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M8··on How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10
Agreed, social work is just another kind of welfare, that just tries to give people dignity.
M8··on Why Google and Apple made their own programming languages
Apple: was afraid to loose developers to Xamarin (once it becomes more stable). Failed to deliver a fast language, failed to deliver an open-source language in 2014 (!).

Google: starts using / creates a new language every few years - C++, Python, Java, Dart, Go. Failed to stick to the vision of native Dart support inside of Chrome, Angular team deflected to TypeScript as a better alternative, Go - quite limited, e.g. no generics - nowadays(!), useful if you cannot use other options due to "religious" views or the situation.

M8··on Apple's Tim Cook talks diversity, women, 'the future of our company'
It's a company-level social experiment: what if all people are equal and we pick and compensate them based on proportional quotas rather than based on merits.

There was an experiment like that on a multi-country level. We know how it ended.

M8··on Apple WWDC 2015
In terms of software: more of Android/Win features being borrowed (e.f. split screen "multitasking"). Possibly better icons and GUI overall (but only if Ive realised that he should stick to hardware).
M8··on Tell HN: The usage of “ninja” in Who is Hiring? comments has been increasing
They use word ninja when nobody on the team wants to do that sort of job e.g. "JavaScript ninja" or "DevOps rockstar" or "front-end guru". Have you ever seen a job post for "CEO ninja" or a "rock-star CTO co-founder"?
M8··on Tell HN: The usage of “ninja” in Who is Hiring? comments has been increasing
Simply replace it with "monkey" in your head, e.g.: "we are looking for an Angular ninja!" = "we are looking for an Angular monkey (because none of our backend Scala guys are willing to touch JS with 10 feet pole".
M8··on Visual Studio Online Supports Cross-Platform Development
Never had any problems with BitBucket over a few years. Using Mercurial though, which helps.
M8··on The Agonies of Picking a Product Name (2011)
Vanished: "Cockroaches are mainly nocturnal[10] and will run away when exposed to light."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach

M8··on The Agonies of Picking a Product Name (2011)
It's even worse for non-native speakers.
M8··on How Dilbert practically wrote itself
"You've hit your limit of 5 free articles as an anonymous user this month."
M8··on Larry Ellison Is Spending a Fortune to Save American Tennis
Well I am not a product (ad target) for Larry Ellison, but I am for Zukerberg and Brin.
M8··on Giorgio Armani didn't accomplish anything until his forties
Agree, "didn't accomplish anything" = "didn't achieve extraordinary success". Typical media.
M8··on Apple warns AltConf: Do not show the WWDC keynote stream in your Viewing Room
I guess less people will "benefit" from their "innovative" ideas.
M8··on Nobody's Going to Steal Your Idea
Tesla vs Edisson, Xerox vs Apple etc.
M8··on Nobody's Going to Steal Your Idea
"We now employ ... and 5 robots."

Thank you, this is a minority society doesn't care about enough! Seriously, very pleasant to read.

M8··on Semantic Shape Editing
This is not an idea, it's an implementation.
M8··on Fallout 4
Ok, since HN is turning into Reddit:

Fallout 2 > Fallout 3

:)

M8··on Haunting message penned from Soviet 'slaves' found buried in Urals theatre
Because they were prisoners?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_State...

M8··on Which airlines ban the use of Knee Defenders during flight?
Exactly. There are ashtrays on some older planes, does it mean it's OK to smoke?
M8··on Which airlines ban the use of Knee Defenders during flight?
They used to allow smoking on board you know. What were non-smokers paying for? The tyranny of reclining should be stopped.
M8··on Braid is undecidable (2014) [pdf]
Oh, it has a website and a name now, cool!

PS: the usual recommendation is to build a game not an engine, I guess nobody have foreseen an experienced developer going even lower in abstraction :). One of these days: "I am not satisfied with the hardware we have, where is my soldering iron..."

M8··on Texas Lawmakers Pass a Bill Allowing Guns at Colleges
Is Sweden one of those countries where harming a robber inside your own house can put you in jail?
M8··on Texas Lawmakers Pass a Bill Allowing Guns at Colleges
They should allow it in schools as well. Would stop bullying quite quick.
M8··on Magic Leap Announces Its Augmented Reality Developer Platform
VDK - vapourware development kit.
M8··on Power Surge – optimize the JavaScript in this HTML5 game
I know how to beat it - Tao of Programming 8.2:

http://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html

"A Master Programmer passed a novice programmer one day.

The Master noted the novice's preoccupation with a hand-held computer game.

"Excuse me," he said, "may I examine it?"

The novice bolted to attention and handed the device to the Master. "I see that the device claims to have three levels of play: Easy, Medium, and Hard," said the Master. "Yet every such device has another level of play, where the device seeks not to conquer the human, nor to be conquered by the human."

"Pray, Great Master," implored the novice, "how does one find this mysterious setting?"

The Master dropped the device to the ground and crushed it with his heel. Suddenly the novice was enlightened."

To beat Mozilla at their game, just go native! (supports many languages without transpilation as a plus)

M8··on Why We Age, Part III: Can We Live Forever?
What about treating children that would otherwise be filtered out by natural selection? Is is also a "travesty"?
M8··on Why We Age, Part III: Can We Live Forever?
What about people who have 3+ kids instead of 2, while some people can only have 1? Can we choose not to accept it?
M8··on Why We Age, Part III: Can We Live Forever?
What about anorexia?
M8··on Visual Studio Code v0.3.0
Does it have intellisense and auto-completion for non-scripty languages? Roslyn?
M8··on Sepp Blatter to resign as Fifa president
So the decisions about where a bunch of millioners will be kicking a ball will be made more fairly?
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