fayden

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by fayden 14y ago
It's been said every time this argument is brought up: StackOverflow is a Q&A website. It's not meant for discussions, and while some interesting questions get closed, it's not arbitrary at all.
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by fayden 14y ago
Why do you assume 116 people are "amazed and breathless"? It's an interesting question and I don't believe the answer is obvious unless you've been exposed to legacy C code before, and such users may arguably constitute a large part of SO's
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by fayden 14y ago
rorrr's message is unnecessarily rude, but I don't think he's wrong. It's a very interesting feat, but it's just a showcase of his realizations, unrelated to computers or science. His thought process or his planning for making such patterns
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by fayden 14y ago
Thank you for your answer.
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by fayden 14y ago
That is actually one of my concerns about Haskell. It's a bit off-topic to this HN post, but it's relevant to your comment and you seem to have some experience. I find Haskell's syntax very elegant and concise, but I am scared about perform
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by fayden 14y ago
Why not use a librairy that validates emails? You save time, and you actually accept valid emails. I agree that the example with a lot of symbols is over the top, but when a website doesn't accept foo+bar@host.com, I assume the product will
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by fayden 14y ago
Why don't you take some time to explain your opinion? Currently, your comment is only noise and completely useless.
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by fayden 14y ago
There are ways to write Python2 code that will work when you make the switch to Python3. It _is_ a hassle, but it's quite doable. This may not convince you (and I perfectly understand why), but I think it's worth giving Python a shot even i
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by fayden 14y ago
You seem to do, considering you cannot find an up to date browser to your liking. It also seems to be a valid alternative considering you do not want to buy software upgrades (OS).
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by fayden 14y ago
I believe his comment is intended to people reading the comments and not to the author.
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by fayden 14y ago
When you go to the public pool, you don't complain about not being able to play golf, do you? StackExchange is a Q&A community website. Although sometimes discussion would be appreciated, it is not what it was meant for. And by all me