Honestly, I feel like I need to take some time and do this. Absolutely nothing will be gained, but it would be neat!
This is a cute video that came across my Twitter feed at a very appropriate time. I had just explained to someone that they cannot tell us “the customer isn’t very specific about what they’re sending us, so you need to fix it”, when discussing processing data through an API. I explained that this isn’t…
Programming can be incredibly rewarding… and at the same time be it’s own special form of hell. Peter captures this pretty well!http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
https://missymeyer.com/category/freebies That’s it. That’s the post.
Matching brackets / braces / parens can be quite a PITA these days, especially in languages that breed them like it’s going out of style (Looking at you C#, Java and derivatives!). This tool helps keep them straight inside VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/pandemics-wrongest-man/618475/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/esheep-64bit/9mx2v0tqt6rm
I’m sure this won’t change anyone’s mind. If you already believe that Covid isn’t real, and that all the statistics are just made up, then even more facts won’t change your mind. However, this is handy to have around: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2020.306130
Just keeping this handy. I’m sure I’ll never need it, but if I do, it’s here.
https://www.protocol.com/parler-misinformation-macedonia How much of the misinformation is out there just to stoke up rage and page views? Certainly some people believe and repeat things that are just strange (flat Earthers perhaps?), but to do it for cash is beyond callous. Of course this has been happening with a couple of cable “news” networks, so I…