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null | drysart | null | What "Explorer-only extensions" do you think Javascript has?
Because it doesn't have any. I think you're confusing the DOM and libraries with Javascript. | null | 0 | 1491587845 | False | 0 | dfyr5no | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyoqjl | null | 1493881786 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ashton_harding | null | Always use abstraction instead of magic numbers when you can.
> Most of the population ~~(Especially here)~~ will never be able to code at a proficient level no matter how much exposure we give them as children or how much training we give them.
FTFY. | null | 0 | 1491587845 | False | 0 | dfyr5nx | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyb4ab | null | 1493881786 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ivquatch | null | I do most of my daily work in a strongly/statically typed functional language. I know this sounds arrogant, but I typically haven't needed exhaustive code coverage in my unit tests.
Usually when things break, it's a result of library/framework updates that I don't necessarily have control over. The bugs are often ve... | null | 0 | 1491587848 | False | 0 | dfyr5qu | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfycaey | null | 1493881788 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ThePowerfulSquirrel | null | I've only really used Netbeans when I first started and then IntelliJ for some time now. I've used Eclipse once on a school computer but I never bothered using it again. | null | 0 | 1491587862 | False | 0 | dfyr67b | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyqzq6 | null | 1493881794 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jackmott2 | null | fast debug path for when you need fast iteration ala JAI.
that could even be a JIT if you wanted, but probably isn't necessary.
| null | 0 | 1491587910 | False | 0 | dfyr7uo | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyp5g5 | null | 1493881816 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vkgfx | null | Feel free to try your attempt at a bad input against his code, it works.
Here's a python snippet to make it easier to change the matrix (since he hardcoded everything...):
https://hastebin.com/bajihogepo.py | null | 0 | 1491587920 | False | 0 | dfyr861 | t3_63z9df | null | null | t1_dfyiy0b | null | 1493881820 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bkv | null | IE may have held back the web in many ways, but it certainly didn't influence javascript in any meaningful way. Care to elaborate? | null | 0 | 1491587920 | False | 0 | dfyr866 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyoqjl | null | 1493881820 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Iprefervim | null | I think enforcing good style is important. Perhaps saying "spaces, not tabs" is a bit much (rather than, say, consistency), but I think it's important to "indoctrinate" noobs to writing clean code. One of the things I like about Python is PEP 8, which definitely made me write much cleaner code than I would have if I wa... | null | 0 | 1491587927 | False | 0 | dfyr8e8 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfypwo6 | null | 1493881823 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vkgfx | null | For anyone else wanting a more clear version, here's an implementation in Python with copious commentary:
https://hastebin.com/bajihogepo.py | null | 0 | 1491587948 | False | 0 | dfyr937 | t3_63z9df | null | null | t1_dfyk7kw | null | 1493881833 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jackmott2 | null | You would think, but people manage to screw up enough that text editors have noticeable latency, or suck battery power at enormous rates.
| null | 0 | 1491587956 | False | 0 | dfyr9c8 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyop2p | null | 1493881836 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1491587958 | 1491666396 | 0 | dfyr9fh | t3_63z9df | null | null | t3_63z9df | null | 1493881837 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | findar | null | make is the devil's tool. | null | 0 | 1491587985 | False | 0 | dfyradv | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyjsnf | null | 1493881850 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kirbyfan64sos | null | How old is that license...? | null | 0 | 1491587993 | False | 0 | dfyranx | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyo6ze | null | 1493881854 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sexrockandroll | null | I feel like my management should do this, because usually our retros complain about the same one or two topics and the result is "manager says no". Cancelling it would just save us all frustration and time. | null | 0 | 1491588014 | False | 0 | dfyrbc5 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyr4q9 | null | 1493881863 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | weirdoaish | null | > the department was dominated by Eastern students and faculty to the point where white people where experiencing significant discrimination.
That's interesting, my own faculty was a mix of American/Chinese/Indian, but as you say, this would depend on the school. If you really were being discriminated against, you... | null | 0 | 1491588025 | False | 0 | dfyrbpo | t3_638rgm | null | null | t1_dfy4ae6 | null | 1493881868 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bheklilr | null | I don't think that unit tests are useless and I've used them a lot in the past. I also maintain libraries that are virtually impossible to write tests as they require expensive lab equipment to be attached to my computer, something we can't afford to have lying around for unit tests. Tests have their place, but they ... | null | 0 | 1491588061 | False | 0 | dfyrcx0 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfylobt | null | 1493881884 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | be_bo_i_am_robot | null | It's a mixed bag.
At my job, we have neighboring teams who, while working on the same and inter-dependent projects, do so in different capacities. Some legitimately work and thrive in the "manager's" style (meetings, emails, coordination, project management, etc.), whereas others work in the "maker's" style (developer... | null | 0 | 1491588105 | False | 0 | dfyreb9 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyd2di | null | 1493881903 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | PM_ME_UNIXY_THINGS | null | > Why does Microsoft foot the bill for Java script? Netscape(Mozilla by extension) built it.
Not the parent commenter, but I'm strongly of the opinion that the web took off because it was a popular net-enabled portable VM that effectively provided the features that the incredibly crummy OS beneath failed to provide... | null | 0 | 1491588173 | False | 0 | dfyrggd | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfymg1p | null | 1493881932 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bkv | null | Chrome and V8 specifically (which is the basis of node) was the impetus for making JS a better language. The asynchronous nature of javascript is more a consequence of JS being single threaded in the browser and therefore V8, and not a deliberate decision by node developers. | null | 0 | 1491588206 | False | 0 | dfyrhjz | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy8piv | null | 1493881946 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bless-you-mlud | null | You can write beautiful clear code in any language.
You can also write horrible incomprehensible unmaintainable spaghetti code in any language. | null | 0 | 1491588272 | False | 0 | dfyrjn6 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyk367 | null | 1493881975 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | weirdoaish | null | GNU/Linux was never meant for handheld devices though. If it could have been used as is, I'm pretty sure Google wouldn't have bothered to modify the kernel as they did. | null | 0 | 1491588280 | False | 0 | dfyrjx1 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfy9h9z | null | 1493881979 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lost_file | null | "mood killer", that is the perfect word for it. We need a list of mood killers. | null | 0 | 1491588289 | False | 0 | dfyrk6u | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyo5o7 | null | 1493881983 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | combinatorylogic | null | > If I write instance methods, is that OOP?
No
> If I write inheritance, is that OOP?
Maybe. You don't need it.
> If I have an abstract interface, is that OOP?
Definitely not. More likely it's a proper *module system* (see SML).
> Are private member fields OOP?
No
> Is RAII OOP?
Not in a slig... | null | 1 | 1491588304 | False | 0 | dfyrknr | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyllwr | null | 1493881989 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | PM_ME_UNIXY_THINGS | null | > I don't know why everyone is in love with git
Github. | null | 0 | 1491588307 | False | 0 | dfyrkr4 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyfqwz | null | 1493881990 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bless-you-mlud | null | C is a better programming language than C++. | null | 0 | 1491588307 | False | 0 | dfyrkru | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493881990 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | russmbiz | null | A lot of people are giving you flak for this being not as feature complete as Docker. That's true, but I just wanted to say that you did a good job it seems. Have you considered adding the ability to generate a docker container for production? | null | 0 | 1491588340 | False | 0 | dfyrlty | t3_63xbbn | null | null | t3_63xbbn | null | 1493882005 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | be_bo_i_am_robot | null | > When making simple utilities, it is often better to be quick and dirty instead of spending the time to make it elegant.
Get it to work first, then refactor for performance if time permits, then refactor for elegance if time permits.
Time rarely permits.
That said, I'm a huge stickler for coding standards (Pytho... | null | 0 | 1491588364 | False | 0 | dfyrmlj | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyhfwu | null | 1493882015 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | be_bo_i_am_robot | null | > When making simple utilities, it is often better to be quick and dirty instead of spending the time to make it elegant.
Get it to work first, then refactor for performance if time permits, then refactor for elegance if time permits.
Time rarely permits.
That said, I'm a huge stickler for coding standards (Pytho... | null | 0 | 1491588365 | False | 0 | dfyrmm9 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyhfwu | null | 1493882015 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | combinatorylogic | null | Start with pointing at a single example of an OOP codebase that is not a pile of shit. | null | 1 | 1491588387 | False | 0 | dfyrnbs | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfynu2v | null | 1493882025 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bkv | null | > "Building something that works" is not the end goal, it is the absolute minimum baseline from where the real work starts.
"Building something that works" is the starting point for iterating on something further. Nothing is more infuriating than trying to ship the initial iteration of some feature and people expec... | null | 0 | 1491588392 | False | 0 | dfyrnhq | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy8j2a | null | 1493882027 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saijanai | null | > I don't have any recollection of Woz stealing code. Woz wrote Integer Basic then Apple bought a more full featured floating point version of Basic from Microsoft.
Well, it goes back what, 30+ years ago now, but I seem to recall bad blood between Woz and Gates over specific bits of BASIC.
Something about certain ... | null | 0 | 1491588399 | False | 0 | dfyrnpb | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dfyo0ny | null | 1493882030 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MEaster | null | > in some places I even use raw arrays and not List<T> (dynamic array) for performance (in-place structure modifications don't work on List)
Could you elaborate on that? | null | 0 | 1491588430 | False | 0 | dfyron2 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyo7cs | null | 1493882042 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | zck | null | That seems especially weird, given that [wikipedia says](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language\)) D wasn't released until 2001. | null | 0 | 1491588434 | False | 0 | dfyros9 | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyo6ze | null | 1493882044 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | __redruM | null | If word problems were tough in 4th grade math, then maybe programming isn't the right choice. | null | 0 | 1491588456 | False | 0 | dfyrpi7 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyb4ab | null | 1493882054 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ivquatch | null | The fundamental thing is state. Each additional state increases the complexity of the program by a cartesian amount, so the fewer state changes the better.
Functional programming is mostly stateless whereas OOP encourages encapsulation (and sometimes mutation) of hidden state.
OOP is difficult because it has more mo... | null | 0 | 1491588462 | 1491588769 | 0 | dfyrpp1 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfynu2v | null | 1493882057 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mmstick | null | It's very hard to justify spending a handful of tens of thousands of dollars for the sake of fundamentals that can easily be learned in a short time frame without spending any money though. | null | 0 | 1491588502 | False | 0 | dfyrqyf | t3_63sbtv | null | null | t1_dfyplgt | null | 1493882073 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | NavelBarricade | null | Ever? | null | 0 | 1491588545 | False | 0 | dfyrsb5 | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfylk84 | null | 1493882091 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | industry7 | null | ok, in retrospect I guess that should have been obvious... | null | 0 | 1491588581 | False | 0 | dfyrtgi | t3_635ggh | null | null | t1_dfs9x2r | null | 1493882107 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | knightshade | null | I really like VB.net. | null | 0 | 1491588596 | False | 0 | dfyrtwx | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493882113 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SwabTheDeck | null | Bro, this was supposed to be about UNpopular opinions... | null | 0 | 1491588606 | False | 0 | dfyrua6 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy7o3h | null | 1493882117 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | matthieum | null | What's the usecase for Pulse?
It seems a bit difficult to rely on it for waking threads up; unless you set in on a periodic timer? | null | 0 | 1491588617 | False | 0 | dfyrumz | t3_641ee8 | null | null | t1_dfyqvdt | null | 1493882122 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kirbyfan64sos | null | C++ is freaking awesome, especially when it comes to libraries, but it's horrible for portability. There's always a library to do what you want, but there's a 60% chance it won't work on some compiler/platform combination that you need to target. Of course, there's stuff like Qt, but not everyone wants to use a mega-fr... | null | 0 | 1491588632 | False | 0 | dfyrv69 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfybsj6 | null | 1493882130 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | PiZZaMartijn | null | I've not looked at all command line options that exist but what you currently have:
rootbox init
rootbox image.add -v [tag]
rootbox box.new -n [name] -v [tag]
rootbox box.run -n [name]
I think it would be cleaner and more logical on first sight to have something like:
rootbox init
rootbox pul... | null | 0 | 1491588642 | False | 0 | dfyrvhf | t3_63xbbn | null | null | t1_dfyfklj | null | 1493882134 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lost_file | null | For your 2nd last point: isn't there something new that does that? Pledge or something...There is also SE Linux or whatever too.
For your last point: isn't that possible already? To have fs's as files? Like a raw squashfs file. I swear I've seen it done before. | null | 0 | 1491588651 | False | 0 | dfyrvrz | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyir96 | null | 1493882138 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saijanai | null | > All the same, I count him as a true generational intelligence. I will tell my grand kids I met him.
Woz and Jobs were required to make Apple Computer, Inc. Jobs, for all his failings, created *Apple*, however. | null | 0 | 1491588658 | False | 0 | dfyrw0n | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dfyqa1n | null | 1493882142 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | __redruM | null | This is problem in my current company. Unfortunately the CM department aren't the best and brightest. They want a good GUI backed by a licenced product with a support phone number.
Doesn't matter that 90% of the software team prefers Git. | null | 0 | 1491588695 | 1491592104 | 0 | dfyrxau | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfye39n | null | 1493882158 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | russmbiz | null | >But they would probably take a while to get back to me.
Well, yeah that's kind of their whole point. | null | 0 | 1491588727 | False | 0 | dfyryce | t3_63tmfn | null | null | t3_63tmfn | null | 1493882172 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | adrianmonk | null | To be fair, these companies are located in a place with a completely dysfunctional real estate market where additional office space is very hard to get. Sometimes it's essentially not available at any price.
They are not operating in a neutral environment where they are free to experiment with what works. If they want... | null | 0 | 1491588795 | False | 0 | dfys0jr | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy7hj9 | null | 1493882203 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Serializedrequests | null | 1) Not all applications need to be SPA's. Classic multi-page web apps are much quicker to develop, easier to make accessible, and degrade more gracefully.
2) This may be a popular opinion, but it least goes against fads: I like SQL databases. They work, and represent most data. Most data has a schema, even if it is im... | null | 0 | 1491588825 | 1491589210 | 0 | dfys1ir | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493882215 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ashton_harding | null | I'll be a little more broad, but here you go:
0.) git is awesome, but only if you use the cli.
1.) All software devs/engineers should use the cli as much as possible.
2.) The Computer Science degree is useless (if you want to learn something.)
3.) Most of you (this sub-reddit) don't have "imposter syndrome", you're... | null | 0 | 1491588840 | False | 0 | dfys204 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493882222 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | drysart | null | I contend that "evil OOP" only happens in contrived cases, or when you let an architecture astronaut loose without oversight.
And if you're going to make up unrealistic fantasies or let bad developers design, then *no development paradigm is safe*. | null | 0 | 1491588845 | False | 0 | dfys26a | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyog3v | null | 1493882225 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ohshit_abird | null | Seriously. I love when job descriptions just say shit like "agile methodologies", "scrumtastic", and "rock star team" instead of, you know... languages, platforms, software.
Like.. this is a skilled position, not summer camp. | null | 0 | 1491588862 | False | 0 | dfys2re | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy8oqv | null | 1493882232 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | be_bo_i_am_robot | null | Hell yeah it is! It simply requires discipline, and house coding standards, and the shared Personal Values of clarity and convention over cleverness.
I fucking love Perl. It's so much fun to write (even though I rarely do, anymore).
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null | GreenFox1505 | null | I have been back and forth in C++ for about a decade now. Every time I get a chance to work in C++ again, it reminds me how much I FREAK'N LOVE C++! | null | 0 | 1491588874 | False | 0 | dfys364 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfybsj6 | null | 1493882238 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | theaccadian | null | 1) React sucks.. and so does every other complicated JS framework out there.
The front end development JS frameworks are not needed for most projects.
Using jQuery and Bootstrap (or a similar CSS framework) is a far better option to accomplish most projects.
2) Choosing the best tool for the job - this never ever ha... | null | 0 | 1491588895 | False | 0 | dfys3ul | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493882246 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Pulse207 | null | >Yeah, I'm looking for a balance between tersity, practicality and faggotry here.
One of those things is not like the other. | null | 0 | 1491588932 | False | 0 | dfys546 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfygjlf | null | 1493882264 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | be_bo_i_am_robot | null | I don't think that's a terribly unpopular opinion.
Post-Ballmer Microsoft is a different beast these days. | null | 0 | 1491588942 | False | 0 | dfys5g2 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfym5zd | null | 1493882268 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AerieC | null | Unless the "short and clever" code is actually simpler and more understandable.
Case in point: I was able to refactor a 400 line class into 3 *very* simple, one-line regular expressions. The 400 line class was parsing text from scratch, looping on char arrays, if substr() == blah blah. Boring. Simple. Yet all complete... | null | 0 | 1491588962 | 1491589275 | 0 | dfys65t | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyb7ko | null | 1493882277 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | corobo | null | I write code in nano on the live server
What's git?
Yeah I have a backup I copied it into project.bak/ before I started | null | 0 | 1491589025 | False | 0 | dfys87w | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyjn5s | null | 1493882305 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | davidk01 | null | Is this unpopular opinion? | null | 0 | 1491589025 | False | 0 | dfys880 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy7o3h | null | 1493882305 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | be_bo_i_am_robot | null | I can Google it, though! | null | 0 | 1491589029 | False | 0 | dfys8c4 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyps5i | null | 1493882306 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | scgtrp | null | The `v`/`w`/`n` variants are overloads (except C doesn't support overloads, so it's common to encode type information into function names like that). It's like asking whether `Console.WriteLine(string)` or `Console.WriteLine(int)` is better. | null | 0 | 1491589034 | False | 0 | dfys8ik | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyp2no | null | 1493882309 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _INTER_ | null | Java 9 will not ship it in the JDK any longer (it's open source) | null | 0 | 1491589047 | False | 0 | dfys8yt | t3_641n0o | null | null | t1_dfyopzu | null | 1493882315 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | davidk01 | null | Had to scroll down a bunch to see an unpopular opinion. I agree. Javascript is great. | null | 0 | 1491589105 | False | 0 | dfysawr | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy7pfn | null | 1493882342 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | rickdg | null | Red, green, refactor. | null | 0 | 1491589146 | False | 0 | dfysc7z | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy7bpd | null | 1493882359 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [removed] | null | 0 | 1491589164 | False | 0 | dfyscvc | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493882368 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sultry_somnambulist | null | so this is like git for machine learning essentially? Users pull some trained model, update the model incrementally with some local data, the results are merged up into the model and repeat? | null | 0 | 1491589186 | False | 0 | dfysdkr | t3_63yka1 | null | null | t1_dfygeg2 | null | 1493882377 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SwabTheDeck | null | I like ours, but we only have 10 people on staff and I don't hate any of them. These companies that seem to have warehouse-sized open floor plans are insane. Nobody needs that much personal interaction. | null | 0 | 1491589214 | False | 0 | dfysegt | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy6r7j | null | 1493882390 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | AD7GD | null | The worst thing about Matlab is that it is very hard to read (I'd say it's nearly as write-only as perl) but it's very commonly used in books to communicate mathematical algorithms. I actually prefer to find older editions of books where the samples are still in FORTRAN. | null | 0 | 1491589308 | False | 0 | dfyshox | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyfo5e | null | 1493882433 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SanityInAnarchy | null | An airplane might be valid, but I'm not going to be there long enough that I couldn't just work offline. Especially because it's *expensive.*
Even falling all the way back to edge is still a couple times faster than the fastest dialup ever got. And the slowest hotel wifi I've ever seen is still faster than that.
It *... | null | 0 | 1491589378 | False | 0 | dfysk0j | t3_63whph | null | null | t1_dfy8d43 | null | 1493882464 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | KronktheKronk | null | Unpopular opinion 2A : Professional US programmers make better quality programs than their Indian counterparts. | null | 0 | 1491589378 | False | 0 | dfysk0r | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyjb2d | null | 1493882464 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BrownCow123 | null | Yes hello I majored in googling | null | 0 | 1491589394 | False | 0 | dfyskiw | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyjh9q | null | 1493882470 | 75 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tvwxyz | null | You wanna know why I love JavaScript? (Of course you don't but I'm being serious...)
**switch (true) {}**
With "switch (true)" I can create several CASE qualifiers that can individually evaluate a condition that either is true or false. "switch (true)" doesn't even care about variable types or even values. JavaScript... | null | 0 | 1491589406 | 1491590480 | 0 | dfyskxk | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493882476 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AnSq | null | >only ever created foreach, and allowed a range instead to allow you to do manual indexing
That's basically what Python has. There's no traditional `for` loop, just `for i in range(1,10)` | null | 0 | 1491589415 | False | 0 | dfysl8x | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfymy8l | null | 1493882480 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hekdev | null | This is fantastic news, albeit more of a symbolical importance. Though maybe there's some secret sauce in DMD that can be useful for everyone. For performance LDC is my goto but DMD is faster at compiling and always runs the latest version of D. | null | 0 | 1491589424 | False | 0 | dfyslj8 | t3_6419py | null | null | t3_6419py | null | 1493882484 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | grauenwolf | null | That's what he is trying to say. It is too unreliable to actually use. | null | 0 | 1491589468 | False | 0 | dfysmyd | t3_641ee8 | null | null | t1_dfyrumz | null | 1493882503 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | donovanm256 | null | In a creative endeavor like software development a cut costs approach will only lead to declining quality. | null | 0 | 1491589516 | False | 0 | dfysojx | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfye4kh | null | 1493882525 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | raphier | null | so is Python and Go, but Dart has weak attachment rate. | null | 0 | 1491589558 | False | 0 | dfyspwh | t3_63nkvf | null | null | t1_dfyb1w3 | null | 1493882542 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | KronktheKronk | null | Objective study of paired programming has shown that, while the pair will write code slightly slower than they would crank out individually, the code quality delivered by the pair is considerably better than the individually written code. | null | 0 | 1491589627 | False | 0 | dfyss4a | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy791w | null | 1493882572 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sabas123 | null | Same with half your business logic being in a sql database | null | 0 | 1491589651 | False | 0 | dfyssxf | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyapv3 | null | 1493882583 | 60 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | KronktheKronk | null | ok, go | null | 0 | 1491589674 | False | 0 | dfystqy | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyjlxj | null | 1493882595 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | TheMiamiWhale | null | Yea at a very high level that is pretty much it. The one change I'd make is they merge **how** to update the model, not the updated model. Google actually averages the updates(from multiple users) together before applying the update (a single update) to the model. | null | 0 | 1491589855 | False | 0 | dfyszq5 | t3_63yka1 | null | null | t1_dfysdkr | null | 1493882676 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | matthieum | null | What I find really annoying in the first two anecdotes is that the responsible organization *does not own up to their mistakes*.
We all make mistakes, and whether it's a software or people mistake does not matter ultimately. What does matter is taking responsibility, and making amends as necessary. | null | 0 | 1491589895 | False | 0 | dfyt10y | t3_641hyk | null | null | t3_641hyk | null | 1493882693 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lacronicus | null | Agile is like communism.
The people who end up in charge are incentivized to never let it work the way it's supposed to (deadlines! and schedules!), and when it inevitably doesn't work, the world looks on and says "look how awful it is!" even though it was really just a rebranded dictatorship (waterfall).
"prioriti... | null | 0 | 1491589904 | False | 0 | dfyt1ci | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy8oqv | null | 1493882698 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | wavemode | null | Why would anyone read 10 books on the exact same topic? Why don't they cover a range of topics relevant to architecture? | null | 0 | 1491589955 | False | 0 | dfyt329 | t3_63yj1f | null | null | t3_63yj1f | null | 1493882720 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _INTER_ | null | * Pure-Functional programming also leads to bad, overcomplicated code.
* Mutable state is not evil. Concurrent programming with mutable state can be easier than with immutable state.
* Reading code is more important than writing code. Overconcise code hurts readability. Rather have some verbosity than condensed logic... | null | 0 | 1491589979 | False | 0 | dfyt3tf | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493882731 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | XeroValueHuman | null | I would say it is more a case of the abortion of the combination that is JS/HTML/CSS/Browsers that has taken UI development back to the stone age from an engineering sophistication perspective. | null | 0 | 1491589986 | False | 0 | dfyt415 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy7o3h | null | 1493882733 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mdatwood | null | > Most devs under 35 have never worked in a non-agile environment and don't know the pain of working in waterfall/corporate hell.
So true! I remember spending weeks building out this huge MS Project plan with critical paths, dependencies, milestones, etc... I went into a meeting with the main stakeholder (my bosses... | null | 0 | 1491589988 | False | 0 | dfyt43q | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfydz3x | null | 1493882734 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Lanza21 | null | Me too. I don't like writing applications with it, though. | null | 0 | 1491590000 | False | 0 | dfyt4il | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy7pfn | null | 1493882741 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | rockstar_artisan | null | I've seen plenty of tests which were *pure* maintenance cost. I've also seen a lot of tests whose only conceivable benefits ended after initial commit.
Insurance is a bad analogy - there's a lot of analysis that goes into insurance that people don't do when testing. TDD encourages not doing cost/benefit analysis at al... | null | 0 | 1491590008 | False | 0 | dfyt4ra | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyqvqi | null | 1493882744 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DenizenEvil | null | No it wouldn't. In no case would it be faster. It's almost never faster unless you have some NP-Hard problem where a human heuristic can guess better than the program's heuristic.
Since this is most definitely not NP-Hard, you would *never* do it faster manually. If we ignore the time we'd spend waiting on HTTP reques... | null | 0 | 1491590011 | False | 0 | dfyt4ve | t3_63tmfn | null | null | t1_dfxolcz | null | 1493882745 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ChickenOfDoom | null | I think software developers complain about languages when what they really want to complain about is the level of control they have over their own work at their jobs. | null | 0 | 1491590031 | False | 0 | dfyt5if | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493882753 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | AbstractOperator | null | This is related to the back-end as part of the Symantec C++ compiler ([version 7 from the mid 90's was the latest](http://www.tarma.com/articles/1996sep.htm#symantec)). After that, Walter Bright continued to use this back-end for DMC codegen (Digital Mars C/C++ compiler) and later for the Digital Mars D compilers codeg... | null | 0 | 1491590062 | 1491590574 | 0 | dfyt6k7 | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyo6ze | null | 1493882769 | 95 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | theHazardMan | null | Dynamic typing is great... when you're the only programmer and you know the entire system. | null | 0 | 1491590068 | False | 0 | dfyt6rd | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyapv3 | null | 1493882772 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AbortedWalrusFetus | null | I hadn't heard that! Good to know. | null | 0 | 1491590145 | False | 0 | dfyt99c | t3_641n0o | null | null | t1_dfys8yt | null | 1493882805 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Alphaetus_Prime | null | You have to spend time WRITING THE PROGRAM. Reading comprehension, goddamn. | null | 0 | 1491590152 | False | 0 | dfyt9hu | t3_63tmfn | null | null | t1_dfyt4ve | null | 1493882808 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | drysart | null | > Insurance is a bad analogy - there's a lot of analysis that goes into insurance that people don't do when testing.
You're looking at insurance from the actuarial side. I was talking about it from the consumer side. Consumers don't typically do a lot of analysis before they buy insurance. They just do it. | null | 0 | 1491590170 | False | 0 | dfyta1v | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyt4ra | null | 1493882815 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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