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pointerpointer
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Comment #21256404
Thank you for your reply. My comment was indeed a little edgy, I have my reasons for that. But the intent was not a personal attack, although I now see that some of the words used …
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Comment #21247398
> Altogether cryptocurrency is such a terrifyingly irresponsible ecosystem You mean compared to Wall Street, Banks and their virtual money system?
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Comment #21246888
It would definitely help if you tell me which rule I broke that made you ban this throw away account in the first place. Without that I think it's more convenient for me to create …
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Comment #21244362
> It’s always people first, code is a far distant second. I'm afraid that's kinda political. In order to get the migration successful, hmm.. I assume developers did not have much o…
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Comment #21244285
If you've learned to appreciate the elegance, expressive power, readability and overall speed of development of Coffeescript, tell me, are you going to drop that for some virtual t…
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Comment #21243973
> Reading my old code, I was surprised by how clean it looks. How easy it is to digest. There is a certain sense of calm when your brain doesn't have to process all the visual clut…
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Comment #21243891
So tell me what's constructive in your comment? Oh, and downvoting is about the least constructive you can go, I won't downvote you :) Tell me honestly, what point I made you don't…
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Comment #21242827
> Yes, we were adding TypeScript code, but we were adding CoffeeScript at a faster rate. Unsurprisingly. > how do we get our coworkers to buy in to this new paradigm? By forcing th…
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Comment #21242025
I can imagine corporations totally like the idea of users not being able to save their own precious data to a file. In the end they want to own and control your data as much as pos…
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Comment #21236012
The scheme behind the lack of downwards compatibility was always a pain with OSX. It's great for the app developers because they can offer you a paid upgrade to a new compatible ve…
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Comment #21235773
> Please help us bullshit our customers by contributing to the dictionary. Epic
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Comment #21232304
I don't have accessibility issues and I don't make this up. I've seen comments with a text color of #eee, I had to go into the inspector to make it readable.. Maybe that has been c…
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Comment #21232099
> Marking opinions is not censorship. You mean when a comment is not readable anymore it is 'marking' instead of censoring? So if China hides peoples opinion it is 'marking', like …
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Comment #21232006
This definitely applies to HN. HN should not grey out down voted comments. It is like there is no freedom of thought and speech on HN. If many people don't like what you're saying …
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Comment #21227809
Well, not enterprise software only unfortunately, IMAO most software sucks.
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Comment #21216513
Excuse me for the misunderstanding, I live in Europe where middle and high school are one. It is not compulsory anymore after reaching 18yrs old or after getting a diploma. Still t…
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Comment #21212231
> Why is Middle School so hard? Because it's mandatory, and you are forced to be around lots of people you don't really want to be with. You are forced to learn things you are not …
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Comment #21201476
If you want to present yourself as an alternative for FB's libra, this is way too cheap. Even the worst alt coins have a better website and more info. > Our core team and community…
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Comment #21189998
I've quit Adobe when they moved to the cloud, what a horrible scheme. Now I'm using Inkscape already for years for all my digital graphics work. It's not on par with Illustrator, b…
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Comment #21157761
The lack of money gives people with lower income a problem that the brain cannot solve. Not everyone can 'just get a job' that easily. I've experienced periods in my life where I k…