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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by TheMagicHorsey on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:07AM (#12477540)
Yes. Exactly what you said. It bothers me when people think solving broken Javascript problems is a valuable way to spend our civilizations scarce skilled manpower.
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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by astrodust on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:37AM (#12477662)
Angry Birds and Candy Crush are clearly superior uses of time.
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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by TeMPOraL on Monday September 12, 2016 @05:48AM (#12478337)
Well, they at least provide value to people without too much externalities which makes them much better than both fighting in the mud and all the adtech work that drives this mess.
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