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Re:U.S. Clash with Apple Was Months in the Making on Friday February 19, 2016 @01:11AM (#11131923)
This appears to be a paywalled link. Is that appropriate on this site? Is everyone expected to subscribed to WSJ?
Re:Ask HN: What questions would you ask your interviewers? on Monday February 15, 2016 @05:56PM (#11106693)
One person's best practices are another person's reasons to 'get me outta here!'.
Re:CSS Variables landing in Chrome 49 on Sunday February 07, 2016 @08:44PM (#11055978)
CSS offers plenty of ways to hang yourself without resorting to SASS. The people who are dangerous with SASS tend to already be just as dangerous with plain CSS, in my experience.

The additional options for self harm are well offset by the features.

Re:The smallest JavaScript libraries on the internet on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @12:04PM (#11020680)
It's an occupational hazard. Sometimes the sense of humor gets minified/uglified and deflated along with the code.
Would you believe anyone who asks you to email a copy of your id really knows how to delete your ID from their systems or would care enough to follow through?
Do you use the video gestural interpreter input option https://vimeo.com/7133810 ? It really helps keep you in good shape. Kind of a "Code Code Revolution!"
Another product bitten by the dark side of progress indicators.

One of the most often underestimated areas of product development, though certainly not among the most important underestimates.

Easy to underestimate its cost and impact. After all, it's just a progress indicator.

Re:How developers use databases today on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @04:49AM (#10782672)
What do they do to you if you "admit" to using triggers?