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by avaq 3mo ago
Imagine a feature in git, where when you merge, you get a single new commit on the main branch like you want, where the message could describe the changes in summary, like you want. But also: the commit contains a reference to the source br
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by avaq 4mo ago
The point is to dissuade mass token revocations. Let's say the attack becomes hugely succesful and the worm spreads to thousands of devices. GitHub/NPM could just revoke all compromised tokens (assuming they have a way to query) s
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by avaq 1y ago
> I wouldn't even be against requiring a professional certification organization for developers before they're allowed to publish software to the masses Is Google that organization? Because they themselves have decided that the
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by avaq 1y ago
Uhm, don't do it, then. That's like arguing that the addition of the ternary operator is a bad one because not all if/else blocks look better when translated into it. The goal is to linearlize unary function application, not
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by avaq 1y ago
They can't implement function application without tanking performance? I find that hard to believe. Especially considering that function application is already a commonly used (and, dare I say: essential) feature in the language, eg: `
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by avaq 1y ago
Not only have we been waiting for 10 years, the most likely candidate to go forward is not at all what we wanted when the proposal was created: We wanted a pipe operator that would pair well with unary functions (like those created by parti
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by avaq 3y ago
SEEKING WORK | Rotterdam, the Netherlands | Remote okay (prefer EU timezone) Technologies: Functional Programming, React, Node.js, Linux, NixOS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Haskell, fp-ts, io-ts, effect-ts, rxjs, Deno, Docker, Git, CouchDB,
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by avaq 3y ago
Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Unlikely Technologies: Functional Programming, React, Node.js, Linux, NixOS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Haskell, fp-ts, io-ts, effect-ts, rxjs, Deno, Docker, Git,
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by avaq 3y ago
Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Unlikely Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Linux, NixOS, Haskell, Node.js, fp-ts, Deno, Docker, Git, CouchDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, PHP,
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by avaq 3y ago
Suggestion: NoTelly
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by avaq 4y ago
> I envisioned a plot, with a steep curve: x is time, but what’s on y? This question really got me thinking, because I've always envisioned a plot as well, but the phrase always made sense to me. I realized that I think of x being &
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by avaq 5y ago
Yeah, I've heard about some of those cases. It's surprising how far copyright can be stretched sometimes. What's more surprising is to see copyleft advocates positioned so strongly in favour of giving copyright that kind of r
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by avaq 5y ago
The way I see it, if you would use Copilot to completely (or largely) reproduce an existing work (software), then you would be infringing copyright. This is similar to using an AI to largely replicate a piece of music. If you are using it t
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by avaq 9y ago
This article is a bit similar to one I wrote a while ago: https://medium.com/@avaq/broken-promises-2ae92780f33
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by avaq 9y ago
Thank you!
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Broken Promises: The Unspoken Flaws of JavaScript Promises(medium.com)
9 points by avaq 9y ago|2 comments