apollo440

@apollo440@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you wrap your head around large established software projects in order to contribute to them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I faced a similar challenge a few years ago; from my own projects to a large policy management system at an insurance company with literally 100s of thousands of source code files.

  Of course it was extremely daunting at first, but what definitely helped me most was coming up with a strategy to find code where similar things had already been done.

  This is easiest with a good IDE (search for aptly named classes, functions, etc.), and of course then asking somebody more experienced if you found the right bit of code. The last point cannot be overstated; most people love to show off their knowledge. If you come to someone with a question about a specific piece of code, they are usually extremely helpful. And importantly: if you don’t know who to ask, simply ask someone whom to ask! Again, make people show off their knowledge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder what other arrangement it could even possibly constitute.

  Bailment? That would mean physically locking the bills that you deposit in a safe that you rent, which is possible I guess, but not what we’re talking about here. Trust? This would mean the deposit does not go on the bank’s books, and they cannot use it for their own purposes. This is clearly not the case, at the very least since investment banks and savings banks were merged. Agency? That would mean the bank uses your money to enact transactions on your behalf, again, clearly not the case.

  That leaves the only other form of “I give you money and you give it back later”, name debt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not defending the Musk here, but literally it’s not your money anymore as soon as you put it in a bank account.

  The money you put in your account belongs to the bank, and the account functions as an I.O.U… A very privileged one compared to other debts, and in most cases redeemable without notice, but you’re just another creditor.