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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · 3d

Not me making a goal to use em dashes as much as possible now

Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · 3d

I just got accused of AI twice in the course of 10 minutes by using em dashes—apparently you're only allowed to use them in approved programs like Word since "it's not on the keyboard"

I have a keyboard shortcut for em dashes, but apparently that's inconceivable 😂

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · 4d

a candle is burning on a piece of paper that says ' i love you ' on it

Alt: A person writing on flaming paper

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · 4d

Ooh excited for this. I read a maybe 15-20 year old book that seemed pretty confident semantic web would be super popular in the coming years. From what I’ve seen, it’s only really manifested in niche places like Google supporting structured data in search

Excited to be proved wrong!

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · 4d

Amazing article! Definitely recommend giving it a read. I had no clue that the rgb and rgba functions are functionally the same

Kevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 8d

Are you the type of dev who just copies and pastes hex codes?

If so, I've written an article over at @piccalil.li just for you!

I take a look at some of the new CSS colour features that are most useful for those who don't really care about colours.

piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm...

A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours - part one

Whether you've got a firm grasp on modern CSS colour capabilities, or you're thinking 'I struggle to understand why I should use modern CSS colours at all', then the first part of this article series,...

piccalil.li

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · 10d

Yup, well then, guess I’m not using dms anymore. Uploading my mortgage or ID to a service that will definitely delete it doesn’t sound fun

www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...

Bluesky to verify ages under Ohio pornography ID law. Here's when the law takes effect

The social media website Bluesky will begin verifying users' ages in Ohio to comply with a new law meant to protect children from online pornography.

www.dispatch.com

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · 10d

Is the age verification thing on here new? I guess I can’t look at DMs before verifying my age

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 9

For simplicity’s sake, I’d just swap when I enqueue the left and right nodes and keep the rest of the code the same!

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 8

Getting the left side view of a binary tree?

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 5

But what if you went right to left in your BFS 👀

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 5

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 5

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 5

I like saving piles of posts I will never go back to but privately and on mobile

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 2

I say this as a rust fan who has 0 use cases where I need rust by the way. It’s just fun to work with and pushes me further than if I had stuck with JS for my web apps

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 2

Hmm, so it’s using properties about types rather than running the code?

So even a step further from static analysis tools that mathematically verify conditions

Do you have any particular use cases for lean or is it just cool to work with? Have you noticed any changes in how you write js?

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Sep 2

Is it kind of like first class property testing?

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Sarah™️ @ladybluenotes.dev · Aug 21

So, I'm putting it out there: I'm hoping someone might be able to point me toward open opportunities.

My tech experience is primarily in docs and front-end, but I also have a background in healthcare if that sparks any ideas.

I'm genuinely flexible on roles right now, so any leads are appreciated

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Jacob Asper @jacobasper.com · Aug 22

It takes 26 yottabytes of RAM to typecheck a union of Safe Integers

Sometimes `number` is good enough

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