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by pixie_ 14y ago
Is this for real? Seriously this is the definition sensationalism.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
It begs the question why can't the operator watch a computer that does the operator's job for him. Is split second power allocation really done better by a human? Note I'm not suggesting computers are perfect operators, just less error pron
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Incredible companies are run by management teams, run by founders. Jobs, Gates, Musk, Bezos, etc..
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by pixie_ 14y ago
True, I wish I could take Objective-C's handling on null and put it into C# or Java.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Is it better for you, or for your user? Are you building a game, a social app, or space shuttle software? These questions should guide your decision in language requirements.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
I wish more languages treated null like objective-c. Where if a method is called on a null object, nothing happens and the method returns null. In user land a 'null bug' in objective-c often results in a feature not responding, as opposed t
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Cool thanks. Makes me think of my own video voice overs.. equally horrible..
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Interesting, I thought it sounded computer generated. Do you know if it was?
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Nice work. What did you use for the voice over in your demo video?
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by pixie_ 14y ago
WPF does take time to wrap your head around because it's more complicated, and in a lot of cases writing business apps (which most straight windows apps are) there is no need for all the 'power' WPF provides. WinForms is easy to develop usi
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Is it really though?
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by pixie_ 14y ago
I really don't like the excuse laden and sugar coated style of this postmortem.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
If you're writing abstractions to avoid bad language features, maybe you shouldn't be using bad language features in the first place.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
I understand 'this', that's why I avoid it. All languages have their quirks, and some programmers like to think they're 'smart' by taking advantage of those quirks. Then when you or your team members run into problems you blame the person a
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by pixie_ 14y ago
You really don't see anything wrong with making money a top priority? Forgoing all other responsibilities. Do you believe a company should be responsible for more than just profits?
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by pixie_ 14y ago
They need to figure out a way to persist these games. Either sell them off, or open source them or something. It makes me rage when companies lock in users to a game and shutdown the servers.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
These people are really interesting. Going to read more about them, thanks!
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by pixie_ 14y ago
object.bind doesn't look very clean compared to using self.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but the rule should still be - avoid 'this.'
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Better a little dangerous 'self' than a lot of dangerous 'this.'
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by pixie_ 14y ago
var self = this; why do people bother with 'this'?
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Can you find anything that says fire was a necessity for survival for paleo-eskimo cultures because I remember reading it wasn't, but I'm having trouble googling a source for or against it.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
What's amazing to me is Eskimos lived without fire.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
This is pretty interesting, I'd like to hear more about it. I'd also like Amazon to hear more about it because maybe they could treat web buckets differently or something.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
I use Knockout, but whatever MVVMs are awesome.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
'Single page web app' makes me think of hash tag routing. I think Static+API or S+API (whatever) is like a typical web site with multiple pages. Whats unique is the layout and content are requested separately.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
yea all API calls are POSTs, the API server allows the static server to request.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
That's really awesome. Lately I've been a fan of a Static+API architecture where the site content is served static and dynamic content is loaded through an API call to api.mysite.com and bound using an MVVM. With caching set, static content
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by pixie_ 14y ago
I think it's pedantic to confuse 'americans' with everyone from north/south america.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Don't be evil!

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