Could someone please explain the reasons behind hating Java? I usually code in Java, C and python and I don't hate any of these three. It would be interesting to know.

This just gave me the motivation to write my own dev logs every day. Thanks!!

You might like to check out my Labradoc site which is designed to make it easier to create project/dev logs: http://labradoc.com/

Here's an example of a project log for a current project I'm working on: http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-qualcomm-apq8060-...

My style is more verbose than Carmack's but Labradoc can be used with either approach.

That is a good point, that you have raised. But I wonder, why well established companies like microsoft, apple etc. are not doing this.

They are. http://goo.gl/RPgs2. It's not new.

The datacenters that provide services for Windows Phone 7 and Bing certainly don't need chillers. They barely need servers.

Badoom tsss

yeah, use vimperator [http://vimperator.org/vimperator]

Quick tip - the vimperator team had an internal disagreement and both of the lead devs split. The fork, pentadactyl, looks like it's under much more substantive development. http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/pentadactyl/

Or conkeror, if you prefer Emacs bindings.

So, this competitor of google's own app store might be the best thing that happened to android platform.

So, you actually use IE6 ? :P

Is he the only developer around??

1. add search to the panel by default.

2. IMPROVE the search functionality and make it as effective and useful as provided by MAC OS.

how about just turn on 'Gnome Do' by default?

What you are saying looks good for making an argument, but seriously, he is saying the truth to some extent.

The truth now. The problem is that words on the Internet live forever, and most people don't bother to pay attention to date stamps. At some point in the future, StackExchange will be the hulking behemoth that nobody likes, and then people will dig up this post and say "turnabout's fair play".

(It just occurred to me that someday I may come to regret all my HN comments. Gulp. Ah well, it's been fun so far.)

so you should not provide subjective commentary on the internet because one day it might not be true?

Yes. Or at least be specific so people can tell whether you are providing commentary or reporting on concrete facts.

Even subjective commentary needs to provide context, if it's meant to be useful.

Take the case with Joel (or at least the headline): Joel is saying, basically, "Yahoo Answers suck". It misses context: why does it suck? Does it always suck? Apparently it doesn't always, given that most upvoted comment here is PG giving a reasonable counter-example.

The thing is, objective statements are boring and don't make the headlines. If Joel went to an interview only to say "Gee-whiz, actually SO is doing well because we managed to provide a decent alternative to EE, but for non-programming topics people are still being served by more established players like Yahoo Answers.", there would be no headline for Techcrunch, and we wouldn't be wasting our time discussing about this.

you're right. but that's the kind of thing that got techcrunch where they are, right? it's easy to point back at your accurate predictions, and not remind anyone of the wrong ones.

Though, a ceo should not make a comment like this, this is certainly true for me.