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1. 631.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   `setState(...)` is not idiomatic in JavaScript.
2. 632.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   <p>Thanks, fixed! :)
3. 633.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   You are right and I should clarify that.
4. 634.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   If you need to manage state and want to focus on functions instead of objects (classes), try ClojureScript - especially in combination with [DataScript]( https://github.com/tonsky/datascript ), an immutable database and
5. 635.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   (Edit: it is worth noting that Hooks are based on Reagent's reactive atoms.) Compare the complexity of Hooks with the simplicity of state management in [Reagent]( http://reagent-project.github.io/ ) or [Rum]( https:&#x2F
6. 636.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   I can't get the sound to work on the demo video, and there is no link to the Vimeo hosting.
7. 637.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   Being touched is an undeniable signal you are surrounded by the tribe, which triggers the reproductive sequence, since it takes a village to raise a child.
8. 638.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   This has implications for wetsuit and surfboard design in repelling sharks.
9. 639.▲
   by pgt 7y ago

   'We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus – by accident.' - https://www.linkedin.com/content-guest/article/we-may-have-d...
10. 640.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Firebase is a hosted database. Where does a dev tool begin and end? Is Slack a dev tool? Is HN? Where do you draw the line?
11. 641.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Merging requires diffing, and hashing enables efficient diffing. It's a reconciliation process just like checking balances in accounting, and you could think of version control as accounting for code.
12. 642.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Whatever you do, do not read the META II paper, especially not Figure 5, which is the META II compiler written in itself. You may lose two months of your life: http://www.ibm-1401.info/Meta-II-schorre.pdf :)
13. 643.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    You are right about developer tools, but these companies are not selling developer tools. Plus, the technical implementations are non-trivial.
14. 644.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Any discussion about incremental UI should include Yaron Minsky's talk about Jane Street's OCaml framework, incr_dom from 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3xX37RGJKE Incremental is essentially an implementa
15. 645.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Great starting point for learning Datalog interactively: http://www.learndatalogtoday.org/
16. 646.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    encrypto
17. 647.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    The best position to negotiate from is to have other options. Even if it doesn't work out, you can take one of the other offers, which might be a better deal! So the advice about ramping up interviewing is good. Always be interviewing
18. 648.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Take my email so you can email me a list of books to choose from later. I look at so many new products and libraries every day that I had already forgotten the name of your site. Since I get most of my reading done on the throne (currently
19. 649.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    There’s a Seinfeld episode about books in the toilet: https://youtu.be/NygOFsExGMU And tabloids would sell more if they were 2-ply.
20. 650.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Continuous integration is typically not distributed, and it blocks releases.
21. 651.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Now if only you could geofence this to restrooms all over the world so it will send you a page as a push notification...while you push. I'm calling it: Push to Read™️
22. 652.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    No call-to-action above the fold? Struggling to give you my email address.
23. 653.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    I don't think this is true: "you would think the owners would have the foresight to either have something capable of breaking windows".
24. 654.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Thanks, didn't know about levels.fyi.
25. 655.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Also: https://sheetless.io/ Relevant to understanding causality in systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_leverage_points
26. 656.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    It's possible. Peter Thiel has called Elon Musk, "the master marketer."
27. 657.▲
    by pgt 7y ago

    Never put your customers back in a buying position! Learned this from @dhh. Especially when the minority rule applies to them.
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    by pgt 7y ago

    Follow the money. If you can't see a person's motivations (esp. a politician), watch the result of their actions and assume that the outcome was their motivation and tell them that. Practically it doesn't matter whether they
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    by pgt 7y ago

    The most valuable question to know in every language is, "How do you say <English word> in <your language>, please?" For example, in Xhosa you ask,"Uthini ngesiXhosa 'to run', nceda?" => The answ
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    by pgt 7y ago

    This can probably be used to speed up Transfer Learning.