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If Hemingway wrote JavaScript

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Re: If Hemingway wrote JavaScript

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Post by glesica »

monatron wrote: post #49

Top post HN (check), interesting title (check), innocuous title (check) -- click -- "Blocked by Security Policy" (huh?)-- .xxx domain? wtf! damnit! now i have an xxx domain logged to my corporate login... EXCELLENT. thanks. Really though... Is there some sort of clever reason why this person's blog is on a xxx domain aside from annoying people like myself stuck behind corporate proxies?

First, I sympathize with you.

However, I personally love the idea of polluting .xxx with non-pornographic (and interesting) material because I think the entire idea behind .xxx is flawed and goes against the spirit of the Internet.

Freedom, and the assumption of freedom, should always be the default. If you choose to associate with people who seek to restrict your access to information (your freedom), then it is your responsibility to be vigilant.

Re: If Hemingway wrote JavaScript

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Post by JasonFruit »

anonymous wrote: post #60
JasonFruit wrote: post #56

If the "Closing Thoughts" express the point of his amusing and mostly well-executed exercise, then for all his skill it's a wasted effort. It's precisely "doctrine and dogma", "rulebooks and boilerplate", that make JavaScript work for group development and long-term maintainability. This is the coding equivalent of the garage musician who says, "Don't bother me with rules — I'm playing pure emotion here, man!"

It worked for the Beatles.

They also had (in addition to abnormal amounts of talent) a producer who not only knew the rules but had the knack of knowing how much could be applied without squashing their music.

Re: If Hemingway wrote JavaScript

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Post by freehunter »

chanux wrote: post #57
eevilspock wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people don't give a fuck about page views. I highly suspect that @fat is one of those.

He may not be a guy who doesn't give a fuck about people _reading_ the article though.

It reminds me of bands who have offensive names, or developers who name their software after offense words.

They might not care about "rules" or "society" or this and that they might say, but it's inconvenient for me. Even though I am not offended easily, some of my coworkers, bosses, classmates, people on the bus, etc might be. If it's inconvenient for me to view the site, use the software, or have the album art showing on my iPod/computer, I'm going to avoid it even if I like it.

That's their choice, I understand. They made the determination that there are people who could appreciate their work but aren't willing to take the same hit to their reputation. It just disappoints me as a fan.

Re: If Hemingway wrote JavaScript

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Post by morisy »

Void_ wrote: post #13

This is cool as a joke, but I don't think code should be compared to writing. For example I am an engineer, so this comment is written like code. It contains just enough words to express my point, it's clearly structured and my goal is to make it easy to read. That's okay writing, but far from great. Great writers can just sit down and write amazing text. I could never do that. I have to go back, read after myself an…

> For example I am an engineer, so this comment is > written like code. It contains just enough words > to express my point, it's clearly structured and > my goal is to make it easy to read.

That second sentence sums up 95 percent of advice professional writing instructors give.

Re: If Hemingway wrote JavaScript

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Post by freehunter »

JasonFruit wrote: post #56

If the "Closing Thoughts" express the point of his amusing and mostly well-executed exercise, then for all his skill it's a wasted effort. It's precisely "doctrine and dogma", "rulebooks and boilerplate", that make JavaScript work for group development and long-term maintainability. This is the coding equivalent of the garage musician who says, "Don't bother me with rules — I'm playing pure emotion here, man!"

I love coding with emotion. As someone who is not a professional developer, I write mainly scripts or small, single purpose programs. Most are command line, some others only have the most basic GUI that would make everyone at HN cringe. This is fine for me. Reading my code, many times you can tell what mood I was in while writing it.

Unfortunately, finding new languages that allow me to write how I feel is sometimes difficult because no one talks about raw emotion in code, or single-developer and one-off projects. I love Lua for this.

Re: If Hemingway wrote JavaScript

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Post by DanI-S »

This brings up a sore point, for me.

I love to read. At some points in my life I have been able to read two or three books every week. I have spent years of time drifting through the endlessly multiplicating realities of prose.

However: since moving to the Valley, working full time whilst attacking various business and development side projects, I can usually manage 2-3 pages (immediately before bed).

Where do you find the time to read?

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