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Re:Caniwebview.com – Like Caniuse but for Webviews on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @10:45AM (#40286137)
Do you think, after commenting for the 3rd time demanding more information about caniuse, you could just have clicked that big "About" button?
Re:Caniwebview.com – Like Caniuse but for Webviews on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @10:33AM (#40285969)
From the "About" page (top right corner of the website that left you dumbfounded)

>"Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.

Steven Crowder - the guy from the "change my mind" meme.
Re:Julia Evans: Git rebase, what can go wrong on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @05:02AM (#38175094)
> I still greatly prefer it to the alternative, which is to have merge commits cluttering up the commit history.

I've heard this many times before, but haven't been able to figure out why this is a problem. In your workflow is it a problem to have a cluttered commit history? If so, could you explain how?

Re:A fake job offer gone wrong on Saturday December 10, 2022 @08:12AM (#33932316)
> At the same time, what about people that still fall for Nigerian princes or go through their spam folder for "sex in your area" or "penis enlargement pills"?

Those people are also victims.

Re:Moon Disaster on Sunday November 06, 2022 @07:29AM (#33491861)
Very nicely directed and edited video!

Though I must say that if the intention of the video was to make me doubt abilities to spot deep fakes, it didn't manage to achieve its goal. Both Nixon's face movements and voice felt highly unnatural and robotic to me. Although I'm sure it won't be many years until the results of such experiments will be come indistinguishable, we are not quite there yet.

An objective report proving low performance doesn't do much to encourage the employee to improve.
Re:Please don't be spooky on Monday September 19, 2022 @03:01AM (#32895181)
IMO, direct call (especially if those are common in your workplace) is much better than a vague "can we talk?" before a call. Doesn't give the mind a chance to wander and fill in the context.
I'd convince the team to switch to typed or get out of the project
Re:Contributing to WebSockets – Cryptocurrency Users on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:52AM (#32163887)
Regardless of anything else, it's completely within the rights of an open-source maintainer to pick and choose which users they want to dedicate time to help.

The license doesn't forbid anyone to use the software, so cryptocurrency companies are still able to benefit from the library.

Re:My business card runs Linux on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:03AM (#32080698)
Impressive. Very nice.
Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @08:43AM (#32069019)
This reminds me a lot of Time Cube

https://timecube.2enp.com/

Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @08:24AM (#32068822)
They should re-release this PDF as a series of NFTs
Cheaters often have the mindset that "everyone else is cheating, so it's only fair that I do too".
The host redeemed himself on LTT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKzmYsySGFQ

Re:Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek? on Monday May 02, 2022 @02:39AM (#31232050)
I'm glad that you're happy with the system, but I'm not satisfied with your comment. In my personal experience, people with "unlimited vacation" tend to take less overall vacation than I do, on a mandatory vacation time per year.

> (you'd have to explain going beyond, say, 4 weeks, but otherwise working)

Unless "I'd like to take a 5-week vacation" isn't enough explanation in itself, it clearly isn't working. An employee shouldn't have to justify _why_ they want to go on vacation.

Re:Solid.js feels like what I always wanted React to be on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @02:22AM (#30524720)
> The real footgun is people not reading the documentation for the framework they use

I would argue that the real footgun with hooks is the case where a `useEffect` call inadvertently gets triggered on each render because one of its dependencies, passed through another hook, changes identity on each render. It can get quite maddening, and in many cases you don't notice it until someone points out the resulting performance issue with your app. The solution, of course, is `useMemo` and `useCallback`, but it's not intuitive and it can be easy to miss from time to time in a large project.

Re:Flutter is the most popular cross-platform mobile SDK on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:45AM (#30428521)
I don't have have an answer to your question, but one major factor that one should consider when making a popularity comparison between Flutter and React Native is that _React_ part.

Most problems and questions that developers encounter while working on React Native applications are not specific to React Native, but rather React itself. As such, I find it likely that many RN developers don't always use "native" in their search terms.

Re:Flutter is the most popular cross-platform mobile SDK on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:42AM (#30428465)
How does web accessibility work if everything is rendered in canvas? Interested in the topic, but this would be a potential deal-breaker for me.
Re:What are your company's anti-values? on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:56AM (#30372153)
I do agree that the honesty is refreshing.

That said, I personally feel like the mentality of "We will fire you if you aren't doing an _exceptional_ job" reads as a serious red flag. The implication here is that you should expect to work overtime and prioritize your job over all else. Even then, we might still fire you.

Of course I'd rather have a company being open and upfront about their unsustainable expectations, but I'd still prefer a company that values work/live balance of their employees. Would I say that Netflix's approach is toxic? Honestly, yes. But I do understand that this is just my own opinion.

Re:What are your company's anti-values? on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:50AM (#30372098)
Your point states that all C-level employees are sociopaths. Logically, if I can provide you with a single example of a non-sociopath C-level employee, your point would be invalid. Of course I don't believe that you are literally saying that every single C-level employee in the entire world is a sociopath, but merely that the majority or a significant portion are.

> My point would not land with more people regardless of whether or not I wrote that paragraph.

It would, if you could provide me with some data that supports your generalization. If it was true, surely there would be some research backing it up.

Re:What are your company's anti-values? on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:45AM (#30371692)
> Every C-level employee is an asshole and probably a sociopath

That's a big generalization without any argument to back it up.

Re:BBC cryptocurrency documentary pulled from air at last minute on Thursday February 10, 2022 @08:28AM (#30285674)
You can live in a house, you can't live in an NFT.
pain
Re:No Hello (2013) on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:00AM (#29979164)
.net has way better UI, IMO
Re:What NPM should do to stop a new colors attack on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @03:05AM (#29888840)
> Be thankful that all he did was spam the console.

Why would I be thankful for that?

If you slap me, should I be thankful that my nose wasn't broken?

Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) on Thursday September 09, 2021 @06:14AM (#28468125)
Microsoft is also driving the development of React Native for Windows and MacOS.
Good guess! I checked in my fridge, and it does indeed have a flying goose logo.
Same in Finland, which is known for being very by the book when it comes to EU regulations.
Re:Tips for Better Signup / Login UX on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:36AM (#27659048)
This is a nice list, but it misses one of the most important features in my opinion: Allow users to paste username/password. This seems like such an obvious thing, and it's also the default behavior. But for some inexplicable reason, some product managers seem to be under the assumption that disallowing pasting of passwords enhances security. This is obviously false, and will just lead to your users choosing worse passwords.

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