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by interlocutor 7y ago
'render' should render, because that's what the function name says. If you're using it for behavior then you're not using it for the intended purpose.
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by interlocutor 7y ago
HTML custom elements (basis for web components) are intended for things that should be added to DOM. Using it for any other purpose is probably a misuse.
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by interlocutor 7y ago
> you don't need that full 560kb library In fact, most web applications only need this 200-line library: https://github.com/wisercoder/uibuilder React started out as a simple library, but it is getting more a
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by interlocutor 7y ago
This decision only covers electronic devices. All other items can still be searched without suspicion or warrant at the border, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception
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by interlocutor 7y ago
My experience has been the opposite. Also, Amazon's deliveries have become extremely fast. I ordered an item at 6pm yesterday. Amazon's guaranteed delivery time was 8am this morning... and it was actually delivered at around 6am.
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by interlocutor 7y ago
This is where Waymo uses deep learning models that can predict the future behavior of other road users in real-time. They are hiring: https://waymo.com/joinus/1235933/
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by interlocutor 7y ago
Polymer is crap. Web Components are great. There is definitely no performance issues. Ditch polymer and other such bloated libs. Try this 200-line lib instead: https://github.com/wisercoder/uibuilder
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by interlocutor 7y ago
There is a better way to create reusable and composable components: Web Components. Read about it here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components
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by interlocutor 7y ago
If you work for FAANG your kids have to pay full tuition because scholarships vanish when you have $250K or more in annual income.
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by interlocutor 7y ago
If you add room and board UCLA is $65,000 for out-of-state students: http://www.admission.ucla.edu/Prospect/budget.htm Compare that to $74,000 for Stanford. Suddenly Stanford looks not so bad! https://financ
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by interlocutor 7y ago
> DB, Gui framework and printable report generator all in one sharing the same language front to back, top to bottom. Printable reports is so 90's. Back then you printed reports and shared reports on paper. In meetings everyone ge
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by interlocutor 7y ago
Calling these changes "improvements" is a stretch. Still flat, still dreary. They should have at least gone for a "Flat 2.0" look [1]. Flat 2.0 is is mostly flat, but it makes use of subtle shadows, highlights, and layer
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by interlocutor 7y ago
See https://kitematic.com/ it is a UI for starting containers.
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by interlocutor 7y ago
There are poor people in every country. Can you name a country where every single citizen has housing, enough to eat, and good health? According to you all countries must stop all spending on space programs, since the money could be used fo
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by interlocutor 7y ago
It is easy to see these families as manipulating the system, but then so are colleges that charge $300,000 for 4-year college. College costs are rising much faster than the rate of inflation. In many cases these colleges are raising tuition
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by interlocutor 7y ago
>> They can put out bonds Isn't that what the federal govt does too? The US sells treasury bonds and China buys them. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/040115/reaso...
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by interlocutor 7y ago
Apple used to be known for their amazing designs. That was when Steve was running the company. Since his death Apple has been in a free fall in the design space. Most of the comments here seem to be about their awful hardware design. Yes, t
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by interlocutor 7y ago
There is also robustness. Today you can't take a React component from one application and drop it in another React application and expect it to just work. You may need to also copy CSS classes, make sure the class names are unique, rem
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by interlocutor 7y ago
When you use radio buttons, checkboxes and text inputs, they have state and that state is in DOM. Web Components don't change this.
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by interlocutor 7y ago
Public signal from Firefox: https://twitter.com/jensimmons/status/1138980859728531456
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by interlocutor 7y ago
PDF is based on PostScript, which is a Page Description Language (PDL) also from Adobe. The first PostScript printer, the Apple LaserWriter, launched the desktop publishing revolution. The interesting thing about PostScript is that it is a
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by interlocutor 7y ago
Attitudes towards free speech have changed a lot in recent times. This is related to the rise of social media. The advent of social media had made it too easy to spread hate online. It started off innocently enough, with cat videos uploaded
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by interlocutor 7y ago
What is the building made of? Sand, gravel, stone, and cement are fairly inert. It must be made of some other flammable material.
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by interlocutor 8y ago
Attitudes towards free speech have changed a lot in recent times. I believe this is related to the rise of social media. The advent of social media had made it too easy to spread hate online. This has caused an upheaval in attitudes toward
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by interlocutor 8y ago
The best advertisement for jQuery, ironically, is this site: http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ Look at how simple things are in the left column, and how much more code is needed in the right column. jQuery has many convenie
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by interlocutor 8y ago
You're right, turns out it is about 70% https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/17/h-1b-foreign-citizens... What exactly is the meat of the criticism above?
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by interlocutor 8y ago
Today's silicon valley is not the same as the silicon valley that existed before 1990. Take everyone that was ever on H-1B out of silicon valley, and there will barely be anyone left.
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by interlocutor 8y ago
> H-1B visas had nothing to do with Silicon Valley. Nonsense. I am guessing you have never been silicon valley. 90% or more of tech workers there were born outside USA. Edit: it is 70%, which is still very high. https://www.m
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by interlocutor 8y ago
>Why isn't forced arbitration illegal? The US government was "of the people, by the people, and for the people." Now it is of/by/for big corporations. Forced arbitration is a whole-scale privatization of the ju
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by interlocutor 8y ago
This is great news for Canada. https://www.canadim.com/h1b-riskier-canada-welcome-record-im... Legal immigration is the reason silicon valley exists. Ask Mark Zuckerberg why he moved Facebook HQ to silicon valley. It is bec

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