jsnathan
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Comment · 8 years ago
OP here. Sorry if I misunderstood the guidelines, but these are not the same stories. The proposal to scrap the term limits was announced two weeks ago, which is what those stories talk about. This new story is about the proposal having been approved by the parliament (a couple hours ago). Though I suppose there was little chance of it not passing, I did think it's a historic vote, so I thought I'd post this as well.
Comment · 8 years ago
It's only my impression, really. But I have seen a slew of articles about how jQuery is dead, and very few people still writing articles about it's benefits. Many libraries that use it are also unmaintained now (though they often still work, of course).
If you want some numbers, compare e.g. the dates on popular HN posts for jquery[1] vs react[2] and vue[3]. Most popular articles for jQuery are 4-6 years old, while for React and Vue the popular stories are much more recent. Of course, HN might be somewhat special.
[1]: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=jquery [2]: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=react [3]: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=vue
Comment · 9 years ago
If you simply want the latest stable docker version, try:
curl -o /tmp/get-docker.sh https://get.docker.com && bash /tmp/get-docker.sh
curl https://get.docker.com | bash
Comment · 9 years ago
This article alleges that there may be a hidden bias against female scientists receiving Nobel prices. If the author had included a long list of female scientists that deserved a Nobel price, but did not receive one, it would have gone a lot further to making its case.
However it only names one (Vera Rubin [1]). However one possible case seems insufficient evidence to prove a bias here.
Not saying such a list cannot be drafted - just saying it's not presented here, and so it's hard to buy into the bias argument.
Comment · 9 years ago
I feel like the core value proposition is something like "public expressions that can be consumed quickly and produced with little forethought". I think it's important that Twitter gives you the excuse to be less precise: there isn't enough space.
It's a small thing sure, but if you look at the differences between the popular social platforms, it's all about small differences. If Twitter loses that which distinguishes it from everyone else, that may give them an initial boost when it's a new feature, but then the novelty will wear off and maybe they will have lost what makes them unique.
I'd like to compare this to Hollywood. It feels like the kind of alteration a studio might come up with by relentlessly screen-testing a movie using test audiences. It's one way to guarantee a bland, non-specific result, that won't command any lasting mindshare.
Clearly moving from 140 characters to 280 characters isn't yet that just-like-everything-else end result, but it somehow feels like a step in that direction to me.
Comment · 9 years ago
I'm not sure what to make of this.
I suppose there is nothing inherently ideal about the (arbitrary) 140 character limit on tweets. Why not 180, or 280, etc?
Still, my first reaction was, this is .. a bad idea: the 140-character limit is iconic, it's at the core of their value proposition, and Twitter is going to dilute their brand if they abandon it.
I think it's not only that people sometimes feel limited by the 140 characters that matters, it's also all the other times when people don't feel social pressure to write up longer, perhaps more thoughtful messages, that's important here.
Comment · 9 years ago
Two other nice apps in this space are Workflowy[1] and Dynalist[2].
[2]: https://dynalist.io