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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
Again, I have nothing against type systems. As you pointed out some languages make FP easier than others. C++ and Java's type system, from which TS's type system descends, are not FP languages. You _can_ write functionally but the
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
Types don't make you write better code. In my opinion TS makes writing bad code easier because intellisense. Every TS project I have worked on is as messy as the JS projects. I have nothing against type systems. I have years of experie
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
I have used Tailwind and IMO it is a bad solution for most non-trivial web projects. I won't bore you with details because this is the internet. Be honest, you would skip this comment if it was a five paragraphs. Personally I don'
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
Found it. From The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams. It is so important that it's lesson one! Abridged: Unplug! Take off your head phones! .... Close the door. Like many artists, I had the habit of listening to classica
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
Years ago I read a story from a new animator studying with one of the "Nine Old Men" from Disney, considered to be masters of animation. The student asked his teacher what music he listens to while he animates. The teacher roars b
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
This sounds like "Domain Modelling Made Functional" by Scott Wlaschin, maybe? It walks through the software development process of automating a small business starting with requirements gathering, a valuable step that is often ove
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
I expect programmers' jobs will only be to write tests. If a bug is found another test is written and the AI will generate new code until the new test passes.
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
One should distinguish the Javascript language from the DOM API. jQuery make Javascript "less painful" by making the DOM API consistent across browsers and versions. IMO the Javascript language is actually pretty good (given its 1
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
Everyone sees the hamburger icon for the first time. It certainly isn't obvious what it means. You need to decide what is more important, that your site look contemporary or that your users can find the information/product/se
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
Part of Fitt's Law. The corners of the screen infinitely large so they are easiest to target. As you said, just "throw" your mouse. The edges of the screen are infinitely long (1 dimension) but you still need to target the X
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
A rancher doesn't provide a pasture because the cattle are their customer.
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
Apple's design team must be fans of Internet Explorer 11.
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
> ... but (with my consumer hat on), I don't really care about ad buyers that much. Ad buyers are the consumers. You are the product.
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
This applies to all interactions. E.g. "Users spend most of their time _opening_ other _door handles_. This means that users prefer your _door handle_ to work the same way as all the other _door handles_ they already know."
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
"Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know." https://lawsofux.com/jakobs-law/ Jakob Nielson is a found
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by tacotacotaco 5y ago
No. This person seems not understand composition. This pattern can be useful but is poorly employed in this example. If you are interested in good practices please read Eric Elliot's Composing Software https://medium.com&#x2
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by tacotacotaco 6y ago
> Even today, adult American cartoons are almost entirely "sitcom" format. Agreed. Check out Final Space. It relies a bit on comedy in the beginning but grows into a drama. Give it a few episodes.
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by tacotacotaco 6y ago
Then Bing would loose out on all that accidental traffic that still counts as traffic for selling ads.
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by tacotacotaco 6y ago
China has been hiring engineers from TSMC to make their own chips. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-hires-over... TMSC is planning to build a fab factory in the US. https://www.forbes.c
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by tacotacotaco 6y ago
This is effectively ransomware. If you do not agree with the new eula Facebook will deactivate your otherwise working hardware.