CodeMage

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by CodeMage 9d ago
The rule of law means that everyone, including the administration, has to follow the laws. When an administration repeatedly ignores or defies court orders, they have abandoned the rule of law. https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/w
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by CodeMage 9d ago
> The problem is that, as we are currently seeing, that any administration can reverse any policy previously set. So any regulation is not a permanent solution. Depends on what you mean by "can". You're right in that any a
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by CodeMage 17d ago
Others have already talked to you about the significance of your anecdata and your faintly dismissive tone, but there's something else in your comment that tickled me and that no one's addressed yet: > 2010-2020 felt like tech
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by CodeMage 23d ago
> Yes, using original paint in 16 colors saved to PCX in 640x480 should be enough for anybody. There's a wide, wide gap between adding features that your users need and adding features that you want to cram down their throats to p
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by CodeMage 26d ago
> Well the government was illegitimate. Is that what you're contending happening here? When the jury of your peers decides that you should not be punished for something despite the law stating otherwise, it is a powerful statement.
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by CodeMage 1mo ago
Don't forget hijacking Ctrl+K or Ctrl+F to display their own search modal.
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by CodeMage 1mo ago
> Tired of these absolutes. Now, that is a letter to new developer that I wish I had read when I was a new developer: Dear new developer, Be careful when reading blogs. A lot of stuff you'll read online is insightful, informative,
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by CodeMage 1mo ago
> just like people have autonomy over their bodies, they deserve autonomy over their software, without having to rely on a corrupt and incompetent industry The technical means you mention won't give you that. The same people that ma
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by CodeMage 1mo ago
You should have stopped at 90 degrees ;) Without salespeople you can't sell software. Without developers, you can't make software. Since we all have to pay bills, selling software is of crucial importance, but that doesn'
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by CodeMage 2mo ago
Your anecdote talks about taking breaks and doing dishes, but fails to talk about measures of productivity.
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by CodeMage 2mo ago
I sometimes wonder whether that's a better idea for these micro-optimizations, rather than looking at the assembly code and trying to coax the compiler into generating what you want. That said, I'm not keen on "argue and you&
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by CodeMage 3mo ago
The original joke deliberately says "two hard problems" and then lists three. The "off by one errors" being the 3rd problem is the punchline of the joke.
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by CodeMage 4mo ago
Mr. Roboto
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by CodeMage 4mo ago
> Which goes on to prove that bottleneck isn't in writing the code. It is in reading and understanding the code. The people AI evangelists often say "typing" instead of "writing code", because they don't rea
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by CodeMage 4mo ago
That's very true, which is why I find it insulting that so many AI proponents use the word "typing" to refer to writing code. It carries an implication that if you enjoy writing code by hand, you enjoy a mindless activity.
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by CodeMage 4mo ago
> I think a lot of HN truly believes that Software Developer is the only important role at their company. I doubt that. A lot of HN might have believed that some 10 years ago, perhaps, but most of those people have either matured or been
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
I liked it immediately, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it until I saw your comment. To me, "vegetarianism" is a much better label than "organic" or "GenAI-free". People who buy "organic" a
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
What I find ironic is that "this reads like an AI" is a phrase that is rapidly losing its meaning, partly due to advances in AI, but also because it's being worn out, just like every other generic phrase used to dismiss someo
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
> It's like saying "we shouldn't worry about enforcing traffic laws because we need to use our resources to bring war criminals to justice" It most definitely isn't. At no point did anyone in this discussion say
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
I have to ask: did you read what I wrote before you replied to me? I know the question might come across as an attack, but it's not. I'm genuinely curious about what process lead to your comment being a reply to mine, when mine ex
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
> All corruption is bad. This is true, just like "all lives matter" is true, and it misses the point in the exact same way. Those people you are replying to are not saying that this soldier should get away with his corruption b
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
> The structure of your code, the algorithms you choose, etc. are all dictated by the requirements. Only if you expand the meaning of the word "requirements" to encompass a full specification of the solution. > Is it choosin
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
> Writing code is just means of conveyance, no? Yes, which is why I have been making the distinction between "programming" and "writing code" all this time. Programming is hard because it's not merely writing cod
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
> Is writing hard? I expect most can agree that determining what to write, especially if you have an objective (e.g. becoming a best-selling novelist), can be extremely hard — but writing itself? Being able to transcribe sentences in a c
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
> What is hard about it? Young children seem to pick it up with ease. It cannot be that hard? That's like saying "becoming a writer can't be that hard, since kids learn how to write in the elementary school". Given a
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by CodeMage 5mo ago
> the actual programming is not the hard part We've all been hearing that a lot and it's made a lot of people forget that, although programming might not be the hardest part, it's still hard .
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by CodeMage 6mo ago
Good thing he's so good at respecting rules that say he can't do things. And good thing that he's had to face the punishment for breaking some of those rules. Imagine reading what you wrote if he were repeatedly allowed to br
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by CodeMage 6mo ago
> Such a world still has room for unlicensed developers too -- I'd certainly be among them. Sign me up. When I started programming as a 7 year old kid, it wasn't because I dreamed of spending my days on endless meetings and doc
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by CodeMage 6mo ago
> Left to their own devices, engineers would build the cheapest bridge they could sell that hopefully won't collapse. I don't know any real (i.e. non-software) engineers, but I would love to ask them whether what you said is tr
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by CodeMage 6mo ago
> No one has ever made a purchasing decision based on how good your code is. There are two reasons for this. One is that the people who make purchasing decisions are often not the people who suffer from your bad code. If the user is not

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