Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter • Hacker News Board

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by shaggyfrog » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:08 PM UTC

Osiris wrote: post #6

I find it most disturbing that they are polluting the global namespace with all those variables and functions. Don't JavaScript developers these days understand how to properly scope their JavaScript?

Are you really asking why a developer tasked with creating something intentionally deceptive didn't use best practices? I'm thinking not a lot of care or attention to anything was paid that day.

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by dangoldin » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:08 PM UTC

Pretty amusing. Google actually does something similar on the Gmail homepage to indicate the amount of free storage but they're doing an actual estimate using linear interpolation. You can view the source on the gmail home page and look at the updateQuota method.

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by brackishlake » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:09 PM UTC

Also funny: "We ran a strong race and practiced fiscal discipline."

For a fundraising drive to fix their debt problems.

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by hodgesmr » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:12 PM UTC

Aren't there rules about political candidates disclosing donations? And doesn't this violate those rules?

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:12 PM UTC

Osiris wrote: post #6

I find it most disturbing that they are polluting the global namespace with all those variables and functions. Don't JavaScript developers these days understand how to properly scope their JavaScript?

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Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by zerostar07 » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:12 PM UTC

shaggyfrog wrote: post #11

Osiris wrote: post #6

I find it most disturbing that they are polluting the global namespace with all those variables and functions. Don't JavaScript developers these days understand how to properly scope their JavaScript?

Are you really asking why a developer tasked with creating something intentionally deceptive didn't use best practices? I'm thinking not a lot of care or attention to anything was paid that day.

Probably wanted to make it more readable, it's not even minified.

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by jlgreco » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:15 PM UTC

hodgesmr wrote: post #14

Aren't there rules about political candidates disclosing donations? And doesn't this violate those rules?

Is he technically still a candidate? Maybe he's getting around those rules by not being a candidate anymore.

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by luigi » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:15 PM UTC

Osiris wrote: post #6

I find it most disturbing that they are polluting the global namespace with all those variables and functions. Don't JavaScript developers these days understand how to properly scope their JavaScript?

I find the 8 space indentation most disturbing.

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by nikcub » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:16 PM UTC

wait, did anybody actually think those donation counters were real?

Re: Rick Santorum's Fake Donation Meter

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Post by artursapek » Fri, May 25, 2012, 10:17 PM UTC

zerostar07 wrote: post #16

shaggyfrog wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you really asking why a developer tasked with creating something intentionally deceptive didn't use best practices? I'm thinking not a lot of care or attention to anything was paid that day.

Probably wanted to make it more readable, it's not even minified.

I don't think a JSLint-compliant, file-minifying developer would need to resort to this kind of work.