jdnewmil
@jdnewmil@lemmy.ca
- Comment on How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down? 5 days ago:
I think you meant “propagated”.
How do you monitor your email functionality? How long would it be before you noticed it was offline? What about paying for and configuring the new email server?
- Comment on Calcrelatable 2 weeks ago:
Clear and Clear Entry.
The better option is to use an RPN calculator as Hewlett-Packard used to make. Then the back arrow button just eliminates one digit at a time.
- Comment on Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza 4 months ago:
Having used the web version of Office at my job, I know I would not pay for it. It is compatible-ish, but severely lacking in features, enough so that I don’t trust it to render properly or maintain the formatting entered using the desktop app. If that is good enough then there are lots of alternatives.
- Comment on Functional Programming vs. Object Oriented Programming 10 months ago:
Functions don’t return… equals goto. Everything must be done by side effects… all variables are global. Global state mutation is inheritance… no grok. Every call is non-blocking and spawns a new thread… atomic bomb for junior software engineers.
??? … shorting the stock of the company that adopts this.
Profit!
- Comment on Why do people always assume you're part of a group just because you're defending them? 11 months ago:
Yup. Circle the wagons! If ya ain’t with us then you agin’ us! Don’t criticize me! And don’t tell me to think! If ya hit my knee, I gonna kick! Twitch
- Comment on Leased Solar Systems Are Failing Across America 1 year ago:
Jesus. The initial transient used to be about 3%, but now is under 1% for most product being sold. It was never near 20%.
But that doesn’t stop idiots from saying “we have optimizers” and installing them in the shade or facing north and acting surprised when they underperform.