@bodil Still, I think the best analogy would be something that's not really wrong, just quite obvious, with a lot of cargo-cutting thrown in
@bodil You mean it makes no sense at all, is based on anecdotal evidence (i.e., none), and vehemently defended by those who profit from it?
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@pavlobaron I like it, but “Misplaced Childhood” and “Clutching at Straws” will always remain my favorites. High in my all-time Top 50.
“Wenn Youtube zahlt, wird es nicht gedrosselt” – mehr daneben geht nicht, Telekom golem.de/news/deutsche-telek…
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@vmg Oh. I see. Dude, you may be the world's best Ruby programmer, but you sure got a hell of a lot to learn about Beatles history :-)
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@goldstift @phaus @h_schreiber Just the general opinion that Java on the client is dead, with the possible proprietary exception of Android
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@goldstift @phaus @h_schreiber I'm continuing to lose whatever little interest I didn't really have in this technology with great speed :)
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@jcfischer Wonderful stuff! Please don't post something like this again at midnight, or at least continue to keep it to the weekends :-)
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@jessitron Well … I like to hire people who aren't chauvinist, racist, fascist assholes. They fit better culturally :-)
@jessitron Understood, and I can relate. I have a feeling many discussions about these topics suffer due to complex connotations words carry
@jessitron I don't think we disagree. We can and should strive to make it as objective as possible. What'd be the alternative?
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@jessitron Or in other words, in an idealized meritocracy, no irrelevant factors influence this (idealized, nearly impossible to achieve)
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@jessitron But within a given context, your influence, decision-making powers, etc. should be based on context-specific merit.
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@jessitron Agree that it's not “worth” in general that can (nor should) be defined. Way too complex, and a wrong effort to begin with.