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by varrock 5y ago
> For TikTok I feel it's still at the stage where the makers, above all else, just want to be seen. This sounds like what YouTube used to be like. I wasn't around much for it, but I can only imagine how fun it must have been in
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by varrock 5y ago
This is great from a social aspect, but society favors having a smart phone to get things done. The cons might outweigh the pros from my perspective.
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by varrock 5y ago
Which is precisely why this is my favorite message board on the Internet. I love that I never have to collapse comments in HN threads because they're witty or off-topic.
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by varrock 5y ago
I found the rule about absolutely positioned elements interesting given that I often thought their containing block was the closest relatively positioned parent. As outlined in that documentation, though, it's just the closest element
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by varrock 5y ago
Also, the ability to observe professional athletes in high definition. When I was first getting into tennis, I found it incredibly useful to see the best in the world practicing 4k 60fps [0]. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch
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by varrock 5y ago
When you say branching, are you talking about a dynamic input, e.g., an email text input that appears after a subscribe checkbox is selected?
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by varrock 5y ago
Are you speaking about any medium of discussion? If so, Hacker News is a great example.
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Ask HN: Why didn't Myspace become the first big tech giant?
2 points by varrock 5y ago|7 comments
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by varrock 5y ago
I felt this way when approaching my personal site. I was falling into the Gatsby trap and then realized all I needed were HTML, CSS, and a few JavaScript files. I think you see over-engineered solutions as a result of career driven developm
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by varrock 5y ago
> many people don't understand any better why or how React is good and when it's bad to use... Your comment was very insightful, but I feel like you've left me on a cliffhanger. I'm someone who got into the industry r
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by varrock 5y ago
As someone who doesn't play piano, what you were describing reminded me exactly of my typing experience. I'm glad to see you thought the same! You mentioned the 4th and 5th fingers on the keyboard specifically — what is the correc
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Private instance members with weakmaps in JavaScript (2014)(humanwhocodes.com)
2 points by varrock 5y ago|0 comments
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by varrock 6y ago
How would you personally go about building a sophisticated web application?
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by varrock 6y ago
> Does it? I've worked in React, at enterprise levels, for close to 3 years now. Except for the addition of hooks, there hasn't been a whole lot of churn. React today is still the react of yesteryear, but with extras. I have be
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by varrock 6y ago
I just want to mention that you are replying to someone who never said anything about SPA. They made an interesting point about trade offs.
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by varrock 6y ago
I’d throw walking lunges in there, to; an excellent posterior chain movement that also gets your heart rate going at a healthy pace.
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by varrock 6y ago
I thought I was going crazy or that my English has gotten worse. Thank you. I initially read this as Ticketmaster going out of business and was shocked.
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by varrock 6y ago
I experienced this. When I moved, my sloppiness and classiness improved tremendously. However, I've recently started to notice it getting back into its old ways now that I'm more settled. The benefit is that I'm much more awa
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by varrock 6y ago
This is unrelated to the topic at hand, but your point about the Texas heat led me to another train of thought. It seems that when it comes to temperature extremes, heat is the first to get criticism. But I very rarely hear any complaints a
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by varrock 6y ago
Indeed; native Hacker News UI is my favorite experience on the web when it comes to discussion. I also enjoy the old Reddit stylesheets. Something about these two designs and their predictability is a joy to use. It's ironic since I lo
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by varrock 6y ago
I know you asked for a course, but I cannot recommend MDN's Learn CSS section enough [0]. It's long, but it was the only resource that got me over my CSS imposter syndrome. They go over so many great principles and have wonderful
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by varrock 6y ago
My biggest tip of advice for anyone dipping into CSS is to focus on _why_ CSS is behaving the way it is instead of memorizing the different properties and selectors. Some principles in CSS won't ever go away, and they will even explain
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by varrock 6y ago
Does this also apply to UI? I think a lot of front end libraries entice developers to fall for those early abstractions.
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by varrock 6y ago
I really enjoyed the testing library when I used it. I recently came back to it and felt like they removed a lot of the documentation that I liked about the library. I'm not quite sure why they did, but it was very helpful to see their
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by varrock 6y ago
That’s a great point. And upon reflection, I realized the timeframe is unique to the person. Maybe it’s two weeks for some people, and maybe it’s a year for others. I think the common denominator, though, is that you’ll know when you’re get
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by varrock 6y ago
I'm going to keep it very simple; tell yourself you're not going to program for two whole weeks. You may feel uncomfortable letting yourself go, but it will give you a much needed break and you will come back more energized. Speak
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by varrock 6y ago
You are exactly right about the hobby and niche interests. On the other hand, the larger subreddits that represent groups of people (such as a city, sports team, university, etc.) will have that echo chamber effect.
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by varrock 6y ago
Does anybody have a counter argument for just using macOS notes if you exclusively use Apple products? They sync nicely with my devices and make note taking pretty simple for me.
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by varrock 6y ago
This sounds like a good idea if you are on top of things. I was going to push back by saying it almost sounds like a chore, but a lot of the reason notes are jotted down is in fact to learn. So this process makes a lot of sense in retrospec
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by varrock 6y ago
I was playing the note chasing app game, too. I eventually settled on the native iOS/macOS notes. I like it because I don't get paralyzed by trying to perfect the organization of my notes, and it syncs across my devices as expecte

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