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Tiquor··on Fired because your skills are too far above your coworkers
Intelligently decoupled, no. Needlessly abstract, yes. Many rockstars can't tell the difference.
Tiquor··on Want to Know Julian Assange’s Endgame? He Told You a Decade Ago
The problem is they also leak a lot of just petty human stuff between government functionaries. The tool is blunter than Asange makes it out to be.
Tiquor··on Project delays: why good software estimates are impossible (2015)
Software development of novel ideas is art, not manufacturing.
Tiquor··on Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?
Mostly just AWS apps.
Tiquor··on Show HN: Wing – A minimal, responsive CSS framework
Yes, this is like saying here is my slim if statement library for PHP.
Tiquor··on My favorite day of the month is bank statement day at my company
If all you are doing is opening an account then your registration docs alone are enough. There has to be more to this.
Tiquor··on The worst predicted impacts of climate change are starting to happen (2015)
Climatologist in radio said in an interview the other day that sea level could rise 3cm to 10m in the next X years. Follow up question was, of course, "What happens at 10m sea rise." There is definitely some tendency all around to be hyperbolic.
Tiquor··on The Majority Illusion in Social Networks
It's not a social network design issue. It's a social issue of actual humans. Our society, currently, rewards outrage amd sensitivity as opposed to reason and the free exchange of ideas. We are essentially in a post enlightenment phase moving towards new forms of regressive authoritarianism.
Tiquor··on Web Programming Is Getting Unnecessarily Complicated
Boo hoo. It's not that bad. Knuckle down and learn some shit. Crikey, some of us learned this stuff before a crowd sourced 90,000 word wiki and versioned online code repository was commonplace for a 200 line library. AND get off my lawn!!
Tiquor··on Malcolm Gladwell got us wrong: here’s what got oversimplified
"Got us wrong" implies a fundamental inaccuracy in the concept. There is not a fundamental inaccuracy in the concept. Clarification is need to explain the nuance.

In regards to interpretations of their own work. They have largely spoken at arms length from what I'be seen and the book was popular enough to have lots of comments made via reporterst etc. I'm not claiming some coBS piracy, just the nature of these things.

Gladwell addresses this two years ago: http://www.businessinsider.com/malcolm-gladwell-explains-the...

To specifically address criticisms. One of then claim that deliberate practice is only 1/3 of the result. Gladwell, in his clarification, and original statements did not claim that deliberate practice was the only component. That was the misunderstanding from his book, not his intent.

Tiquor··on Malcolm Gladwell got us wrong: here’s what got oversimplified
You seem to be arguing semantics more than nuance. You aren't trying to say that practice doesn't matter. Right? Instead, it is debatable how much it differentiates the absolute best from those just below?

If so, I think the "No evidence" is a bit strong in this case. We may lack what would commonly be considered "proof" but there are good indications that practice matters.

Tiquor··on Malcolm Gladwell got us wrong: here’s what got oversimplified
Except Gladwell didn't "get us wrong". People who read Gladwell and misinterpreted it "got us wrong". Gladwell has spoken repeatedly and clarified his book statements, Though if you read it closely there isn't much clarification needed.
Tiquor··on Clinton pledges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling
Is she really pledging to create a committee to discuss the wording of a possible amendment to discuss the potential inclusion of an alteration of an amendment to be submitted to the committee for the discussion of an amendment? That sounds more like Clinton to me.
Tiquor··on Why I'll never abbreviate a variable as long as I live
PHP let's you change a constant in a subclass. Doesn't seem right.
Tiquor··on How a team of young people helped rebuild healthcare.gov (2015)
I'm curious how this team got the call for the project.
Tiquor··on Windows 10: Microsoft launches intrusive full-screen upgrade reminder
They just applied the approach that browsers have to the OS. Now everyone is freaking out, which is largely legitimate, but it is hard to argue that there is not a non trivial positive result for everyone to standardize on a Windows platform if you use Windows.
Tiquor··on Is the web dying? The state of affairs in 2016
What an odd comparison.
Tiquor··on The Sad State of Web Development
Yes, I've been developing websites since before JS existed, so it does in fact make me happy that JS has made some progress related to developer productivity in 20 years. Are they adding other baggage? It seems so, but the addition of a standard library is a things well past its time.
Tiquor··on The Sad State of Web Development
Remove bad and good from the discussion. JavaScript exists at a place where high level languages are expected, not assembly. JavaScript lacks the productivity enhancements of other high level languages. No standard library and poor debugging as well as loads of quirks. JavaScript, standalone, is far lass productive on a theoretical basis (I say theatrical because no language can take JSS spot in the browser due to enternchment) because of this than other high level languages.

Also, JavaScript was barely designed. Saying it was designed to not have a standard library is revisionist history. It just doesn't have one, and everyone with influence over JS continues to make poor excuses as to why it continues to not have one.

Tiquor··on The Sad State of Web Development
Evolving toolchain? JavaScript is 20 years old and has made nearly no improvement in terms of peductivity, highlighted by the complete lack of a standard library and the still horrid browser debugging. We should be very suspect of a language that for whatever reason can't get the basics required for a first class language right in the course of 20 years.
Tiquor··on The problem with reinforced concrete
Most people wouldn't know an algorithm and concepts of algorithmic complexity if it bit them on the ass. Even devs. You don't need a PHD in computer science, just read some stuff and think a bit.
Tiquor··on So I refused a white board technical test and was asked to leave
You are right. Most cannot. In my experienice, the very good developers can. However, I never judge a person solely on the whiteboard test and I only get to it with the candidates that have shown other indications they are good for our team.
Tiquor··on Why Aren’t There Simple Programming Languages?
I have never found a programming language to be complex.
Tiquor··on Amazon Web Services terms of use: run far away, run fast
The post author has a reading comprehension problem.
Tiquor··on Obscurity Is a Valid Security Layer
A valid security layer, but obscurity is not security.
Tiquor··on JSON Compression by Rotating Data 90°
Yeah, why go through all this?
Tiquor··on Pills: A simple responsive CSS grid for humans
It is so simple and so human it isn't even really responsive. Magic!
Tiquor··on Pills: A simple responsive CSS grid for humans
This framework is getting posted everywhere and it's not even really responsive. I saw this junk on Reddit too. People were defending it saying it had mobile and desktop sizes. What?
Tiquor··on Affiliate links on Reddit
Vigilink sits between them, the shop doesn't have to be explicitly in on it.
Tiquor··on Affiliate links on Reddit
Old (some would say current) usenet was decentralized.
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