texxtxxet

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by texxtxxet 4y ago
This was my argument at the time: build long-term trust with your users (including in your UI) is more important than short-term gains.
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
most camera buyers will in fact never buy a second lens [...] you've just wasted your money on a body that doesn't perform as well as an iPhone because of the cheap kit lens Probably the strongest argument here. Yes, there are c
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
Scores are ambiguous ("where exactly did the ball land?"), controversial and contentious, resulting in endless video replays and accusations of biased refs. Where do the sports without ambiguous, controversial and contentious sc
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
I fought (and lost) against this payflow at a job because Marketing guessed that the sunk cost of time spent filling out the CC info form made users more likely to just click "buy" once the final cost was revealed. Stats backed
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
A jump from, say, 23mm wide to 28mm on a standard road bike won't affect comfort much. Spend the money on getting the bike fit (or a beach cruiser).
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
Relevant Sheldon Brown article of course: "they are welded, not brazed. [...] There are necked-down parts that fit into the top tube and down tube, like internal lugs." https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chicago-schwin
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
For worse, it seems general comments like yours on very specific posts attract the most votes. HN makes downvoted posts so low-contrast they're nearly illegible for me
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
A specific example? Genuinely asking (codebase is Typescript/ES6 modules).
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
presumably the "programming language(s)" part of the stack never changes between front and back end (it's typescript)?
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
1. Rails retired Webpacker [that] compiled and bundled JS. Import maps, Turbo and Stimulus [are now the] default options, replacing Webpacker, Turbolinks and UJS . How do these new tools compare with the old? Versus Webpack, Vite etc?
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
> 1. Remove 14 on the font scale entirely (which used 14px on large screens and 12px on small screens) HN please take a note and get rid of the tiny `font-size`s on this site please. Some text gets down to 9 or 10px.
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
Why not components from a React library like Material UI? jQuery UI is "in a maintenance state" and "older long-standing bugs may not get fixed" I'm afraid https://blog.jqueryui.com/2022/07&#x2F
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
Setting the `content` of a pseudo-element (like :before) to a variable with a text value (--sale-text: '50% off!'). I update the value of `--sale-text` to change all elements with that given classname to "25% off!" inste
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
CSS variable values are trimmed of whitespace [according to spec]? > Return undefined for whitespace-only CSS variable values I've gotten in the bad habit using of CSS vars for dynamic text, this will shoot me in the foot some day
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
and Tulip Mainia! (did we cover all the tired crypto takes?)
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by texxtxxet 4y ago
Maybe helps explains why a lot of plotlines nowadays are just watching two people send each other text messages