flqn

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1. 91.▲
   by flqn 7y ago

   The dots are a "signifier" that the end of the bar "affords" being dragged by the cursor. Signifiers are the part of an interface that show the user an affordance exists, whereas affordances are the things that can be do
2. 92.▲
   by flqn 7y ago

   If you're after an OpenGL 3+ guide http://open.gl is pretty good!
3. 93.▲
   by flqn 7y ago

   Minor nitpick: a "visual affordance" is called a signifier. A button affords clicking, the visual style of the button signifies its affordances.
4. 94.▲
   by flqn 7y ago

   This confirms one of the guidelines I've always been taught; char is not an arithmetic type, and never treat it as such. It represents ascii characters, and nothing else.
5. 95.▲
   by flqn 7y ago

   I like how "MoS2" (molybdenum disulfide) is sorta like "MOS 2" (could be read as Metal Oxide Semiconductor, 2). Kind of an accidental pun, almost :)
6. 96.▲
   by flqn 8y ago

   We've been using Rocketchat at my work for some months now after moving from Slack and it's served us well. It's self-hosted and even feels a bit like Slack to use.