ;-)
614.
by yarrel 11y ago
Yes. I use Python usually but Perl is simply faster at processing large amounts of text. And while Python has made great strides in regex readability since the 90s, Perl's regexes are still more cleanly and flexibly incorporated into t
615.
by yarrel 11y ago
Google, Apple, IBM, Microsoft. What are examples of successful (profitable) proprietary software companies?
616.
by yarrel 11y ago
I've used this since the 90s, so - oh God, I'm a pronoun hipster. ;-(
617.
by yarrel 11y ago
Anybody who points out flaws in this idea isn't your friend.
618.
by yarrel 11y ago
"Open source until they want to charge you" is not Open Source.
619.
by yarrel 11y ago
Nonfree license. Avoid.
620.
by yarrel 11y ago
This is not Open Source, and trying to ignore the historical meaning of the term doesn't make it so.
621.
by yarrel 11y ago
Cutely emotive comparison, but you have the power dynamic backwards.
622.
by yarrel 11y ago
Proprietary software isn't a religion. It's politics.
623.
by yarrel 11y ago
This result is going to be abused by people whose ideas of good manners a) don't cover themselves because hello important work and b) are essentially a demand for deference.
624.
by yarrel 11y ago
Python 2's handling of Unicode basically isn't. That's as much the fault of third party libraries as the core language, but it is a real and constant time suck. I'm sure I hit Unicode problems in Python 3 a few years ago
625.
by yarrel 11y ago
Is it "people use Python 2"?
626.
by yarrel 11y ago
The syntax is what scares people off, though.
627.
by yarrel 11y ago
Patents are a means of ensuring the release of inventions to the public. Patents are bad, right?
628.
by yarrel 11y ago
The book is a product of grief, not greed.
629.
by yarrel 11y ago
As an aside, I love the lego diagrams.
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by yarrel 11y ago
It's not called the dismal science for nothing.

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