xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your annual salary?
We really need unions. These polls only help so much.
Unfortunately also, there are both retard programmers, and actual programmers. I worked with a retard programmer, he thought that learning Django was a feat of strength...sigh..when I told him about OOP he almost shit his pants.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Can anyone explain why Ruby is so popular?
It's interesting that the two responses on here (yours included) so far mention that it was learned for scripting. The main reason I made the initial post is because I see it being used for much more than just scripting, ie. rails and ruby motion. It seems somewhat naive to use a scripting language in leui of a real language when coding something industrial. So I still am at a loss... Thank you for your comment, yeah it does seem a lot more powerful than Python. I am not a fan of python's requirement of object methods requiring the self arg, dastardly!
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: My takeaways from "Clean Code"
Don’t Pass Null?
This is idiotic if you want performant code and don't want to have to use static empty object constants littered throughout your code.
Null is perfectly fine in place of an object. The author mentions this saves you debugging time. No, it will cause you pain later because you won't see errors that should happen. Instead they are masked by operating on some dummy object that you don't give a rats ass about.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Pure: a set of small, responsive CSS modules
It won't make a difference if you use the library correctly. You're supposed to use a framework like sass or stylus and @extend from the grid classes. Don't actually give your elements classes from the lib. This is a rookie mistake I see happening with bootstrap, grid 960, etc..
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million
Wait hold on. I'm doing an evaluation of Rap Genius so I can cure cancer.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million
The circle jerk never stops, does it? Anyone want to post the visualization of various amounts of cash that front paged a couple months ago?
This kind of blind worship of money makes hackers look like wise-guy could-have-been doctors but instead were lazy and decided to make a business around popular markets for some dollars.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Boxing and unboxing content
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: The future of CAD and 3D printing will arm citizens
It's not hard to add a rifling to the model is it? It seems like they are prototyping, testing, and incrementing designs.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Teacher 'powerless' to stop ex-girlfriend's cyberstalking
Cyberskanking is a new breed of social terrorism. And now, Bob with the weather...
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Coinlab files suit against MtGox
So much for a socratic free Internet. Someone should make a hacker news without censorship
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Coinlab files suit against MtGox
If you haven't seen censorship on HN, you haven't looked hard enough. I've seen whole threads disappear for nothing more than meta-(calling out the censorship).
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: Felt – Personal, handwritten cards mailed from your iPad
He can tout that all he wants, recipients of cards aren't going to be giving direct feedback and the sender is going to be thanked regardless. Having 'made with iPad' cheapens the card anyhow, throw your brand on it, and stop being greedy.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Fallback from CDN to local jQuery
Yes, that first method is hideous. Async is a necessary speedup and the `if (jQuery) ` slaughters that optimization.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: Felt – Personal, handwritten cards mailed from your iPad
As novel as this app is, I agree. The only market I can see this app appealing to is teeny boppers that have no sense of etiquette.
What this app needs is a way to _design_ your own card, so there actually is a reason to have it digitally created. Think clipart + calligraphy with custom papers/stipling. Now you've got a real product.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: Felt – Personal, handwritten cards mailed from your iPad
I think he was implying that the functionality of Paper is far greater, not the visual similarity -- Freudian slip on your part I suppose ;)
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: Felt – Personal, handwritten cards mailed from your iPad
If the whole point is to disguise the effort spent, 'from my iPad' kills that premise.
You are essentially sacrificing your product's value for word of mouth.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: How the FBI cracked a “sextortion” plot against pro poker players
I'd like to think that the smarter hackers realize that good-willed work can make just as much money, if not more, than blackhat bullshit, and there aren't any victims either.
They both got what they deserved, and it's more than laughable that their tracks were so clear. If you're going to be committing fraud, at least learn some shellcode first. Gotta start with the basics before you go baaaad ;)
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: How to become Internet famous for $68
I thought he was a pretty good speaker but I do see what you are saying. Considering that there's no real audience, it seems like he's not trying to fool anyone, it's just to give an idea of his skills as a speaker, it's a resume piece.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: What does one trillion dollars look like?
Because a majority of asshat startup fanatics are also money fanatics. Let's face it, most of the reason people want to do startups, it because they have dreams of grandeur.
And I agree, it is extremely embarrassing that this money article would be vote up by HN users.
xkcdfanboy
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13 years ago
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on: Hacking strength: Gaining muscle with least resistance
No shit, every single link there is an affiliate link.
