this isn't a dig at moderation here - i don't fully understand the difficulty of moderating a community but i realize it must be difficult. i've generally had a very positive experience here but it's time for me to spend more time in the real world for now : )
i love working out disagreements in conversation. it's the best way to learn from the perspectives of others. strong opinions are great too! they're the best to learn from.
unfortunately, deciding to make assumptions and fire insults rather than asking for clarification and understanding other points of view will never leave room for a productive conversation.
i see this happen on merveilles and mastodon too often for using this website to be constructive for the time being.
Freedom
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Let there be a little country without many people.
Let them have tools that do the work of ten or a hundred,
and never use them.
Let them be mindful of death
and disinclined to long journeys.
...
Instead of writing,
they might go back to using knotted cords.
They'd enjoy eating,
take pleasure in clothes,
be happy with their houses,
devoted to their customs.
- Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu
translated by LeGuin 💖
built a cute time website learning clojurescript:
https://time.jacob.chvatal.com
on the plus side, i can be relatively confident in the code if it typechecks... but this is no replacement for just running the code and correcting afterwards
haskell's laziness means it can't reap the optimization benefits of strict type systems either - such a silly language!
while it's fun to prove things in types, this is not the way to go to just get things done.
i've been implementing my wiki system in haskell... types are /far/ too rigid in many circumstances.
to link code from two libraries together, i had to serialize html to string and reparse it with another library, all because their html asts - though the same - used incompatible types of IO.
still going to stick with haskell, because it's the best way to work with pandoc... but it's difficult to trust for serious software development while several libraries work like this.
would anyone on merveilles (or otherwise) be interested in regular check-ins regarding personal projects and hobby work - like a once per week chat room or video call to showcase what we've done that week? i've been looking for accountability partners and i think making a group like this would be the best way to do so - and id get to know yall a bit better!
as a student who does (practically) all of their work for free and for fun, it's always a bit of a shock to enter preprofessional environments where my leisure time is not too different from others' 9 - 5.
this should probably make me feel more employable, but it just leaves me confused - i'm not really sure what work is to me or if this is the path i'd like to take.
Webkit's source code:
if(amazon || google){
}
Haha, HAHHhahaha
no rules !!