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Comment · 9 years ago
The bicycle thing is great, thanks for sharing.
Comment · 9 years ago
Those that aren't "strict" in certain areas. Examples:

* Those without memory management (I'm not talking about garbage collection, though there seems to be a correlation). Buffer overflows/overruns and its cousins have caused many security flaws, including heartbeat and even flaws in java, where it interops with C programs for performance's sake.

* Syntactical leniency wrt. scope can lead to errors like apple's infamous "goto fail"

Comment · 9 years ago
I agree entirely with the sentiments here, but I wouldn't consider it a security issue. A safety issue more like.
Comment · 9 years ago
In software in general, the past is the future. Things were going great, then everything went to shit in the 2000'nds.
Comment · 9 years ago
Also; end-to-end encrypted chats in telegram (they call them "secret chats") won't follow you between devices. A secret chat started on one device, won't be accessible from another. This makes them far less useful, and dissuades users from using them. Again; comparing whatsapp to telegram in terms of security is apples vs oranges.
Comment · 9 years ago
Telegram rolls their own non-standard crypto protocol as I understand it. This is a bit of a no-no when it comes to security. More importantly; chat's arent' end-to-end encrypted by default (I can't find a way to enable it in the web-app), which means the telegram-whatsapp comparison makes no sense. Whatsapp is secure, telegram is not.
Comment · 9 years ago
I think I'm in love.
Comment · 9 years ago
Good for you, and good for OP. I'm really not trying to denigrate anyone, but OP is complaining that he doesn't get interviews. If his reviewers think like I do, using spans correctly in his html, and "playing the game" (which is what others are suggesting) won't do him any good.
Comment · 9 years ago
I disagree. Maybe you are right, maybe this isn't the reason he doesn't get interviews, but if someone sent me that portfolio, I would not give the application a second look.
Comment · 9 years ago
Well, thanks for pointing it out. Either way; an insult wasn't a good way to end it.
Comment · 9 years ago
I changed it to something slightly less inflammatory.
Comment · 9 years ago
Probably not, but I did think a conclusion was necessary.
Comment · 9 years ago
I should add that this is not meant to discourage you. As always in life, you have three options: 1. Be good. 2. Get good. 3. Get out.

I'm not saying you need to take option 3, I'm just saying maye option 1. is out of the question.

Comment · 9 years ago
You might not like this, but here are my honest thoughts: You seem to be selling yourself as a web designer, but your website is terrible, and so are it's contents.

I realise this is subjective, so I won't try and justify my thoughts. Frankly I don't care enough to debate them anyway, so you can take it or leave it, as you please.

Your designs aren't minimalist, they're just minimal; empty, underdone. And even then your colour palettes are grating. Not to mention that o23.io, days and skyler look pretty identical.

Maybe the reality is that no-one wants to hire you, because you, or the works you use to advertise yourself, aren't quite as good as you might think.

Comment · 9 years ago
Interesting. So for you the change was on desktop, not laptops. What changed you mind wrt price? I wasn't under the impression that apple computers have gotten more expensive than they were before?

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