zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: PHP in 2023
Right, that's why it was React.*script. Regex.
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zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: PHP in 2023
React isn't a language, it's an elegant pattern layered on top of (Java|Type)script which are languages. Not sure what versioning conflicts there are with Python but there are a lot of community solutions in the form of pyenv, virtualenv, etc. Python is well thought-out, imho, but I think it can take a certain type of person time to realize it. I used to hate it but the way I ultimately came around to understanding it was someone explained to me it's essentially extremely close to pseudo-code, which I think is ultimately why it can seem very natural and why so many universities and the larger STEM/ML community have all adopted it.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: PHP in 2023
Kinda, you have to make sure all the extensions you need are installed, then fix php.ini so it's not doing anything wrong, and then it usually works if you haven't missed anything, until something becomes deprecated.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: PHP in 2023
Yeah I do agree it was a stepping-stone in many ways.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: PHP in 2023
<? mysql_connect(...) ?> isn't doing too well
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: PHP in 2023
Kinda applies to anything (Ruby, Python, Rust, Java, Javascript, ...)
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: PHP in 2023
...because they don't know any better
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: PHP in 2023
I used to work way back in the day on PHP too, but even though I'm sure this will be downvoted, it's really sad people still take it seriously as a language in 2023. There's nothing remotely elegant about it. It's not expressive or programmatically succinct in the way Ruby is. It's not beautifully well thought-out the way Python is. It's not fast and modern in the way Rust is. It's not elegant or composable or client-side renderable in the way React.*script is. It just brings nothing to the table. It's an ugly hodgepodge borne out of an over-engineered homepage from 28 years ago. Various business interests have kept it afloat, and people who don't know any better keep championing it. I think people do eventually catch up with what's going on though as soon as they personally experience writing anything remotely serious (5-10,000+ LOC) that isn't a simplistic web-app.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: Detecting the use of “curl | bash” server side (2016)
Always safer to first curl url > file, then read through file, then only if all looks good, run the file (under an appropriate user and with permissions as limited as possible, etc.)
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: Google engineers joked about how incognito mode isn't incognito
Sounds like a marketer...
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: Forms in modals: UX case
Modals are a tool. Like any tool, they may or may not be the right tool for any particular situation, and it is possible to over- or underuse. Pretty easy, really.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: The Impact of Posing with Cats on Female Perceptions of Male Dateability
PSA that there are always other countries, other opportunities, and other people with wider views out there. Nobody should limit themselves to this stuff.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: The Impact of Posing with Cats on Female Perceptions of Male Dateability
100% agree
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: The Impact of Posing with Cats on Female Perceptions of Male Dateability
Exactly. And this really continues the whole idea that when you have thousands of "researchers" (people) who are judged solely upon quantity/acceptance hierarchy of published papers -- and what's at risk is their livelihoods -- you end up with lots of BS unreproducible research that can't be relied upon.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: Peter Thiel-Backed Crypto Lender Vauld Suspends Withdrawals
PSA that the (severely underreported) inflation is ~8%, so both these yields are meaningless in real terms.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: Firefox's protection against fingerprinting
Guessing this will be an unpopular opinion, but anyone troubled by this war on web standards and web developers? Like, if we're just going to take stuff that should work, and decide unilaterally now it won't work because <X> ... can we really rely on anything to work?
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: Narcissism is rampant, so how do we address it?
It's actually a fascinating experience being in the presence of a narcissist for a while. It truly is a different kernel/OS that their mind is running. But exactly -- everyone in such a situation does and will reach this conclusion eventually.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: Narcissism is rampant, so how do we address it?
That's a social media motivated definition. It's actually a lot more than that.
zeptonix | 3 years ago | on: Narcissism is rampant, so how do we address it?
Yeah, the problem w/ this theory is that they're still narcissists. You can do all the above and perhaps you'll succeed in convincing yourself you're having a "rewarding & meaningful interaction" ... but the "reward" and "meaning" for the narcissist is in what interacting with you does (and can be made to do) for them, especially and even ideally at the expense of you. It actually sounds a bit like the point of this post is to establish that you yourself are special for being able to get along with a narcissist -- which is exactly what they'd like you to be thinking and just sets you up even more so to be taken advantage of by them. For whatever it's worth.
zeptonix | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: iPod Clickwheel.js
Should really detect circular movement on a touchpad. That's probably truest to its original form.