Hacker News: 201709User

New comment by 201709User in "I Keep Quiet About Being a Cancer Doctor"

201709User — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:25:52 +0000

"Better than many, not as good as some".

New comment by 201709User in "List of cognitive biases"

201709User — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:18:26 +0000

The Apex Fallacy cognitive bias is missing.

New comment by 201709User in "Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile"

201709User — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:09:57 +0000

HP did a cheap tablet give away :P.

New comment by 201709User in "Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile"

201709User — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:44:04 +0000

At least they did it with a tweet. It's a sign of respect, right?

New comment by 201709User in "Classification of the principal programming paradigms"

201709User — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 08:26:26 +0000

I have no other way to describe weak typing and scoping rules of the said language. I stand by my words.

New comment by 201709User in "Classification of the principal programming paradigms"

201709User — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:16:34 +0000

JavaScript: Mistake-oriented paradigm.

New comment by 201709User in "Uncle Bob and Silver Bullets"

201709User — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:32:08 +0000

Bob makes money selling TDD to chumps.

New comment by 201709User in "Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS"

201709User — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:51:12 +0000

You can absolutely force them. But you shouldn't.

New comment by 201709User in "Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS"

201709User — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:49:52 +0000

I will use baby boomer approach - benefit today, screw the future.

New comment by 201709User in "Visual Studio Code 1.17 released"

201709User — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:08:39 +0000

It's not even a real Visual Studio, not to mention it's mostly used for writing scripts rather than code. So color can be any at this point.

New comment by 201709User in "Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher"

201709User — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 18:02:06 +0000

No tiles in launcher? Garbage.

New comment by 201709User in "Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android: What developers need to know"

201709User — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:23:12 +0000

Edge means offloading cloud computation to thick clients.

New comment by 201709User in "From design patterns to category theory"

201709User — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:30:46 +0000

It's better to have 50 keywords than 1000 nested brackets.

New comment by 201709User in "Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook"

201709User — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:20:21 +0000

We are trying to list features, not defects.

New comment by 201709User in "“Use of open source software has been declining rapidly in the private sector”"

201709User — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:24:45 +0000

If it's a stench it's just Java.

New comment by 201709User in "“Use of open source software has been declining rapidly in the private sector”"

201709User — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:23:29 +0000

Also outsourcing cheaply.

New comment by 201709User in "What a debate about p-values shows about science"

201709User — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:36:05 +0000

Then machine learning it is.

New comment by 201709User in "Is the Rise of Contract Workers Killing Upward Mobility?"

201709User — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:37:05 +0000

Minus pension, minus insurance, plus accounting expense. So deduct a few grand.

New comment by 201709User in "Is the Rise of Contract Workers Killing Upward Mobility?"

201709User — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:13:31 +0000

Also permanent guys get to support contractors' code, which adds an insult to an injury.

New comment by 201709User in "Diminishing returns of static typing"

201709User — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:38:55 +0000

That requires some sort of prophecy abilities. Why not play it (type-) safe?