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You say Discourse is build on Javascript like its a good thing... Its not. This is not what we've been fighting for these past 15 years.
Commented Mar 28, 2013 on Why Ruby? at Coding Horror
Why Ruby?
I've been a Microsoft developer for decades now. I weaned myself on various flavors of home computer Microsoft Basic, and I got my first paid programming gigs in Microsoft FoxPro, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Visual Basic. I have seen the future of programming, my friends, and it is terrible...
"My iPad is substantially more powerful, and higher-specced in every regard (RAM, disk space, processor speed) than the laptop I had 10 years ago, and I got plenty of work done on that."
You answered that one yourself: IPad = outdated performance
Commented Oct 2, 2012 on The PC is Over at Coding Horror
The PC is Over
MG Siegler writes: The PC is over. It will linger, but increasingly as a relic. I now dread using my computer. I want to use a tablet most of the time. And increasingly, I can. I want to use a smartphone all the rest of the time. And I do. The value in the desktop web is increasingly an ...
Hey tablet, hey cell phone, give me:
20-30" display
Hard disc big enough for all my needs
Fast and reliable internet no matter where and when
Mouse and keyboard support or anything even remotely as intuitive, precise and reliable
Surround sound (5.1 or 7.1, surprise me)
Decent performance / cost ratio
Can't do? See you in 5 or 10 years!
Commented Oct 1, 2012 on The PC is Over at Coding Horror
The PC is Over
MG Siegler writes: The PC is over. It will linger, but increasingly as a relic. I now dread using my computer. I want to use a tablet most of the time. And increasingly, I can. I want to use a smartphone all the rest of the time. And I do. The value in the desktop web is increasingly an ...
Trampstr beat me to it.
Apple is one of those companies that will do anything to convert our freedom into their benefit.
Facebook is another, although their attempts until now may be describes as clumsy. Very unlike Apple's.
Commented Mar 22, 2011 on The Importance of Net Neutrality at Coding Horror
The Importance of Net Neutrality
Although I remain a huge admirer of Lawrence Lessig, I am ashamed to admit that I never fully understood the importance of net neutrality until last week. Mr. Lessig described network neutrality in these urgent terms in 2006: At the center of the debate is the most important public policy you...
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