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codingmesson An alternative argument for why women leave STEM

If 1 Billion was spent in 2011 to support and encourage minorities and women in STEM, it really suggests that some of that money should be poured into providing childcare rather than propaganda.

codingmesson Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people don't realize?

You know how there are so many shitty technologies - frameworks, programming languages, that are obviously bad, and your chosen tech stack is obviously so much better?

With all likelihood, the same thing exists in other areas of work, too. For example medicine.

So if you walk into the wrong clinic, they may give you the "PHP treatment", or treat your infection with "NodeJS, running on a Windows 7 server". (I mean not actual programming languages, but the medical treatment with a similar level of issues and opinions).

I find that a scary thought.

(Edit: not to bash PHP or JS. I personally like JavaScript and I've heard PHP has gotten a lot better. Just examples for controversial technologies).

codingmesson Healthy habits add up to 10 disease-free years to your life, study reveals

There is an app by the people who invented it, afaik. And other apps, too. (7 Minute Workout, I think that's the same thing?)

codingmesson Goodbye, Clean Code

He made a tradeoff that later on turned out to be wrong. I don't think that is a mistake, after all, it wasn't foreseeable at the time.

It could just as well have happened that some other requirement would have made the original solution even more impractical.

I think the only mistake here might be overthinking things (can't comment on changing other people's code, depends on company culture).

Apart from "cleanliness", what about developer happiness. If a more elegant solution makes you happy, why not go for it, at least every once in a while?

codingmesson Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality

Hm OK I didn't know, I was under the impression I tried it later than that, though.

codingmesson Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality

Yes and no - unfortunately the individual apps have to allow it, and Beat Saber doesn't allow it yet. It works for other apps, though (with Chromecast).

I really don't know why Beat Saber doesn't allow it, it would make so much sense.

codingmesson Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality

That'S not an issue with the Occulus Quest anymore. You need a little space, but setup is very easy and requires no extra arrangements.