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That is very readable javascript.

old school javascript like this have an advantage: you can ship as is, without the need to obfuscate under the excuse of performance.

if you load two hundred build dependencies and then write twenty word long variables, it might look nice for you at development, but a user trying to debug or validate code on the fly would be in a very bad position as you would have to 'minify' (i.e. obfuscate) to not have a 70mb production file.

Code like this is very readable if you know some conventions, things like `cb` being a callback pointer. Its not even close to the cryptic knowledge needed to read assembly on weird platforms, for example. And a far cry from obfuscated.

that link doesn't load if I block google ad requests.

the argument against it [1] is practically that if it is being pushed by the current system it is to benefit the current system. As in, "uber needs a safety net for their drivers" kinda of vision, which given the track record in the US is very likely.

[1] https://jacobinmag.com/2017/12/universal-basic-income-inequa...