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pasta1212on Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration

holy graals

pasta1212on The Art of the Possible

The vast majority of users have zero idea about the App Store review system

pasta1212on Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additional Linux Distributions

UIKit is iOS only, not Mac

pasta1212on Zappos 2012 data breach settlement

What is the point of your comment? OP never claimed to be doing it right in 2012.

pasta1212on Sex censorship killed the internet we love

> Heck people put google.com into the box and search for it rather then enter a url and hit ctrl-enter.

Not even that. They google directly from the address bar. Once you could google without going to google.com, anecdotally I started to notice most people would google everything, including URLs they obviously knew

pasta1212on AirPods get stuck in low-quality 16 kHz audio mode when starting a VM

I do the same thing I think, but with Hammerspoon. The script I’m using in Hammerspoon automatically switches the Input Device back to Internal Microphone when a BT device is connected. Solves the issue for all BT devices w/speakers + mic. I haven’t used it, but I’m guessing ToothFairy does the same thing, although maybe it has some more bells and whistles.

pasta1212on Speedy Web Compiler – A Rust port of Babel and Closure Compiler

Yes, but why would you say it in the negative form? Both forms mean it’s a tie or better.

pasta1212on How an outsider bucked prevailing Alzheimer's theory, clawed for validation

> Complaints about being denied NIH funding are as common among biomedical researchers as spilled test tubes after a Saturday night lab kegger

Is this supposed to mean complaints are common?

pasta1212on Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

Thanks for saving me a pointless read

pasta1212on How to get kids to pay attention

I have a friend (a programmer) whose employer decided to try shortening the work day to 6 hours as long as the work still got done at the same pace. The owner was under the assumption that work will expand to take the time allotted. The experiment worked, and they still have 6 hour work days a couple years later.

I think the theory that work will expand to take the time allotted is true, and I bet the motivation of getting done early is a big contributor as well.

Maybe you can pitch it to your boss :)

pasta1212on Python’s For - Else

"Then" implies that the associated code will always run after the for loop completes, which isn't true either. Maybe "complete" is a decent choice. I'm sure language keywords are an issue here, too.

pasta1212on India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest antibiotics, study finds

To be clear, Jubilant Foodworks is the master franchisee for Domino’s in India. They don’t own Domino’s Pizza.

pasta1212on Luna 1.0 Beta is out

I’m sorry to hear about your incontinence as well!

pasta1212on Clang runs in the browser and compiles C++ to WebAssembly

An Electron app is not considered a native app

pasta1212on Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js

> Why it took so long for the license change is a bit of a mystery

Be careful. Facebook hasn’t said they’re removing the patents override completely. All they’ve said here is they’re changing their licensing, not what they’ll do. They may end up with BSD+Different patents grant. Make sure you check the changes next week. I doubt it will be straight BSD or they would have said it.