maximusprime

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by maximusprime 15y ago
I would personally add 2) Websites that are known for mallware, phishing, or otherwise going to mess you up. As I said I don't know if SOPA is good/bad, but my point was that "I support an Open Internet" is a bit of a cop out.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
So if a company starts infringing trademarks, polluting search engines en masse, tricking people into buying their rubbish, phishing their details, getting credit card details etc, you'd be fine with that? What about people who DDoS attack
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by maximusprime 15y ago
You've missed the point. This is an internet hate mob formation. The facts aren't important.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
I just think the sky isn't falling that's all. I think the endless posting of articles, protesting, etc etc is a big waste of man hours.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
What does "Open Internet" mean though? You can't reasonably support free speech in all instances, just like you can't reasonably support an "open internet" in all instances. There have to be some exceptions. It's the listing of those except
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by maximusprime 15y ago
Please can we at least try to ensure HN doesn't go the way of Reddit? I'm against SOPA as much as the next guy, but it's a moot issue. Browsers will just release new versions that use alternate DNS systems or get past any 'blocks'. There's
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by maximusprime 15y ago
A single currency across countries with such different economies, histories, cultures and languages would still result in the same outcome IMHO.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
Their mistake was to join the Euro.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
"the idea of a single currency" caused it. A truly terrible idea. Everything that happened was inevitable.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
You're conveniently ignoring the fact that the + operator also means string concatenation. Javascript thinks to itself 'hello' string concatenated with a 1 value.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
It wasn't. At least in the UK in the 80s, you could go out to any town center, walk into a shop, and buy a "home" computer. They were everywhere.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
"hello" - 1 doesn't return NaN out of some sense of exception to trying to subtract from a string. It returns it because parseFloat("hello") = NaN, and NaN - 1 = NaN.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
Well, I grew up in a day when it was even easier. * Buy home computer (ZX81) * Turn on * 10 Print "Hello world" * run I don't think the instant gratification and ease of use did me any harm.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
That would be ridiculous because then what would 'hello' + 1 equal? Everyone would expect it to equal 'hello1'.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
OK here's plain english simple explain... Left hand side is a string, and "+" is string concatenation as well as addition. So '5' + 3 = '53' (String concatenation). Just as "Hello" + 1 would equal "Hello1". The right hand side is converted
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by maximusprime 15y ago
Everyone already has a browser, which includes a profiler, debugger, REPL etc. Not everyone has a c compiler or JDK, or wants the hassle of having to set them up just to start learning.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
See my comment below. It's not about being trapped in any mindset. It's about thinking logically. Either '5' - 3 results in an error of some kind, or it evaluates to 2. There is no other logical outcome. Javascript chooses to do the latter.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
No it's not. Logically, the only other thing that could happen is for an "error" or "exception" be thrown when you do '5' - 3 There's really only 2 choices. Either convert the '5' to a number and subtract, or throw a hissy fit becaus
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by maximusprime 15y ago
Disagree... for example from the link: In JavaScript: '5' + 3 gives '53' Whereas '5' - 3 gives 2 That's just logical and obvious, since "+" is both numerical addition, and string concatenation, but "-" is only numerical subtr
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by maximusprime 15y ago
What's the point? What's the difference between a stream of messages, and a stream of bytes? Nothing.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
If it was up to HN users, no website would have advertising on it. HN users are very far removed from normal users. HN feedback is interesting, but it's not as useful as feedback from normal people.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
From what I've seen twitter isn't really a social network. The majority on twitter are just consumers for the "celebrities".
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by maximusprime 15y ago
> "If Twitter is making money..." Is it? Doesn't seem very likely at all that it is.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
I hope you're being sarcastic.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
There's being against proposed legislation, and there's "OH no! soon DNS will not work, we need to quickly collect IP addresses. Lets build an alternate DNS system. Lets overthrow the government!". Do you really think the DNS entry for wiki
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by maximusprime 15y ago
Flagged. Up-voters should be ashamed perpetuating scaremongering propaganda. The sky is not falling. Shame to see the "I need to be outraged by something, regardless of whether it's true or not" spilling over here from Reddit.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
> JavaScript doesn't have to go anywhere, it can run on a shared VM like any other language. JS running on a general VM would be slower. That's against the interests of the user. People should stop caring what language it is. If you rea
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by maximusprime 15y ago
HN used to be about hacking. It's now largely about politics and lolcats. It's "Reddit lite" if you like.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
It's not immoral to give the public what they are asking you for.
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by maximusprime 15y ago
Lego, create things that sell. They give the public what they want. You just have a different idea of what the public want, than the public do. You have to understand you're a minority.

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