ThorinJacobs

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by ThorinJacobs 6y ago
I've run into this when working with lambdas in particular. Say for instance I want to track the performance of a particular bit of code in a standardized way. I can write a method that takes a supplier and handles the performance trac
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by ThorinJacobs 6y ago
Sure, but the migratory patterns of Canada geese are just a little off-topic, don't you think?
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by ThorinJacobs 6y ago
Have you considered Crapcha? https://crapcha.com/
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by ThorinJacobs 6y ago
If my experience in retail is any indicator you're lucky if that request gets approved....and even luckier if your manager remembers that they approved your request!
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by ThorinJacobs 7y ago
I agree with this sentiment and would like to see more this sort of this not just for moderators but for every "low skill" job. Especially the C-level employees and shareholders - no one should be asking anyone to do something wit
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by ThorinJacobs 7y ago
I answered "both" because I'm not running all of the projects I'm working on and some of them prefer tabs and others spaces - so I just go with the convention that that particular project uses.
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by ThorinJacobs 7y ago
+1 - Another great example of difficult games as parody is I Wanna Be The Guy ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wanna_Be_the_Guy ). Take all the existing conventions and stereotypes of difficult platform games and exagge
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by ThorinJacobs 7y ago
This was deliberate on Douglas Adams' part [0]. It's all part of the joke. Other notable sections are where the game actively lies to you about being able to access a particular room (you need to try to enter several times in a ro
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by ThorinJacobs 7y ago
The notation for player death appears to be "JIGS-UP". Glad to see the classic Infocom sense of humor is present in the codebase too.
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by ThorinJacobs 7y ago
To add onto your comment - I'd also consider a work environment that automatically assigns the documentation, test-writing, etc. to a gender minority (or other minority) to be toxic.
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by ThorinJacobs 7y ago
This looks really cool and definitely fills a need I've had when doing web front-end. Does the UI viewer work with dynamic content such as that loaded from a back-end (or say, from a sample .json file in the event that we want to skip
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
Hi, clinically diagnosed here and while I can only speak for myself, the only time I've had an issue with someone who self-diagnosed was when they consistently brought up Problematic topics and played the "autistic, can't be
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
One reason to suggest a smaller max character count is to assist those with impaired vision. I'm highly myopic and, while my lenses correct for it, I still seem to get eyestrain when using the default font/sizes in most IDEs. Bigg
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
The main benefit for me is the ability to quickly and conveniently see the commit history and diff as well as branches' current position. If you're already comfortable with doing the same in CLI, then you're probably not goin
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
These are totally based on my own experience and may not make sense for everyone but: - In the main projects I'd be working on, how many new files are necessary to consume data from an outside source (say JMS) and log the result. - Wha
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
I've had both good and bad experiences with checked exceptions - it can really depend on the team! One of the parts of Lombok that really works well for me is that its notations are completely optional and fit many different levels of
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
I enjoyed the list and examples but I feel the hypothesis in the introduction is flawed. All anecdata, but I expect those of us who read these sorts of lists will likely understand them quickly without needing examples. There's a large
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
I know the comments aren't meant for silly jokes but I'm very disappointed that there's no "Go 2 Considered Harmful" jokes here
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
I'm really excited for this year's AoC, and trying to get other devs at my work involved too! Last year I tried to solve at least the first few days in a bunch of different languages, doing Red/Green TDD so I could learn how
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
How is complying to another's pronouns harming you in any way whatsoever? Meanwhile, you're harming them greatly by misgendering.
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
+1 on Advent of Code. Particularly useful are the sample input/output values that provide excellent unit tests. For 2017 I took the first few days and am working on solving them using classic red/green TDD in as many languages as
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
+1 and extra credit if you arrange so that it never occurs again. (Could be adding tests, could be improving communication to faster identify requirements gaps, etc)
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
The crux quote from the article is "Police departments that collect more in fees and fines are less effective at solving crimes."
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
What level of nesting are you referring to here? I ask because I experience the opposite - with more than one or two levels of nesting I have difficulty keeping track of the condition the block expects. Depending on the size of the method s
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
+1 On this, and I'd want to encourage them to provide this feedback throughout the internship as well, not just at the end. Sure, sometimes they'll have suggestions that we've considered and decided not to do, but if it'
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
For software development - I favor books that are about good practices generally rather than books about particular languages which work well as references. I usually recommend: * Code Complete (Steve McConnell) * The Pragmatic Programmer (
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
While on the train, I've started knitting instead of futzing around on my phone that I had been doing before. For me, it's been a very therapeutic exercise - a good time to deliberately shut out the noise of the internet and socia
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
There are a bunch of apps and websites that do this already. Google Play Rewards is probably the most reputable, but they're easy to find and advertise themselves aggressively.
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
The number one thing I love to see when I'm watching a tech talk that is focused on teaching or advertising a particular tech is the Bad Parts. Obviously you don't want to just bash the tech you're there for, but I've se
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by ThorinJacobs 8y ago
This is a really important aspect of good testing that doesn't seem to get as much attention as it deserves - the tests that have brought the most value for me are the ones that assert the business requirements, not the implementation

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