Thanks, and it was strawberry pop tarts. I remember thinking the internet was so vast but then I ran into that page more than once so I figured it couldn't really be that big.
One of the first web pages I can't seem to forget about it about how cherry pop tarts could catch fire in a toaster under the right conditions. Does anyone else 'member that? Good times.
Ha! This is exactly how I feel about it too. Every time I start advocating how nicely it solves all my problems, I preface it by saying how surprised I am that this is the language doing it.
First of all, Unreal Engine's blueprint system is quite excellent, but is also specific to its domain of being a game engine. But you can make your own blueprint modules in C++, so no reason you couldn't make boring business software with it.
But there's already a great tool for boring business workflow, and that's BPMN. I've recently discovered it and it's so much better than endless meetings where no one knows or can agree about what is fully going on. I only have experience using it to model software at a high level, but there are advanced instances of using it to control actual systems. Plus, it's open source. You could do all kinds of crazy stuff for better or otherwise, like putting an animated Nyan cat in your workflow or having a task switch the lights on. Check out http://bpmn.io/ (open source!) and their associated commercial entity, Camunda.
This happens to me too. With one such software, I was trying to discuss my bugfix in the forum when the admin deleted my comment. I asked why, and he said disclosing my fully-original modification that made the software work was a violation of the license agreement.
So I asked if Google was in violation of their license for distributing the code they ripped off and removed the Apache license from, and they deleted the whole post.
Yeah, testing for browser compatibility is such a hassle, and it's better than it's ever been, but sucks how IE's (non-edge) js engine is so slow!
I think you're right though. OP would say the same thing about Java if he had to deal with same bullshit I ran into during the visual j++ years when MS was in full embrace-and-extend mode. I probably still have the binaries they're not legally allowed to distribute in case of compatibility emergency.
As a dev who primarily works in JS, I'm extremely curious to hear about this! When I talk about limitations of JS, I point out the shortcomings (lack of native 64-bit integer support, or anything other than its singular "number" type is a big one), their workarounds, then conclude by saying it will probably be addressed in the future. The ecmascript standards are very well specified, and compatibility is well mapped out.
Are you talking about node.js by chance? I'm confused about what was "installed" and what options were available. Normally js runs in a browser, and there's not much in the way of options when installing those. Are you talking about the language itself, or the environment such as npm modules?
I like to criticize c# myself, but I think the complaints more accurately pertain to the.net framework.
Please share some details, because I love to know about JS caveats and pitfalls and share them with others. Without this information, they sound like pebkac issues.
Wishing for JS to die out is for wusses. Why not be proactive about killing it off with a better alternative for browser providers to implement? What would you suggest? Samsung has a lot invested in their Tizen OS, and they're not about to abandon that any time soon.
* Just showed up to this post and waded through all the not-actual-question posts of people expressing themselves, ready to emit some signal amongst the noise *
I read a Vice article/video heard some interesting viewpoints from you about where people should constructively channel their anger regarding big pharma, insurance, and the abuses Congress permits to happen and how money fits into it. You've talked about how what you do provides legitimate service and benefit, and while I maintain healthy skepticism, it left me curious to learn more specifically about what you meant.
How could / would you use your financial success to promote these benefits further? Besides advice that generally anyone (or at least the/. audience) could do to take action, would you be willing to hire talented software developers (I'm lining up options for my next job, btw) to apply some data science that would both lower costs for people and provide better healthcare? Sort of like what Cambia does, but you could incubate your own operation before trying to launch a full company.
I'm full of ideas, but I'm short on time having a full job. In summary: what could you do with your money and knowledge that could help people more? Feel free to contact me about it.
No way, all my techie friends in school and I were delighted to throw win98 in the trash immediately when win2k came out. The protected memory model felt like "about damn time, whyTF waste another second with win9x turds?" while also providing the current api and interface features. And yes, we were all serious with linux (and other unices) by then too.
Everyone who needed their computer to be more than a toy was running win2k as soon as they could.
If you've heard/seen about Tizen at all lately, I know this is one of the big things going for it. Makes sense for car makers to not have to reinvent the wheel: https://wiki.tizen.org/wiki/IVI
I have a huge peeve with people calling 404 error "File not found" because url's are not files! "Page" is closer, but then it's not always a page requested via http.
C'mon people, get this straight! It's not hard, now write this 100 times on the chalkboard:
Seamless integration with networks is VASTLY superior in Linux than Windows,
I'm pretty serious into Linux for multiple purposes and I rail against how craptastic NetworkManager (I call it NetworkMangler) is. Seriously, it's weak attempt at mimicking something even WinXP actually handles quite well. Pray that you never have to work with a device that generates a new mac address for itself every time it reboots, because it thinks you have a completely new device and creates new entries for it while clobbering routing for other interfaces that are in use at the time. Plus it clutters the device list. Disabling it and using traditional network interface tools is not easy either.
And proxy settings in Ubuntu? There are TWO separate places to maintain those (system and gnome settings) and the stupid gui doesn't even provide for the no-proxy list. I don't even want to think of how much time I've wasted at work helping people wrestle with getting the simple proxy settings to work correctly.
Windows explorer shell is pretty crap, but at least managing network interfaces on Windows makes Linux look bad in comparison. NetworkMangler may be fine for the basic use cases that 95% of people run into, but it gets ugly real fast for moderately complex setups.
He should check out windows users sometime. They can't: - find the very files that they just saved - or even just browse the contents of their machine - switch between programs without a mouse (I alt-tab and they go "woah, how'd you do that!?") - change the toner catridge in the network printer themselves - climb under their own dirty desks to plug things in - be trusted to install their own software - understand why IE is a poor choice
Yes, I did work as a support monkey for a little while.
I renovated a house not long ago where the late owner did a lot of work himself... poorly. Many of the outlets had their ground and neutral reversed. Sure, the world continues to spin and appliances will work when plugged into it. It could also kill a person quickly in certain situations.
I make a distinction about that being a good safety regulation imposed by law, versus speed limits where one driver can be safer over the speed limit than a less capable driver under the speed limit.
And it's trivially easy to implement. You know how newer cars will beep if the seatbelt isn't engaged, and other examples of trying to correct driver behavior?
Society needs one of those to nag people who don't use turn signals. Make it so.
I literally just purchased $110 (minus $.02) of video games from steam yesterday after browsing titles on TPB to see what was popular. The first one was plastered with "BUY NOW" everywhere as though you could buy it and play it, and then I didn't realize until afterward it was just a preorder. (BF3). Then I bought the GTA collection and had to go through a mountain of arcane technical hassle with windows marketplace (after buying on steam) just to be able to save games in gta4.
Also the collection included two games I've already paid for in the past, but whatever.
Those artifical losses due to piracy numbers can suck it.
A good language makes it easy to do things right and hard to do them wrong.
Then for your paranoid sake, stay the hell away from Javascript! Actually... you'd better stay away from computers all together. Just back away slowly, and get a friend to unplug it for you. If you don't have any friends, just set the house on fire and you'll make some new ones pretty quick.
Look, I haven't read any Harry Potter books or seen any of the movies, but even *I* know what a muggle is! God forbid you try to look it up yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggle
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Thanks, and it was strawberry pop tarts. I remember thinking the internet was so vast but then I ran into that page more than once so I figured it couldn't really be that big.
One of the first web pages I can't seem to forget about it about how cherry pop tarts could catch fire in a toaster under the right conditions. Does anyone else 'member that? Good times.
Ha! This is exactly how I feel about it too. Every time I start advocating how nicely it solves all my problems, I preface it by saying how surprised I am that this is the language doing it.
First of all, Unreal Engine's blueprint system is quite excellent, but is also specific to its domain of being a game engine. But you can make your own blueprint modules in C++, so no reason you couldn't make boring business software with it.
But there's already a great tool for boring business workflow, and that's BPMN. I've recently discovered it and it's so much better than endless meetings where no one knows or can agree about what is fully going on. I only have experience using it to model software at a high level, but there are advanced instances of using it to control actual systems. Plus, it's open source. You could do all kinds of crazy stuff for better or otherwise, like putting an animated Nyan cat in your workflow or having a task switch the lights on. Check out http://bpmn.io/ (open source!) and their associated commercial entity, Camunda.
This happens to me too. With one such software, I was trying to discuss my bugfix in the forum when the admin deleted my comment. I asked why, and he said disclosing my fully-original modification that made the software work was a violation of the license agreement.
So I asked if Google was in violation of their license for distributing the code they ripped off and removed the Apache license from, and they deleted the whole post.
Yeah, testing for browser compatibility is such a hassle, and it's better than it's ever been, but sucks how IE's (non-edge) js engine is so slow!
I think you're right though. OP would say the same thing about Java if he had to deal with same bullshit I ran into during the visual j++ years when MS was in full embrace-and-extend mode. I probably still have the binaries they're not legally allowed to distribute in case of compatibility emergency.
As a dev who primarily works in JS, I'm extremely curious to hear about this! When I talk about limitations of JS, I point out the shortcomings (lack of native 64-bit integer support, or anything other than its singular "number" type is a big one), their workarounds, then conclude by saying it will probably be addressed in the future. The ecmascript standards are very well specified, and compatibility is well mapped out.
Are you talking about node.js by chance? I'm confused about what was "installed" and what options were available. Normally js runs in a browser, and there's not much in the way of options when installing those. Are you talking about the language itself, or the environment such as npm modules?
I like to criticize c# myself, but I think the complaints more accurately pertain to the .net framework.
Please share some details, because I love to know about JS caveats and pitfalls and share them with others. Without this information, they sound like pebkac issues.
Wishing for JS to die out is for wusses. Why not be proactive about killing it off with a better alternative for browser providers to implement? What would you suggest? Samsung has a lot invested in their Tizen OS, and they're not about to abandon that any time soon.
* Just showed up to this post and waded through all the not-actual-question posts of people expressing themselves, ready to emit some signal amongst the noise *
I read a Vice article/video heard some interesting viewpoints from you about where people should constructively channel their anger regarding big pharma, insurance, and the abuses Congress permits to happen and how money fits into it. You've talked about how what you do provides legitimate service and benefit, and while I maintain healthy skepticism, it left me curious to learn more specifically about what you meant.
How could / would you use your financial success to promote these benefits further? Besides advice that generally anyone (or at least the /. audience) could do to take action, would you be willing to hire talented software developers (I'm lining up options for my next job, btw) to apply some data science that would both lower costs for people and provide better healthcare? Sort of like what Cambia does, but you could incubate your own operation before trying to launch a full company.
I'm full of ideas, but I'm short on time having a full job. In summary: what could you do with your money and knowledge that could help people more? Feel free to contact me about it.
No way, all my techie friends in school and I were delighted to throw win98 in the trash immediately when win2k came out. The protected memory model felt like "about damn time, whyTF waste another second with win9x turds?" while also providing the current api and interface features. And yes, we were all serious with linux (and other unices) by then too.
Everyone who needed their computer to be more than a toy was running win2k as soon as they could.
If you've heard/seen about Tizen at all lately, I know this is one of the big things going for it. Makes sense for car makers to not have to reinvent the wheel: https://wiki.tizen.org/wiki/IVI
I have a huge peeve with people calling 404 error "File not found" because url's are not files! "Page" is closer, but then it's not always a page requested via http.
C'mon people, get this straight! It's not hard, now write this 100 times on the chalkboard:
"404 Not Found"
Seamless integration with networks is VASTLY superior in Linux than Windows,
I'm pretty serious into Linux for multiple purposes and I rail against how craptastic NetworkManager (I call it NetworkMangler) is. Seriously, it's weak attempt at mimicking something even WinXP actually handles quite well. Pray that you never have to work with a device that generates a new mac address for itself every time it reboots, because it thinks you have a completely new device and creates new entries for it while clobbering routing for other interfaces that are in use at the time. Plus it clutters the device list. Disabling it and using traditional network interface tools is not easy either.
And proxy settings in Ubuntu? There are TWO separate places to maintain those (system and gnome settings) and the stupid gui doesn't even provide for the no-proxy list. I don't even want to think of how much time I've wasted at work helping people wrestle with getting the simple proxy settings to work correctly.
Windows explorer shell is pretty crap, but at least managing network interfaces on Windows makes Linux look bad in comparison. NetworkMangler may be fine for the basic use cases that 95% of people run into, but it gets ugly real fast for moderately complex setups.
He should check out windows users sometime. They can't:
- find the very files that they just saved
- or even just browse the contents of their machine
- switch between programs without a mouse (I alt-tab and they go "woah, how'd you do that!?")
- change the toner catridge in the network printer themselves
- climb under their own dirty desks to plug things in
- be trusted to install their own software
- understand why IE is a poor choice
Yes, I did work as a support monkey for a little while.
agreed. It's especially annoying to see a car that looks like it's just coming to a stop in the flow of traffic, THEN they signal.
Defendant: "Please Mr. Segal, we don't want any trouble..."
Segal: "Well you better save your receipt. Because you just bought some."
(neck snapping ensues)
Mad tv reference: http://youtu.be/mXx3_ykUpfY
I renovated a house not long ago where the late owner did a lot of work himself... poorly. Many of the outlets had their ground and neutral reversed. Sure, the world continues to spin and appliances will work when plugged into it. It could also kill a person quickly in certain situations.
I make a distinction about that being a good safety regulation imposed by law, versus speed limits where one driver can be safer over the speed limit than a less capable driver under the speed limit.
And it's trivially easy to implement. You know how newer cars will beep if the seatbelt isn't engaged, and other examples of trying to correct driver behavior?
Society needs one of those to nag people who don't use turn signals. Make it so.
As Intel and Samsung are major backers, it will likely be supported on things like the Nexus 4, Galaxy S2/3, and the Intel Orange phone.
Please mod this question up - I wanted to ask it also.
I literally just purchased $110 (minus $.02) of video games from steam yesterday after browsing titles on TPB to see what was popular. The first one was plastered with "BUY NOW" everywhere as though you could buy it and play it, and then I didn't realize until afterward it was just a preorder. (BF3). Then I bought the GTA collection and had to go through a mountain of arcane technical hassle with windows marketplace (after buying on steam) just to be able to save games in gta4.
Also the collection included two games I've already paid for in the past, but whatever.
Those artifical losses due to piracy numbers can suck it.
A good language makes it easy to do things right and hard to do them wrong.
Then for your paranoid sake, stay the hell away from Javascript! Actually... you'd better stay away from computers all together. Just back away slowly, and get a friend to unplug it for you. If you don't have any friends, just set the house on fire and you'll make some new ones pretty quick.
As far as I know, you *could* do it in PHP, because there's a PHP-to-native compiler out there...somewhere...
It's called HipHop for PHP. Facebook made it and it's been out for two years now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HipHop_for_PHP
Look, I haven't read any Harry Potter books or seen any of the movies, but even *I* know what a muggle is! God forbid you try to look it up yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggle
You know you can receive money at multiple addresses and manage them all with the same wallet, right?
AGREED - I was jarred by this headline, then followed it with a heavy groan when I realized what was actually meant.
Say what you mean, mean what you say...