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Re:Microsoft seeks Rust developers to rewrite core C# code on Sunday February 04, 2024 @03:08AM (#39248515)
If it's an experienced C++ job and you don't know the difference between rvalue/lvalue/etc, you're gonna have a tough time.
I still have a book on programming in COBOL I need to dust off.
Re:Cloudmacs: access your Emacs in browser on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:08PM (#21635585)
Sometimes I'm playing a video game on steam and would like to have the steam overlay browser to do some work while I respawn.
Re:WeWork lays off 2,400 employees on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:26PM (#21598363)
Why?
Re:Currency is popular again, especially the $100 bill on Monday October 28, 2019 @02:47AM (#21374792)
How are they not substantial enough if you started with Bitcoin in 2011??
Re:Amazon Sidewalk is a new long-range wireless network on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @05:53PM (#21075978)
It's not as easy as "improving" existing protocols. Look at the ipv4 -> ipv6 mess. And even then ipv6 suffers from issues that are tied to how networks were built, etc. See this great article: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810

If I'm building something to give connectivity to dog tags, why not do something simpler?

Re:Show HN: Darklang on Monday September 16, 2019 @05:08PM (#20988599)
Will you guys be transparent on the pricing then?
Re:Microsoft Has First Major Impact on Chrome on Sunday August 18, 2019 @08:33PM (#20733919)
You're assuming this person understands data locality, or memory latency or even memory in general.
Re:Ten Years of Erlang on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @04:52AM (#20389996)
>Is determined. Has 20 years of experience.

An average programmer is a few years out of college and is lazy.

You get better at coding, just like any other skill, the more you do it. So yeah, it's ok to not code at home. But all else being equal, the people who do are better coders.
Yeah. I use markdown hosted file and do the markdown -> html conversion entirely clientside via http://dynalon.github.io/mdwiki/#!index.md. I don't think it's possible to do that at all with orgmode?
Re:Interviews with developers who became managers on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @04:23AM (#19490049)
>Remember that you are still creating software - you are just doing it through others.

Managers should not be creating software. Directly or indirectly (unless you're a product manager or in a position where you have to take PM responsibilities). I've had too many managers try to insert themselves in design decisions, micromanaging and what not. Managers should be managing people. Making people happier and more productive and communicating what your people can and cannot do with the higher ups. Even deadlines and milestones, etc should be PM responsibilities, not dev managers.

Why not just create a gnome-widget that does libinput configuration under the hood?

The purpose of the fork cannot be just to provide sane defaults.

Re:Sway 1.0 on Monday March 11, 2019 @04:35PM (#19362558)
If you're using Nvidia graphics cards, they do not support proprietary nvidia drivers btw.
Re:Sway 1.0 on Monday March 11, 2019 @04:34PM (#19362549)
You're conflating two things. Is it that they don't support the features or is it that they're proprietary?
Re:Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @06:04AM (#19198123)
Is it really that great? How many apps do we use in our day to day life? Let's say 20 apps that we use regularly.

Is $100 too much for lifetime access to these apps?

Re:On Being a Principal Engineer on Monday February 18, 2019 @02:32PM (#19193553)
If you need a principal engineer to tell you to write unit/integration tests, that speaks volumes about the quality of engineering below him.
Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency on Monday February 18, 2019 @02:24PM (#19193455)
Don't compare a company to a tech.

As an example of a tech, if someone asked me would you want self driving cars to succeed if you could not profit off of them, I would say that's a resounding success. A lot of people are excited about this tech because of the improvement in their daily lives, not because of a profit motive. Compare that to crypto

+1 for outlawing tipping. Add it as a fixed cost of the service or don't. No in between.
Can you quantify how many paid days off you took in the last year?
Re:Future JavaScript: what is still missing? on Sunday January 27, 2019 @11:14PM (#19015287)
How can you say they're no worse nor better? That's a loaded statement without qualification. It is entirely possible (if not highly likely) that one approach is better (for all or most use cases)
Re:I learnt C++ in 2018 and have no regrets on Monday January 07, 2019 @02:14PM (#18848866)
Yup. That's when I stopped reading.
Re:Announcing unlimited free private repos on Monday January 07, 2019 @02:11PM (#18848826)
12.5% is still a significant percent of revenue.
Re:Tokyo Wants People to Stand on Both Sides of the Escalator on Sunday December 23, 2018 @03:01PM (#18747985)
What if I'm tired? Fuck you
Re:The Yoda of Silicon Valley on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @07:24PM (#18711909)
Yeah. Seen this happen too. That usually points to a lack of (good) senior leadership in the dev team (senior developers not product/managers).
Re:The Yoda of Silicon Valley on Monday December 17, 2018 @04:27PM (#18702365)
It's only after you've developed a deep understanding that any efforts at integration would be successful. If you just like orchestrating, that's fine but I've met too many managers/product managers who think up lofty ideas on how to integrate various pieces without a deeper understanding of the underlying technology.
Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:36PM (#18556729)
It's open source. You can install from source.
Re:Bitcoin falls below $5,000 on Monday November 19, 2018 @01:31PM (#18488510)
lmao. People have seen the future and it is decentralized fax machines
Re:My App Is Dead in the Water on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @04:54PM (#18445266)
? A lot of reddit and HN apps don't display the articles in app. Some of them open browser pages. I don't see how your "All ... apps" is quantified.

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