Aaron Martin-Colby @amc@mastodon.cloud
Born. Got edumucated. Still alive.
The new Logitech Craft keyboard is the shit. I don't care that it's $200. I am totally fucking getting one.
Pop #programming quiz!
How would you find the smallest number in an array?
Haven't you heard?
There's no racism or xenophobia on this instance? But how will we ever populate it with trolls?! It's not the Internet without racist, xenophobic trolls!
Well, unless we invade another country, I don't think #trump can get worse.
I was consistently confused by the obsessive avoidance of global variables by many software developers. On smaller teams, I still am confused. But on large projects, with perhaps dozens of devs, avoiding globals is critical. It allows everyone to develop without fear of breaking some unknown dependency.
The new #Banksy work is fantastic. I'm glad he's using his celebrity status to make such brand statements.
Pop #JavaScript quiz!
What is the reason for ALWAYS inserting a semicolon were applicable even though engines will often run your code perfectly fine?
Ben Heck got the Nintendo Playstation prototype reading discs! Now programmers can write games for a system that never officially existed. There are rumored to be at least a couple of games that were partially complete for the ill-fated system, so hopefully someone, somewhere, will find the code.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/05/success-the-nintendo-playstation-prototype-is-fully-functional/ https://mastodon.cloud/media/VuapxI4T65qAKJaH0xg
A lot of people are betting that #Facebook has peaked in its current rise. I'm not surprised by this. Facebook has been pushing ever-more-intrusive ads in its quest to keep revenue driving up, and that has got to break at some point. They bought #Instagram and #WhatsApp to chase audiences, but SnapChat said no. Who else will rise? #Mastodon?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/facebook-shares-dip-mark-zuckerberg-ads
What caused the noticeable drop in #Mastodon instances on the 3rd?
Even though I still like #React more, I'm doing the bulk of my work in #Angular4. And after some time, an app, when developed strictly within the bounds of Angular best practices, has great internal beauty. I always found #AgnularJS to be ugly both in implementation and interface. A4 still has a lot of boilerplate, and is a bit ugly in interface, but the implementation is very impressive.
Pop #JavaScript quiz!
What does this return?
return +-3;
And this?
return +-+3;
And this?
return +-+-3;
And this?
return +-+-+-3;
And finally this?
return ++3;
Does anyone know the Google Translate API's limitations? I'd love to see the ability to have posts auto-translated. #Mastodon is very multi-national and I want to easy see what others are posting.
Since Japan is very well represented on Mastodon, I just want the entire country to know, #Evangelion was never good. I don't know why people think it was good. It was a terrible, derivative #anime with annoying-as-shit characters.
And while we're on the subject, #Trigun stopped being good after the fifth episode.
LIFE HACK: drink 5 Hour Energies every five hours to avoid the need for sleep.
To get rid of the awful aftertaste, use some bourbon, which will make it more fun too.
Pop #JavaScript quiz!:
What does this return?
return 0 / 5;
And what about this?
return 5 / 0;
And this?
return -5 / 0;
And this weird one?
return 0 / -5;
Why do the last two happen?
Apparently protestors at Mayday demonstrations were throwing Pepsi cans at the police. Congratulations Pepsi! Not only did you commit brand suicide, but you have inadvertently become a symbol of social resistance!
