batteryhorse

I disagree that engineering is the best approach to writing software. I think this is the fundamental difference between people who prefer static vs dynamic typing. People who prefer static typing are more likely to say that one solution is more "correct" than the other, whereas dynamic typing allows more flexibility.

I see writing software to be similar to writing music. Music has rules and structure, but leaves room for creativity and allows two or more highly skilled musicians to be able to play music together and improvise.

Static typing imposes limitations (kind of like government), whereas dynamic typing gives you more freedom (but requires responsibility)

I was going to say the GNU version of /bin/false and /bin/true, but I actually took a look at the source and it is terrible.

If I were you I'd send them a cease and desist letter

Perhaps most safety problems. But if you need to outrun an erupting volcano, a tsunami, or the police, slowing down won't really help you.

Yes but iOS 11 was really slow.

Does it run faster than iOS 6?

Instead of cartesian coordinates, you could just program it using polar coordinates. And ring buffers.

I also bought the iPhone X on day one, but I had to get rid of it, I really hated the notch. Also didn't like the aspect ratio of the display, it's getting way too vertical.

For me, it's like living in a room where one of the walls has a weird inset, which makes it more difficult to arrange the furniture.

Or like having a picture frame on the wall that is slightly crooked no matter how many times you try to fix it.

Or maybe it's like having a mole or birthmark, and calling it a beauty mark.

Sure you can live with it and just ignore it, but that wouldn't be my first choice.

However if you are willing to boot camp into Windows, you are probably less likely to care about a notch.

It's like being a chef but not wanting to eat the food you cook.

For example, a lot of people want their salmon cooked extremely well done, when you as the chef, think this is wrong, but this is what the customer wants, so you do it anyway, but you no longer care about it.

No. No. No. Yes.

> If we believe that self-driving cars are inevitable

I am a programmer and I would never ever get in a self-driving car if I had a choice. I don't trust other programmers, I don't know if a backdoor has been put in by someone, and I don't want to get into a vehicle that can be hacked.

I believe self-driving cars will be a catastrophic failure.

So if I said one of the following:

a) "Brandon, imagine that I f* your wife..."

b) "Brandon, imagine if I cut off your arms and legs one at a time..."

c) "Brandon, imagine if you shot yourself in the back of the head... with a shotgun... twice... and declared it suicide..."

d) "Brandon, imagine if I fed you to the pigs, and they never found your body..."

e) "Brandon, imagine if I tortured you to death..."

f) "Brandon, imagine if the Germans cut your d* off..."

I just don't really get their "sense of humor". Why is (a) funny? It's like when somebody says "that's what she said", it's just not very funny, but I can imagine they say that there.

I've actually never heard of Riot Games before this article, but I don't think I would ever want to work there. Seems like a waste of time.

I can't express how wrong this response is.

Term limits are necessary, there should be no such thing as a "career politician". A politician should be required to have actual skills, and not just a nice smile.

Experience with politics is meaningless, there should be NO establishment. It is always the new guy who reveals the truth to the people, which is a good thing. Experience only results in being able to lie to the public, to further the establishment. Otherwise it becomes us vs them.

People will do anything to maintain power. It should be one year and out, nobody should be able to get rich by becoming a politician.

A good first step would be to get rid of Diane Feinstein.

Do you realize that many "scientists" are paid to generate and publish research that supports a specific outcome, for political purposes? You should do your own research on climate change and come to your own conclusions. Blindly trusting "experts" is a very dangerous game.

I don't think retail is a bad job. I would hate to be stuck at a computer all day writing code and dealing with non-technical managers and clients.

Someone who works a job where they receive consistent tips can make a lot of money, and if it's in cash it's tax free.

Plus the tips never go to the kitchen who do all the actual work.

Plus there's no way I'm trusting my life to some idiot programmer.