huma
Joined 19 years ago
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Comment · 1 year ago
What was the app about?
Comment · 2 years ago
Thankfully, most of us quit writing centuries in Roman numerals, it's about time we quit centuries as well :) Sadly, however, the regnal numbers continue to persist
Comment · 3 years ago
TypeScript feels like it's trying hard to become Java Enterprise level of complexity :)
Comment · 4 years ago
Not for being Russians, but for active participation in censorship by tweaking their news aggregation to show only hand picked government approved sources
Comment · 4 years ago
> Generally, the major foot-gun that got a lot of places in trouble was the premature move to microservices, architectures that relied on distributed computing, and messaging-heavy designs.
Finally, someone said it
Comment · 5 years ago
The first time, a while ago, when I tried Ruby, coming from Java, it was pure joy of freedom :) I really liked the duck typing approach and the dynamic feel of the language. It's rather sad to see static "Java" creeping into it.
Comment · 5 years ago
I don't, but I really appreciate those brave souls who try. A new, refreshing, honest search, like once Google was, is long overdue.
Comment · 5 years ago
> the rest of the gender system makes no sense, like a car is "she" but the plane is "he" -- so no one bothers with it
It's actually pretty straightforward. Generally, nouns ending with an "a" are feminine, with an "o" are neuter, the rest are masculine.
Comment · 5 years ago
When you live long enough it becomes evident that scale in tech is a pandemic. At a certain point greed inevitably takes over. I believe there's some kind of a threshold beyond which a company has no choice, but to turn evil.
Comment · 5 years ago
This is what overengineering looks like
Comment · 5 years ago
Yep, it's the dark pattern wording which really disappoints, the kind Mozilla is supposed to fight against. Like a good old friend that betrays you.
Comment · 6 years ago
A bit of history on the matter.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130116102852/http://hueniverse...
Comment · 6 years ago
I wish Dropbox had a lite version which could just sync my files without having to install over 100 MB of useless bloat
Comment · 9 years ago
Not CS related, but I've found these courses to be of great value:
- Sociology 150A (Robb Willer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edfKMAePWfE
- Geography C110 (Richard Walker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYR5PdPZ_w0&list=PL4rxxS6x1H...
- Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents (Richard Muller) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ysbZ_j2xi0
There's also an audio course on Buddhist Psychology by Eleanor Rosch, if you're interested. Now seems to be available only on iTunes.
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodca...
Comment · 13 years ago
Konstantin Haase of Sinatra/Ruby fame is based in Berlin and I would recommend him for a mentor.