technojamin

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[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

As an outsider to the scientific community, I wanted to know more about whatever the heck Parafilm is. I’ve definitely been educated 😆

What was the first song you played after you got the car you always wanted or your first car? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Heeell yes! I used to blast Italics all the time. It’s from that wonderful music era of my life from 2014-2016 where I exclusively found music on SoundCloud.

TIL The first commercial graphing calculator was introduced by Casio in 1985 for $75. By 1986 it had been adopted by a program in Ohio schools, and other states soon followed in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I felt like such a rebel with my Casio in high school. It was so much faster, had a better screen, and had way more features.

Am I the only one that thinks we should have dedicated buttons for copy/paste on keyboards? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

MY PEOPLE! I’m so used to the CMD key that I made this shitty AutoHotkey script that makes things mostly work the same in Windows. It’s glitchy and imperfect, but it’s better than changing my muscle memory.

If anyone has any recommendations to improve the situation (besides recommending that I switch OSes), then I’m all ears.

Computer nerds of Lemmy, do you also enjoy comparing natural systems to large codebases in programming? What are your favorite peculiar similarities? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I’ve heard the phenomenon you’re describing as the “lava layers”.

TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why. in c/til@lemmy.world
"Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part. in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I still use an external Creative sound card so I can switch my speakers over USB between my work laptop and personal desktop!

What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That’s why I’m rooting for Ladybird.

Calves are almost always separated from their mothers rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

And now we’re doing it to the almonds smh

Feel the burn in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Keeping “muscles make the body move” was artistic brilliance 🤌

Nothing to see here, keep scrolling in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

he gorris

BBC World Service - lite in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Skipping React hydration… so, only rendering on the server? BBC just re-invented server-side rendering, bravo 👏😆

I say this as an 8-year React developer. Damn, our industry really drank the kool-aid on on this one. Of course, plenty of people have been saying that React for static content like this has always been a misapplication of the tool, I’ve been reading opinions like that the entire time I’ve been working with it.

I’m glad BBC is doing this, though. Legitimate kudos to them for recognizing the issue and working towards fixing it. I actually think there are some great benefits that React has given us:

  • A universal component interface for all JavaScript-targeting languages
  • An enormous ecosystem of components
  • Popularization of the “component model”, which has spread to basically every other language that is used to render user interfaces (the mental model is just that much better)
  • A quickly-evolving (React is arguably on its third major paradigm shift) testbed for what works best for UI development

I would be happy if React was supplanted in the near future, but I also have some fondness for it. I know I’m way off topic on this post, just felt like talking about React.

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