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by powatom 11y ago
Building anything that rivals Wordpress in terms of features, extensibility and ease of use is a massive undertaking. Building a CMS is relatively easy. Building a CMS that does everything WP does is difficult. Building a CMS that does ever
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by powatom 11y ago
Great news, the Gear is an awesome piece of kit if you have the cash, I'm planning a few projects with it myself.
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by powatom 11y ago
You don't need it, but it may come in handy. I would definitely recommend achieving your degree if you are able to eventually - there's no way it can hurt you and it can only really help you. I also didn't realise at the time
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by powatom 12y ago
AR so real that your augmented gun will actually recoil!
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by powatom 12y ago
I can't help but feel that all of these complaints about low pay etc are just a symptom of the new reality. I don't really understand what people are expecting here. Distribution costs are minimal, audience is (kind-of) locked-in,
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by powatom 12y ago
Sore losers.
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by powatom 12y ago
IANAL, but does this just mean that you can use and amend their work , but you can't create the same basic thing from scratch and claim that you created it?
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by powatom 12y ago
Can't say I'm surprised - the GIMP is great if you can avoid all of its glaring UX flaws. Using it is a gigantic pain - it is simply my 'last resort' when I am unable to do something quickly in a less powerful but easier
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by powatom 12y ago
This pops up every few weeks / months and not once have I seen anything tangible from them. They refuse to offer a 'try-before-you-buy' demo and there's no way to actually see the tech work. You have to pay for a year&#x
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by powatom 12y ago
> The idea behind the app is this - every question in this world can be asked in a simple short way, even complex questions can be asked in multiple short questions. The same goes with answers - every answer can be broken into multiple s
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by powatom 12y ago
The easiest way to train yourself is to define strict boundaries for what you will achieve during a defined period of time. If you have trouble focusing, the worst thing you can do is leave your attempts completely open-ended and vague. Def
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by powatom 12y ago
Possible the best advice I can give for your current position is to get into the habit of starting and FINISHING personal projects. Doesn't matter if they're unique, or whether you think it can profitable, or whether you think any
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by powatom 12y ago
I suppose the issue would be that Amazon are now directly competing with Netflix via their own video offering, so may be reluctant to give Netflix the means to outdo them at their own game. In my own personal opinion, Amazon's UX for v
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by powatom 12y ago
You do what everybody else does, and keep trying. What kind of work are you looking for? In my industry (software development), it'd be incredibly rare to have a job interview without some kind of technical component / test. If yo
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by powatom 12y ago
Also: https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2014/10/09/how-we-use-... Left a comment there but it's awaiting moderation. The GDS do a good job for the most part, but I very strongly disagree with how the
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by powatom 12y ago
You will always find some developers who disagree with the status quo - don't let it turn you off. Fragments have their place. They're not a silver bullet, and they're by no means perfect, but they do a job adequately. Some p
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by powatom 12y ago
The nature of exploitation is that the exploited often do not recognise that they are being exploited. Being exploited introduces so many other problems into your life that it becomes incredibly difficult to identify the root cause and do s
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by powatom 12y ago
> There is a shortage of good developers almost everywhere. Most organisations don't required 'good' developers. They require 'good enough' developers. If a business can save some money by paying people less, the
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by powatom 12y ago
Perhaps it was a little too strong, apologies. I've just had this conversation far too many times and much of the opposition to unionisation is of the ridiculously simplistic 'why don't you just leave and find a different job
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by powatom 12y ago
The fact that they aren't, for one thing. This is a delusional worldview - most people in employment, regardless of their industry, do not have the time or necessary capital to fund their own business venture.
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by powatom 12y ago
Yes - despite the bleating about unions from people who I can only assume have never had to fight exploitation and unfair practices, unions are one of the only ways that you as an employee can adequately defend yourself from bad employers A
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by powatom 12y ago
This doesn't even make sense. Andy's insight was nothing to do with programming or software development - he identified a flaw in the proposed design and suggested a better solution. That's not coding, and it's not speci
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by powatom 12y ago
Isn't this simply trading one level of complexity for another? Maybe the OP is just giving a bad example, or maybe I'm missing something - but one thing I really don't like in his example is that model B's 'waitFor&
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by powatom 12y ago
Easy - he doesn't support anybody else's requirements, app designs, or coding practices.
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by powatom 12y ago
Honestly, I don't think this trademark should ever have been granted in the first place. It's definitely way too common.
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by powatom 12y ago
Your problem is that you're making some absolutely incredible claims without any evidence to back them up. Prove to me that your product does what you're saying it does, and then maybe I'll trust you. How does it work? Why do
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by powatom 12y ago
In my experience, a pay-rise is rare unless there is direct pressure from you, or the company believes that they'd be worse off if you were given a better offer elsewhere. If you have no leverage, then it's not in the company&#x27
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by powatom 12y ago
True - but you can add an additional layer of security to the password reset request if this is a concern, such as personal questions.
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by powatom 13y ago
> Changing internal functions is not considered a "breaking change" by anyone I know. If changing internal functions results in breakages, then I don't know what else you'd call it except a breaking change. > You&
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by powatom 13y ago
> So basically you need to use strict ownership at API boundaries as that is the only way to avoid this. This isn't always optimal. It sounds like you're sacrificing quite a few goats at the js altar for no real benefit. No, bu

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