jdnewmil
@jdnewmil@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza 2 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 8 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? 9 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 11 months 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.