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Re: undefined

#251

Post by deltamidway » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:02 PM UTC

I can't tell if this is pure truth or lolz.

Re: undefined

#252

Post by KirinDave » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:03 PM UTC

cachemoney wrote: post #78

tptacek wrote: post #43

The fact that I agree with all of this just makes me sadder at how it was presented. Thanks for building a handy straw man for the methodology developers to attack. I flagged this --- it's virtually content free --- but that's a futile gesture given how susceptible HN is to this particular form of social engineering.

Love the irony: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2303854

I wish there was a flag like flagging, but instead of "flag" it would say "Does Not Understand The Word Irony". Actually, I'd settle for just a "Wrong" badge.

I'd probably Wrong your post, then UnWrong it so I could Wrong it again.

Re: undefined

#253

Post by bradwestness » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:06 PM UTC

It seems like this is basically just a way of the author saying "I can't be bothered to be accountable for my work or work in teams. If you make me test my code or talk about it I will curse at you and quit."

I wouldn't want to work with someone who believed in this philosophy.

Re: undefined

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Post by hparra » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:07 PM UTC

javery wrote: post #65

I can't believe there is a fucking tag on there.

It gets the job done! is deprecated (or not supported at all) in HTML5 but I'm sure it'll be at least a decade before we have to worry about that.

Re: undefined

#255

Post by pirsig_fan » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:07 PM UTC

I think HN just finished turning into Reddit before my very eyes.

Re: undefined

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Post by Aetius » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:08 PM UTC

rimantas wrote: post #236

bilalhusain wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what's the accepted norm these days?

text-align: center;

Motherfucker, you haven't heard of ? THAT IS PROGRAMMING, MOTHERFUCKER!

Re: undefined

#257

Post by TeHCrAzY » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:08 PM UTC

TeHCrAzY wrote: post #249

If you are going to buy his book, use the code "SPRINGREAD".

Also, the book licence is very permissive.

    "This book is Copyright (C) 2010 by Zed A. Shaw. You are free to distribute this book to anyone you want, so long as you do not charge anything for it, and it is not altered. You must give away the book in its entirety, or not at all."

As such, if you can't afford to buy yourself a copy with the above coupon code, send me an email at (gregorylyons@gmail.com) and I will send you a copy.

Re: undefined

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Post by dalore » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:08 PM UTC

jcitme wrote: post #240

quadhome wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What single project requires more than 5-10 programmers? Places with 1,000 developers spread throughout are working on hundreds of interacting projects. But, the communication and coordination isn't between all 1,000 developers.

www.linux.org/

It is GNU/Linux thank you.

Re: undefined

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Post by jsn » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:09 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #43

The fact that I agree with all of this just makes me sadder at how it was presented. Thanks for building a handy straw man for the methodology developers to attack. I flagged this --- it's virtually content free --- but that's a futile gesture given how susceptible HN is to this particular form of social engineering.

I liked the piece, it made me smile. Also, I don't think it's inappropriate for HN -- why, we need things like that now and then.

But the fact that this link has 700 upvotes and so many comments makes me cringe. All those talks about HN quality getting worse -- I was never sure if I agree. I am now.

Re: undefined

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Post by shareme » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 11:19 PM UTC

ZedShaw for the opposite of US President..the guy that gets it done or at least attacks the inequities with some humor..