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tomlin
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Comment #47434993
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Comment #41657072
You don't understand the core offering.
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Comment #39422258
They are saying it's made in rust, so they are probably trying to counter concerns.
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Comment #38880040
I'm a Nintendo die hard fan boy, I don't care about speed. I learned how to "code" in ColdFusion. I am all for the underdog POV. We're talking about performance because of the cont…
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Comment #38772150
It doesn't answer the question of why you would choose Ruby. Honestly, you all sound like you got a Sega Genesis for Christmas, while everyone else got a SNES. You can tell other k…
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Comment #38772103
Most of your comment is about what you think I think, and not a lot about metrics, data or examples where Ruby performs beyond my interpretation. I think that says a lot right ther…
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Comment #38767385
Python is somewhat pleasure. Ruby might as well be sandscript as far as I'm concerned. The use of pipes is gross, uncoordinated and lacking direction.
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Comment #38767370
You're literally the exact person I'm talking about. No serious application developer who's interested in speed is working in Ruby. This isn't my opinion. I don't care personally, …
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Comment #38763634
I'm so glad that you said this and weren't downvoted into the ground. Honestly, Ruby needs to die. It performs like a go cart in a Formula 1 race. I'm actually just exhausted watch…
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Comment #37012702
But the instrument for measuring doesn’t change. That’s what makes it dependable, predictable and something to measure against. You can’t measure against a moving target.
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Comment #36993462
Does a tape measure change?
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Comment #36989595
Can IQ be considered a scientific measurement, when a coffee or a bad sleep can affect the outcome? What do people here think?
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Comment #36715819
The word used was "open", and you wouldn't be able to force a company to open itself to intellectual theft at the hands of a foreign government. You're reducing a complex legal/rig…
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Comment #36534790
This is a reddit, not HN.
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Comment #36534748
How would a Canadian government force an American company to be more open?
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Comment #36527796
Undeniable?
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Comment #36527776
Facebook, Instagram, etc. are not "open", so the argument doesn't work.
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Comment #36527754
On the other hand, less people arguing over news articles may be what the world needs.
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Comment #36526517
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Comment #33894217
Anyone else ask themselves why the signup process requires a phone number, despite signing up with a third party auth provider that already had my phone number? There is no reason …
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Comment #33203239
Today a website doesn’t even load without JavaScript. So, there’s that.
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Comment #33019464
I don’t know Russian. Your point doesn’t line up with the topic at all. I know Ruby. I still think it’s unreadable. Can you try next time? I feel incredibly sorry for the poor kids…
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