>I have seen guys try these 9k+ lines of complex syntax Salt systems only to break things, misconfigure them, and leave the system totally dependent on the author (aka the genius).
A lot of it is job security, even if that job doesn't pay them anything.
Whilst no single weather event can be linked directly to climate change, this is, surprisingly, consistent with a global increase in temperature. Whilst the rest of the Northern Hemisphere is warmer than it ever has been, Canada and the North Eastern US freezes due to an alteration to the jet stream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGsdnYqbjk
Given the english language requires a gender-specific pronoun (I grew up saying "They" to the chagrin of my teacher) it always makes me a little bit happy to see She in texts. As a woman it makes you realise how much you don't see it. So it stops being a gimmick once the powers that be let us use a non-gendered pronoun ("they" is perfectly fine to me). Or we see a 50/50 split and rewrite the history books accordingly?
Anyway, on topic: we also feel the same way about Angular. Having our APIs abstracted from the beginning into services/factories means we just throw code into a new directive or controller and boom: instant functionality that doesn't cost us a million hours.
When I see "she" it makes me reflexively stop and look back to make sure I haven't missed something, wondering, "who is this 'she', I must have skipped the paragraph introducing the subject."
This is definitely bad for readability, the user, and all that. Please, anyone reading this who complains about line-heights and font-sizes, pay attention to grammar as well.
Im one to agree. I can see how a woman would be pleased by seeing this, but, when I scroll up and notice it's a "Nick" who wrote the article, all I can think is; huh? Is this guy trying to be edgy? So I re-read, like you said, and there is no mention of a she.
It's just awkward, please stop with the forced gender equality if that's what that is. If it's just being playful then I guess you can shrug it off.
I disagree with you. Although I stick to "they" as I think it's perfectly fine grammar wise, you getting upset because of your own bias and thinking it's an issue because the author wrote "she" instead of "he" is a bit silly, in my opinion.
Edit: Oh, and language has a massive effect on our thinking patterns, so yeah, you actual could possibly make the case that pronouns matter. They don't to me, at all, and if they "don't" to you, why express frustration or call it "BS"?
This seems rather a stretch , I don't see anybody suggesting that this is a panacea but I see no downside to this approach.
There is no loss of clarity in writing whether your hypothetical developer is a "he" , "she" or any other pronoun. It is certainly preferable to clumsily using "they".
When I see a comment like this, it makes me reflexively stop and look back to see if the commenter is trying to make a joke, or is really so dense and petty that they're trying to make this an issue.
As far as I am aware 'he' has two meanings in common parlance, one gender neutral and one specifically referring to males. 'she' on the other hand has only one meaning, it always specifically refers to females. When people use 'she' when not referring to a woman this always strikes me as slightly weird, just like it always strikes me as slightly weird when I read old quotes that specifically refer to men, e.g.:
"Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it." -- Rene Decartes
>As far as I am aware 'he' has two meanings in common parlance, one gender neutral and one specifically referring to males.
That works, if you were educated before 1960: "The use of he to refer to a person of unknown gender was prescribed by manuals of style and school textbooks from the early 18th century until around the 1960s" [1]
The thing is, you have read, most of your life, seeing male pronouns. I was a young teenage girl when I realised this and it made me feel left out, like I'd never be relevant. Acknowledging half the population is a good start - I like those programming books for example where Alice and Bob are equally represented.
That's a great idea. I know part of the problem with Netflix and Linux is not only does Netflix not develop a solution, but they try to block Linux access, probably due to DRM. A good solution like you suggest might be the best bet.
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Yeah, I've seen those links before, but I don't see how this article applies, this is not an excerpt with a link to the "real article" it's basically a tutorial.
Brilliant. I have to admit I was wondering how that was done. It's always fast when I go to use it. Nice work, it's the little things like that that really matter
Good for him. Maybe more of the general public will actually start talking about it. Right now I think most of the populace is blissfully unaware of the program.
>I have seen guys try these 9k+ lines of complex syntax Salt systems only to break things, misconfigure them, and leave the system totally dependent on the author (aka the genius).
A lot of it is job security, even if that job doesn't pay them anything.