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by yvsong 10y ago
Swift: better OO, syntax, IDE; Go: built-in concurrency; Swift is a great joy for iOS development, where compatibility with Objective C makes things smooth, and operation queues are good enough for concurrency. Xcode is a big productivity b
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How to fix internet(theatlantic.com)
1 points by yvsong 10y ago|0 comments
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by yvsong 10y ago
I wonder how many have studied Herr Führer's record on German economy. The 2 major mistakes of mankind in the 20th century are fascism and communism.
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by yvsong 10y ago
Bill Gates writes very well in English. It's evidence that he wrote excellent software decades ago. It's interesting that writing software seems to make more money than dealing with English documents as ordinary office workers. Ho
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by yvsong 10y ago
China's social network is WeChat. I suspect it's too late for Facebook to enter. With censored contents, what's Facebook's attraction to ordinary Chinese people? Without censorship, it would be a huge attraction.
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by yvsong 10y ago
Orange, to Make Startups Great Again? I try to let my own CSS (particularly fonts) on Safari trump the sites I read a lot, such as Hacker News. Safari's reader view is good too.
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by yvsong 10y ago
And the source code comments are the why .
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by yvsong 10y ago
The comparison should be updated to Swift 3. Swift syntax is more intuitive and readable than Scala. A common mistake in language design is to depart from C syntax, without substantial gain. For example, replacing {}, &&, || with ot
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by yvsong 10y ago
In 2 words: shit happens.
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by yvsong 10y ago
Software have a poor image due to lack of perfectionists in the software industry. Buggy software are happily released. Correct software are very hard to build. I wonder how many have ever existed.
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by yvsong 10y ago
Users and Facebook use each other voluntarily, for their own gain. It's a normal business that anyone can choose to use or not. Both terms users and useds are ok to describe the 2 aspects of the business, and for arguing which aspect w
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by yvsong 10y ago
Any comment on Swift vs Go, potentially for server programming?
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by yvsong 10y ago
Great data visualization for learning a little more American history. Seems one more piece of evidence that the mainstream American culture is set by the British and German, or the original English and German speakers, and luckily so. Think
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by yvsong 11y ago
Hating oneself is the highest form of love. -- Bill Maher on gay Republican politicians.
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by yvsong 11y ago
I concluded that the all time no. 1 master Go Seigen's secret is 1. learn from all masters; 2. keep inventing/innovating. Most experts do 1 well, and are pretty much stuck there. Few are good at 2. I doubt if computers can invent&
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Do You Need a Wealthy Background to Be a Successful Entrepreneur?(inc.com)
3 points by yvsong 11y ago|0 comments
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by yvsong 11y ago
UX is more than UI. Apple's UI design is still the best, but the judgment on consumer needs and product integration is gone with Steve Jobs. A brash and creative genius like Jobs has no chance climbing the corporate ladder. Has to star
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by yvsong 11y ago
Overconfidence can only be defined in hindsight, therefore avoiding overconfidence cannot be a guide for decision making.
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by yvsong 11y ago
With an equal protection clause, i.e., no particular number or a group of numbers can appear in the rule, is the problem solvable?
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by yvsong 11y ago
Ancient China had tons of courtesy in social interactions, and used to consider other countries uncivilized. The lack of courtesy in Mainland China is due to the communist revolution, which promoted tough fighting mentality to break social
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by yvsong 12y ago
If Napoleon was good at judging people, they are driven by 2 things only: greed and fear. The most successful people career wise have to be greed-driven, confident, and mentally strong. The meanest ones are typically fear-driven, insecure a
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by yvsong 12y ago
Which database do you Go for? Is the driver production ready?
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by yvsong 12y ago
It may be a cultural difference of system programmers (including Go designers and developers) and (consumer) application programmers (e.g., as in the Apple camp). System programmers regard themselves higher, prefer terse symbol names, specs
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by yvsong 12y ago
Is it possible to quantify the savings of storage and IO?
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by yvsong 12y ago
This could be the reason why iPhone 6 has not been approved in China. With heavy smuggling they will get plenty. A lot of arguments assume the (American) government is decent, but iPhone is a global device. Let's hope Apple products ha
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by yvsong 12y ago
I wonder what the average color of all web pages is, and that of all smart phone app icons. Edit: web pages should be weighted by page views, and app icons by downloads.
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by yvsong 12y ago
Email is not a person's unique ID, although sometimes it's used to serve that purpose. The ID layer of internet is not established yet. I'm not sure if it's possible in a decentralized system. Centralized management may
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by yvsong 12y ago
> Email was one's passport and identity. Email is not an identity. Most people have multiple email addresses, and some people share some addresses.
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by yvsong 12y ago
Most green cards today are family-based instead of employment or skill based. Family is a golden word in America, according to the Godfather: "But don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again." In addition, ther
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by yvsong 12y ago
If it's in a court, I would ask for proof that the animal took the photo. Could have been savvy marketing. No one is trustworthy when fighting in a court. If the story is verified, I sympathize with the photographer. Accidents are part

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