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Comment · 2 years ago
There was a time that SVG was going to replace flash, or something like that, but these days people just use the "simple" subset. I've seen multiple implementations for the vector graphics based on compute shaders, impressive stuff, can render the tiger svg with no problem. Parsing the bezier curves out of the xml is not that hard compared to all the work needed the have this work on the GPU. Most people also don't understand XML, I'm building a sort of compiler for it with full support for Namespaces, Schema, XLinks and all of that, boring stuff that needs to be done, I don't understand why this needs to be your problem though and even then those standard are not THAT hard. You will only understand XML if you need to use XML. Yes XML is verbose but also your mom is fat and you still love her don't you? Developers look at me weird when I start talking XML, like I am some sort of boomer that want to limit women's right to choice or something like that. Better not to mention it, or I'll have to listen to them explaining why JSON is just better for hours on end without ever considering the strange bizz requirements I labour under.
Comment · 2 years ago
Boy you need to grow up quickly if you find this hostile already
Comment · 2 years ago
Nice, what if I have a 3D model and I want to show extra info in a html div about a vertex, edge, face or object that I have selected?
Comment · 2 years ago
What are you gonna do if you want to give a user the option to display the same search result in a html table and a map drawn on a canvas element, or maybe some info viz thing like a chart? No htmx fanboy has a nice solution for this. Im fine with making hyper media part of the synthesis but ignoring features that you have for free with modern hybrid ssr spa is not helping.
Comment · 2 years ago
I would use SolidJS with SolidStart because I think technical merit is more important then something with a lot of social proof.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for your help, we appreciated it a ton?
Comment · 2 years ago
I know, but that doesn't mean that I am not helping
Comment · 2 years ago
1. Only to the extend that this also benefits the the genes of a coerced female.

2. Maybe it is, but not sure if that needs to be a problem.

3. No, at least admittance rate of blacks vs asians would make one believe the opposite is true

4. Yes for the vast majority.

5. Probably, but most conservative philosophy is boring and backwards anyway.

6. Are we counting a history of oppression as part of racial biases here?

7. Euh yeah, how is this even controversial?

8. I don't/can't know, but it would surprise me if it was higher then 10%.

9. I would not classify epigenetic as a social influence, so no. (maybe use the word environmental here)

10. No, but unit cohesion can help performance a lot.

I hope this helps

Comment · 2 years ago
I used to be more into functional programming but then I found other excuses to learn mathematics. I still think about how my imperative implementation can be turned into a functional one, or the other way around, but honestly the computer graphics programmers and machine learning engineers are doing cooler stuff. Even learning about category theory without needing to have an excuse to implement it makes it a lot more enjoyable.
Comment · 2 years ago
I never managed to finish my degree mainly due to dyslexia, and started working as a self-taught programmer, but I can only second this opinion. My CV doesn't get past most first screenings and even then people sort of treat you like a second class citizen.

Maybe I should start lying about my lack of a degree like a real con man.

Comment · 2 years ago
Experience report: Impossible to write any serious complex application in this. Lacks components for basic things everyone gets for free on other platforms, things like video, maps or rich text components. Nor does if offer any clear easy path to add them yourself. Breaking API changes every few months. No way to theme something. Immediate mode graphics are great until you need to start managing some complex state, then you are forced to implement your own retainer mode graphics. Again it reintroduces problems that have been solved a long time ago. Very fancy renderer based on piet-gpu that only takes control points of a bezier curve as input and tessellates everything from that. Cool concept, but try drawing a real circle with that, and some some approximation with 4 bezier curves. Wasm is not more then a proof of concept that won't be production ready without years of engineering by compile team. Overall nice for Go developers that wanna do some simple UI with lists and input fields.
Comment · 2 years ago
Sorry, I can't find it anymore. I got it from the youtube channel by Sam Vaknin. He is a convicted coin man with NPD, so take everything he says with a grain of salt. That having said, his work tend to lack the sort of victim pandering you see in other narcissism "experts".

EDIT: there are a number of other studies on google scholar linking ADHD to psychopathy (in prison populations), just not the one with the fMRI scans.

Comment · 2 years ago
No, I think there is more to it then people what to admit. For example, there is a lot of comorbidity between ADHD and narcissism. There might be less social stigma about being the quirky inattentive ADHDer rather then the selfish narcissist but they are both attention disorders in some way. MRI scans of people diagnosed with NPD show that there brains prefer their dreams over reality. Meaning, there is a pathway in your brain for sensory information (exteroception) and a pathway for predictions your brain makes (interoception). For people with ADHD and NPD their interoception will often overwrite their exteroception when there is a conflicting signal.
Comment · 2 years ago
Why even show up with 5 people.
Comment · 2 years ago
The IT job market is a two sided lemon market, people may lie on their CV but companies can be very abusive as well. If you don't do what OP suggests, people will not respect you. I've had five developers join my interview call to see if I can implement a palindrome checker. This is proof that non of them bothered to read my CV and check out my github projects. This is not respectful, and you have to stand your ground against such nonsens. Let them now this is not what you expect from people working for you and and that you expect better from them in the future. If they don't like that you won't have lost anything.

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