Comment Re:If anyone gives a GIVE (Score 1) 31
Gaslighting does not become you.
It was interesting while it lasted, Smitty, but we're done.
Gaslighting does not become you.
It was interesting while it lasted, Smitty, but we're done.
The Brooklyn Public Library has a mandate to serve the citizens of Brooklyn/NYC. It is not obligated in any way to extend its services to people living in, say, Alabama. Yet this is what it has done, and this is what we're applauding.
You can rationalise all you want, but the effect is what it is.
Not Switzerland. Sweden.
Yeah, yeah, it's a joke.
No, no, it's not very funny.
Unless you're, I dunno, 12?
It's sad when one's reduced to defending racists with a tone argument.
You meant the 1880s, maybe?
I had plenty of dental work done in the 1980s. High-speed drills and good drugs were things back then, too.
He used to be interesting to talk to, and I had respect for his intelligence and articulation even if I didn't agree with him, but especially in the last year or two he has insisted on retreating ever further down the rabbit hole to the point I can't be bothered to read his JEs any longer.
I love how people who've nothing useful to say insist on saying it anyhow.
Many of the trolls seem to have gone silent 3 or 4 weeks ago (and not just on Slashdot). I've been seeing some better comments, too.
A lot of that is being done already in the restaurant industry, and has been for decades.
Since the rough stuff appeals to you so much—I hear these guys are looking...
Personally, I like the freedom that JavaScript gives, with all objects being fully dynamic associative arrays. This freedom is a VERY sharp knife, and developers who aren't up to snuff will write ridiculous garbage because of it. And some will cry "classes, classes, my kingdom for classes!" because they think that's the magic thing that will turn their garbage code into good code.
I don't mind the arrival of strong typing in JavaScript. I just hope we don't lose the freedom that JavaScript also gives.
I have been using JavaScript for 25 years, and it still amazes me how many people simply don't get that or prototype-based inheritance.
No, the first thing is to admit that pixel-perfect layouts don't work anywhere except in print.
Thank you!
(Apparently, some folks don't get that there's a difference between quantity and quality. Quelle surprise...)
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.