shawnwall

Joined 16 years ago

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Software Manager & Builder

Pittsburgh PA

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Comment · 1 month ago
i personally have problems with tinnitus and hearing loss, and creatine use tends to trigger it due to water retention so i stay off the stuff.
Comment · 1 month ago
You mean like half the engineers I've worked with in my career? I wonder how we got here :)
Comment · 2 months ago
Have you observed any humans and their decision making capabilities lately? :)
Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
I believe that was an intent/goal of BAT in Brave.
Comment · 6 months ago
Comment · 7 months ago
been in the python game a long time and i've seen so many tools in this space come and go over the years. i still rely on good ol pip and have had no issues. that said, we utilize mypy and ruff, and have moved to pyproject etc to remotely keep up with the times.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yeah I gotta agree here, I'm not sure I've seen someone so opinionated with python. I tend to try to use things built into python or official recs until I hit an actual problem that needs to be solved.
Comment · 12 years ago
I'm not saying every choice they made is perfect. One of my qualms is the lack of backgrounds for button selection in areas with 'ok' and 'cancel' - which is one of the most important areas to give the user clear direction.
Comment · 12 years ago
Google is making a huge amount of progress in UI and UX; the company has historically been rather mediocre in terms of it's UI and UX, while Apple was always the star. Over the past year or so the roles have reversed, and Google continues making strides towards unifying their applications in a single user experience and ui paradigm that allows for simpler app use, particularly for new users.

It's easy to get upset when things change, but keep in mind that change can be positive and/or negative.

Comment · 14 years ago
Some big companies do, just not the ones you'd probably care to work at. If they make this choice they simply lose out on a certain set of individuals. Their loss, not yours.
Comment · 14 years ago
Safari on OSX has always had the ability for a user to set their default browser preference (to chrome for example). I wonder if iOS will ever go this route.

I find it odd that Microsoft went to court for doing the same thing in Windows but it's okay for Apple to do it.

Comment · 14 years ago
I just wanted to throw this out there:

you should first read the objective-c primer.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#referencelibrary/Ge...

You mentioned the apple docs feel complex to you but I'd honestly recommend truly taking your time and working through them as they really are the best.

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