wendall911

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by wendall911 6y ago
Yep, 7 years. Reflective of the quality of conversation here, where I read daily but don't interact. However, seeing quality lower even further by baseless well-written opinions prompted me to respond. I'm especially disappointed
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by wendall911 6y ago
I'm not sure why your dismissive tone is somehow upvoted here. I rarely comment and do not see how this as a strawman. If this is not a strawman, then explain how a 15yo with notepad can do the same as these solutions with a defensible
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by wendall911 13y ago
Here is a better summary of the situation: http://liorkaplan.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/bye-bye-non-free-...
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by wendall911 13y ago
This is a great comment for perspective. I rarely comment on anything. The reason is that HN is full of folks who spend all day posting about issues that they've yet to contribute even something small, let alone something of significance in
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by wendall911 14y ago
Just checking my email now. I got spammed as well. They certainly scraped emails from GitHub.
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by wendall911 14y ago
Absolutely agreed. I was also 5-0 Google. Examples: "mdc date" "python math" Google is the clear winner here, as well as many other scenarios where more specific searches yield incredibly higher quality results.
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by wendall911 14y ago
"Websockets: Everyone uses socket.io and for good reason." This is stated as a fact, but I really just think it is a case of this was the only choice for a long time. I'd like to know the reason, because I don't think there is a clear one h