I hate it when I check the blame on some questionable code and git is like “You, 4 days ago.”
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The lights flicker whenever I turn my desktop space heater on. That's fine, right?
Losing You is an existential narrative short film storytelling slideshow kind of a thing. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I hit play (okay I had some idea because I’ve watched exurb1a’s videos before). But the story just kind of started, and I sploshed along for the ride.
BREAKING: New executive order instructs federal agencies to "make good deals"
I’m getting worried about my ability to physically use a mouse. I use some cool voice control tools but they make me speak like a computer. I’m increasingly tired of computers not “getting me.”
https://blakewatson.com/journal/my-computer-treats-me-like-a-computer/
Whenever I'm using a reactive JavaScript library and my code doesn't react like I think it should, I get irrationally angry and I'm all like, USE A REACTIVE LIBRARY THEY SAID. IT REACTS TO YOUR CHANGES THEY SAID.
Me: Can you sync this folder between my computers?
Dropbox: Here’s your free AI calendar
I add a channel called STUDY DREAM to synthwave.live. I’m loving the emotional, cinematic feel of these.
I'm trying to pick back up on my goal from last fall to learn C# and (after that) .NET Core. I also want to see what it's like to build interactive frontend UI with HTMX.
As an experimental project I'm thinking of doing a multiplayer Yahtzee clone where all of the game state is tracked on the server. Fairly boring, but I've programmed this stupid game about four times now in my life so it would be a nice, comfy project for learning other stuff.
BREAKING: Executive order instructs all federal employees to refer to the president as “Real Donald Trump” with optional initial, "J"
A anonymous White House staffer said the “J” is not optional but merely a test of loyalty.
BREAKING: New executive order clarifies that previous executive orders are subject to change
“Just check the president’s Truth Social account for the latest,” a spokesperson said. “We can’t keep up.”
To be fair, they said we could still disco dance at the Grand Opening.*
* I don't know what they're opening, and they didn't say.
I got a legitimate-looking email from someone I’ve never heard of from an org I’ve never heard of that informed me that the disco party has been cancelled.
So that sucks.
I was helping @mhilltopple debug some JavaScript and had a complete brain fart where I thought you could check for the existence of a variable with an if statement.
But no. You can *assign* to a nonexistent variable (JavaScript just creates a global variable for you, as long as you’re not in strict mode). But you can't just reference any old made-up variable.
BREAKING: South America renamed South Mexico by latest executive order
Sources say a broad redefinition of other continents is being discussed.
BREAKING: All federal employees to be paid with dogecoin instructs latest executive order
When asked if the employees could pay their taxes with dogecoin, the White House spokesperson snickered and left the podium.
Is there some fancy CSS that can automatically invert text to black or white depending on the contrast with the background color?
BREAKING: New executive order renames every tower "Trump Tower"
BREAKING: Eggs considered harmful says latest executive order
A White House spokesperson credited the Trump administration with the high price of eggs as a strategy to protect Americans.
"No one likes eggs, eggs are lame. People are saying it. I'm not saying it, but people are saying it. Eggs are bad. They're very bad,” the president added.
It’s a naming things and invalidating cache kind of day.