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by ysavir 10y ago
> the fact that you seem to be in favor of stereotypes, because you belong to a group that won't be strongly affected by it, is not relevant either Either I missed where the poster listed their group, or you're stereotyping pe
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by ysavir 10y ago
Good point, and I agree that the code in my example wasn't perfectly clear, though I think some formatting could help it go a long way. I don't think the prefix notation is much more readable than what I suggested, if it is more r
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by ysavir 10y ago
Nifty, but having "and", "or" and the rest before both of the arguments instead of in the middle is incredibly confusing to read. Very unintuitive. Why not restructure it to be chainable with something like: firstV
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by ysavir 10y ago
Well said, but I think you missed the point of the article. The article itself isn't even about programmers, really (even if the author didn't recognize it). It applies to all employees and founders of start ups, whether they are
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by ysavir 10y ago
I hope we can both agree that your language's garbage collection is ultimately less important than your toilet's garbage collection.
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by ysavir 10y ago
I usually have the opposite problem: I'll consider myself a friend of a person, but that person thinks I don't like them. A common side effect of being factual/honest, unfortunately.
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by ysavir 10y ago
Ironic how people keep using that phrase thinking that maybe this time people would listen.
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by ysavir 10y ago
Lesson learned: When you set up the equation's terms to get the most dramatic results, you get dramatic results.
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by ysavir 10y ago
I'm assuming you mean that you loan out money to students? Otherwise, that's likely a skewed calculation.
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by ysavir 10y ago
I don't floss, and I'm confident my day won't end with me hitting the ground at terminal velocity. I'll let you know if it turns out I'm wrong. Can we agree that the dangers of not flossing and the dangers of leapin
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by ysavir 10y ago
A lot of people love TDD. A lot of those people also misunderstand why TDD is useful. TDD is useful towards an end, but it is not the the only means of achieving that end. Let me explain what I mean: As a personal rule, for every 1 minute
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by ysavir 10y ago
Re-read the manifesto. You'll notice that its theme is not about a person's natural abilities or smarts, but self awareness. The manifesto can basically be boiled down to "show humility in your own code". Always assume t
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by ysavir 10y ago
I'd probably measure it by creating a test to see if they make snarky HN comments in search of attention or for the sake of contributing to discussion.
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by ysavir 10y ago
I totally agree. Hence why I defined it according to work ethics rather than background/knowledge/hobbies.
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by ysavir 10y ago
Being a "cultural fit" just means that the person will fit in well with the process and people at a company. Whether the "culture" in question is a specific type of culture is irrelevant. If you approach it from that per
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by ysavir 10y ago
Instead of blacklisting, why not respond with a "You requested package ABD, but we think you might mean package ABC. Enter 'yes' to continue or anything else to start over." That way authors can continue to use any name
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by ysavir 10y ago
I think the author misses the point. Using a native-looking interface will only encourage users to stay on their iTems, and Google (not so) secretly wants to convert those users to their own native platforms+.
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by ysavir 10y ago
That's not addressing it. That's making a hollow, unqualified claim, using authoritative tone to make it sound like a proper, true absolute.
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by ysavir 10y ago
> There is more stuff available, true, but the quality of documentation is abysmal compared to what we used to have before. What did you expect? Nowadays, there is a common expectation, especially among web development libraries, for fre
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by ysavir 11y ago
Did you know there are over 600 million Honda Civics over 5 years old still on the roads? Hah! Clearly, their owners should replace them with Porsche 911s instead.