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by dmsnell 5y ago
Q: What is a color that isn't red? A: "The color that isn't red is magenta." (included is a link to a site explaining that the red color of Mars is only a few inches deep into the soil) Edit: Added another question Q: wh
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by dmsnell 5y ago
yep - init is for things you can guarantee, not things you can't, like anything needing to make network or database calls. handle_continue was added for these kinds of things that should happen when starting up gen_ processes. the enti
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by dmsnell 9y ago
Not pictured, but right next to this machine is the "garry gum" and "anti-garry gum" dispenser.
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by dmsnell 9y ago
note: the article mentions that the app is written in TypeScript which _is_ statically typed and therefore many of these optimizations are at least possible if not in place
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by dmsnell 10y ago
> there are no icons. Civilizations had lots of icons, and eventually we got the Roman alphabet which I believe is a huge step forward. So, for links I just use words in the Roman alphabet icons continue to be a form of universal languag
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by dmsnell 10y ago
One of the notions in HATEOAS as far as I can surmise is that we decide to build a common vocabulary describing our API and that becomes the fixed interface for interaction. It's not at all meant to imply that software clients can magi
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by dmsnell 10y ago
For what it's worth, there's a specific distinction for software systems like lane assist. The bar for "working" is so high that if it doesn't essentially work perfectly we can't say it works at all. We would e
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by dmsnell 10y ago
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