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This is the js my ISP (VodafoneFJ) injects into all web pages: https://gist.github.com/mark-up/5297830 It basically optimizes images and replaces all image alt text with text saying to hit CTRL+R to load full-versions of images. I know that VodafoneUK and VodafoneAU do the same. On the bright side, at least they respect the no-transform cache-control header directive.
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"People just starting out." Ha, you give them too much credit. This code is from a 10-year veteran "consultant," probably charging over $200/hour, brought on by the Global Services company hired by the Consulting Agency that Comcast brought in to assist in completing the critical time-sensitive project as quickly as possible. It was also deemed a great success, and presentations were made about how effective it was,…
They understand that "good code" is code that delivers a lot of value to the person who needs it. Why hate on them for that? You just sound jealous that they make more than you do.
This is just one more reason for using HTTPS everywhere . Doing so prevents ISPs from intercepting and rewriting HTTP traffic. Shame on you, Comcast.
But that ridiculous, right? Since everyone verifies SSL cert signatures...
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They're all over the place. People just starting out. It could've been an intern fresh out of college. It could've been someone who just never graduated beyond copy-and-paste-from-StackOverflow. It could've been written by a person who never did web development before and was just told to make it work. The little HN/Twitter/Reddit "awesome programmer" bubble is just that... a bubble. It's easy for us to forget that l…
>They're all over the place. People just starting out. It could've been an intern fresh out of college. It could've been someone who just never graduated beyond copy-and-paste-from-StackOverflow. It could've been written by a person who never did web development before and was just told to make it work. I'm an intern, just moving past S.O. copy-pasta jobs and generally get scared at what the hacker news crowd might s…
Don't let the macho attitude of HN infect you too much - a lot of people here (and elsewhere) are great in criticizing others.
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Ethical stuff aside, I can't imagine hiring someone to actually produce code THIS bad. Where the hell did they find the coder to make this?
They're all over the place. People just starting out. It could've been an intern fresh out of college. It could've been someone who just never graduated beyond copy-and-paste-from-StackOverflow. It could've been written by a person who never did web development before and was just told to make it work. The little HN/Twitter/Reddit "awesome programmer" bubble is just that... a bubble. It's easy for us to forget that l…
Personally, I consider google search (and stack overflow) as an extension of my development environment and I'd recommend using it and melding your dev env with google search as much as possible. It really helps and speeds things up.
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> Whoever wrote this script should be fired. Not to mention the potential GPL violation for cut-n-pasting brainjar code. http://www.brainjar.com/terms.asp
Oh, the irony of Comcast being guilty of copyright infringement....
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Ethical stuff aside, I can't imagine hiring someone to actually produce code THIS bad. Where the hell did they find the coder to make this?
Honest question: Why is everyone so cynical and brash here? Is it because we don't like Comcast?
It's a rockstar developer thing. You wouldn't understand.
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They understand that "good code" is code that delivers a lot of value to the person who needs it. Why hate on them for that? You just sound jealous that they make more than you do.
Maybe he has had the pleasure of being someone that gets to maintain that "good" code. I know I have.. and at Comcast no less.
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They understand that "good code" is code that delivers a lot of value to the person who needs it. Why hate on them for that? You just sound jealous that they make more than you do.
Maybe he has had the pleasure of being someone that gets to maintain that "good" code. I know I have.. and at Comcast no less.