loudgas

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by loudgas 2y ago
Your Web browser is probably the best example. When you visit a Web site, your browser discovers resources and understands how it can interact with them.
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by loudgas 2y ago
Would that make this the Japanese Sword Fallacy Fallacy?
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by loudgas 3y ago
Neat idea. Is there a color legend somewhere? I don’t see one.
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by loudgas 3y ago
Any behavior that is not defined in the spec[0] is, by definition, an implementation detail. Relying on undefined behavior is a recipe for bugs. If you need an immutable array, and the spec doesn't require the returned array to be immu
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by loudgas 3y ago
>Buffer also comes with additional caveats. For instance, Buffer#slice() creates a mutable segment linked to the original Buffer, while Uint8Array#slice() creates an immutable copy, resulting in possible unpredictable behavior. The probl
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by loudgas 3y ago
The article mentions this in the Disallowed Names section.
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by loudgas 4y ago
Being tall gives you an obvious advantage at basketball. As a result many tall people are drawn to pursuing a career in basketball. Could it be that ADHD gives you an advantage at the kind of tasks involved in software engineering, and that
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by loudgas 4y ago
“all over the shop” is another way of saying “all over the place” in the UK Sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20over%20the%... https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/all+over+the+sho
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by loudgas 4y ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20over%20the%...
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by loudgas 4y ago
I had to read way too much of this before realizing that SE means software engineering.
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by loudgas 4y ago
This article (and every other article I can find on the ban) conflates whipped cream cans[1] with whipped cream chargers[2], which is what the law[3] bans. [1] https://www.gogetdelivery.com/media/catalog/product&#x
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by loudgas 4y ago
I believe this was added in the 20th anniversary edition to address the overuse of DRY following the original edition.
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by loudgas 4y ago
The author says not to use a wireless headset. And what’s the difference in time to join a meeting between a high quality mirrorless or DSLR camera and a cheap webcam after the initial setup?
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by loudgas 4y ago
Not really. Databases predate SQL.
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by loudgas 5y ago
I think the confusion is around the phrase "spin up," which usually refers to the starting of a process or machine. I think what you meant is that developers can write an HTTP service in a day--referring to the speed of developm