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Hype fighter.

_random_··on Google Dart Will Not Be the Next Default Programming Language of the Web

"Types make for bloated code" - no, poor type inference does.

_random_··on Google Dart Will Not Be the Next Default Programming Language of the Web

"...Developers are happy enough transpiling code..." - happy the way disaster survivors are happy to live in makeshift sheds rather than, you know, being dead. And the number of shed designs on offer doesn't matter.

_random_··on Fired

Who is the dude?

_random_··on My Girlfriend Dissociated and Forgot Who I Was

Hotness trumps madness.

_random_··on Why I Hope to Die at 75

Please don't be offended, but your vision is very limited. Like early sci-fi limited. If everything goes well you might end up being a distributed mind having multiple avatars across different planets. Your kids could be not just randomly generated gene sequences, but something better. If that fish crawled out of the water, we can overcome life-extension consequences.

_random_··on [dead]

Why not grant them an exclusive patent on 'search' in every sense as well? Like you can't 'search' (tm) for your keys in your apartment without seeing an ad first?

_random_··on Swift and C# Quick Reference – Language Equivalents and Code Examples [pdf]

Beautiful presentation.

_random_··on On Being a Senior Engineer

It seems to be focused on extracting value from employees, so here is a few of mine to ensure the balance:

Mature engineers don't agree to work for a lower salary just because the problem is "interesting".

Mature engineers don't work uncompensated overtime.

Mature engineers ensure that both their personal contribution and that of their peers' is given credit for and rewarded accordingly.

_random_··on Understanding .NET 2015

Plus if you run - it works.

_random_··on Understanding .NET 2015

He meant like COBOL - wider historical spread (despite declining workforce).

_random_··on Understanding .NET 2015

Nah, it's spelled Select: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_where.asp

(but academics like non-human-friendly terms, sure)

_random_··on Understanding .NET 2015

> games

Ever played something like e.g. Bastion?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_%28video_game%29

I mean if you are developing the new Unreal Engine - sure. But otherwise gaming industry would benefit from more of maintainable code.

_random_··on Understanding .NET 2015

Switching to Scala would mean learning all the Scala baggage (which has good intentions - granted). C# is much more accessible, while still being elegant - hence the ever-rising popularity.

_random_··on Ask HN: How do I start with test driven development?

Still feeds the trainers and book-writes and as such is "the-only-correct-way-to-write-correct-software".

_random_··on The Rising Costs of Scaling a Startup in San Francisco

"better negotiators than developers" - well in my experience they are always trying to "tempt" with a mere £5k boost and never going for the top bracket offered. It is in their interest to play it safe.

_random_··on The Rising Costs of Scaling a Startup in San Francisco

Well, how about sharing some equity? Oh, I forgot you want to be a billionaire at the expense of early hires.

_random_··on The Rising Costs of Scaling a Startup in San Francisco

Yes, unfortunately in London either:

1) recruiter effectively steals a percent of your starting salary;

2) company is so cheap they cannot afford a recruiter;

3) big tech companies are paying extremely low in comparison to the primary sector - finance (and the most interesting stuff will still be developed in USA).

_random_··on Epic Games launches Unreal development grants

Unity3d is eating it alive starting with legs :).

_random_··on The Poor Man's Voxel Engine

XNA is single most important technology that effectively enabled the indie movement. Shame they don't want to upgrade it.

http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studi...

https://twitter.com/hashtag/becauseofxna

_random_··on A female computer science major at Stanford: “Floored” by the sexism

"I’ve had middle-aged coworkers ... GChat me pickup lines"

She is also kind of age-biased. Age doesn't matter, all kind of gender/legal-age/race relations are accepted by modern society.

_random_··on Why life is absurd

"...30-40 years of solid productivity..."

Even less, many people choose family.

Also if longevity is achieved there will be plenty of disruption on the way, since there is no "magic pill", but rather a lot of breakthroughs combined.

_random_··on The Wake Programming Language

JS is type-safe in a way that is not useful in any way.

_random_··on Show HN: Vivaldi programming language

Well, Apple stole 'Swift' from a different language (was quickly changed to "parallel scripting language"):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(parallel_scripting_langu...

He created something in an entirely different category. Both projects have similar chances to succeed. What is the problem?

_random_··on An Introduction to Russian Watches (2012)

Mass produced - maybe not, but check this: http://www.konstantin-chaykin.com/collections/watches/lunokh...

_random_··on An Introduction to Russian Watches (2012)

http://xkcd.com/984

_random_··on Microsoft Wants To Buy Love In Silicon Valley

I have a question: when will XNA be open-sourced? There are tons of people that want a sequel and MonoGame could use a quality boost.

http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studi...

Also C# on XBox One had been promised like a year ago but nothing happened:

http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studi...

What is the point of User Voice then?

_random_··on [Mozilla] Introducing Extension Signing: A Safer Add-On Experience

First wall in the garden.

_random_··on Ask HN: Jump from quant finance into tech startup

"...compensation..."

Trading a high probability of a decent bonus for a low probability of a half-decent equity payout (I guess, also no unicorns).

_random_··on 404. PAGE Not FOUND

"(server-side) JS"

Why would you pick an unmaintainable language for the server side?

_random_··on 404. PAGE Not FOUND

I thought it was an old boring Java/C++ place, but it seems that they can have some fun :).

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