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I look at current KDE and compare it to Win10 and I have no idea what you mean by primitive. And this is comign from a rabid i3 user.

> When the market tells you that you need to change you must change. That doesn't explain why you're pulling the rug out from under employees on a monthly basis. What market really…

I mean, if the data is bad then the conclusion is bad, even if it's right.

you preload it the night before so it goes stale while you sleep, duh.

I disagree with the idea that the problem has to do with "non-security minded programmers". Certainly they exist, but the issue more often than not is that security is more expensi…

When it's all said and done with, software needs to be consistent and meet the expectations of its users. If it does that, the question of a framework or high level documentation o…

I don't know, I used to feel that way but over the last few years I've changed my mind. The reason is because I got a hosting company as a client and I've seen some shit. I've writ…

Why are you thinking about free speech in terms of things that need to be penalized (or rewarded)? I encourage everyone to avoid answering that question, it presupposes that the mi…

Doesn't mean it's right, it just means people are assholes. Lets we forget, not believing in slavery was socially objectionable not that long ago.

wow, you've got me interested. Those are some cool ideas to think about.

Facebook was never really an important part of my life, it was more something I was kind of "forced" into because everyone else used it for communication, planning, etc. However, I…

He didn't say debating, he said listening.

I troll when I've dismissed them entirely. For example, if someone is a die hard trump or hillary fan to the point that a reasonable conversation just isn't possible, I start troll…

I think comparing an internet troll with a mugger or rapist is ridiculous.

I considered switching to Emacs once, but the slower startup time was a complete deal breaker for me. Emacs isn't even really slow at starting up, it's just noticeably slower than …

I've never found a vim emulator in another editor that felt right. It's always a second class citizen and there's always something that breaks the illusion due to the way the vim k…

> Inconsistencies in HN moderation are random side-effects of the impossibility of reading all the threads. Unless it's one of mine, of course. Then you seem fairly consistent. ban…

When we get to that point the answer is to let the local government take over maintence, much like roads. Subsidize it with a tax.

I have no issues with the way you worded that, I would have defended you had dang stepped in to complain about it (and in fact I've done exactly that in the past, which is when dan…

please stop following me around dang. One would think you would be warning the person who implied I was a novice programmer, but that would require consistency and fairness. either…

yes, his point is that he could be wrong about the hire decision, and going with the mathematics degree is more likely to be right. Whether or not that's true is another discussion…

> If your train of thought is interrupted every time you encounter them, you are way too novice a programmer. You're unimaginative. This conversation is finished.

> It seems like a reading micro-optimization to me, though. It's a "reading micro-optimization" in the same way that not littering your code with comments is a "reading micro-optim…

It's more subtle than that. People act as if developers are all a clean slate, which isn't true. developers have personalities with differing values. That super productive develope…

except that it can get you banned or harassed. I had deng(dang?) follow me around, and he (she?) was obviously prepping for a ban. At one point he wholesale deleted a comment of mi…