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I hate to be that guy, but in this case I think it's appropriate to say that "Blockchain" solves this problem. The core idea behind Bitcoin and (some) derivatives is that it enable…

Why would big tech be in favor of having to scan message content? It puts more regulatory requirements in place on their activities. Would they not be in favor of _less_ regulation…

One of my favorite ambigrams is the title logo from an old 1995 PC game classic, Tyrian. It's so subtle I never realised until a few years ago. You can find the logo here, along wi…

The effective tax rates on high income individuals is likely much less. There is a large correlation between income and wealth, and wealth increase through asset appreciation is la…

I am pretty certain that if you are in an org where c-suite shifts reasons for negative results to external sources, they will find a way to do the same in the age of AI.

Nothing in Web Components is forcing you to use ShadowDOM. Lit also allows you to make components without ShadowDOM if you prefer, because there are certainly cases where it can be…

Oh nice, I wasn't aware this was even possible. Vue _does_ have some sort of build step, because components use special macros that aren't imported, and the compiler (vite) even co…

Re-implementing Lit from fundamentals is a great way to learn how it works! The core functionality is surprisingly simple, because it mostly relies on platform APIs to do the heavy…

I estimate the vast majority of "web projects" begin with npm installing something of some sort, yes. React is dominating the web development space (judging from the average "popul…

Obviously this wouldn't be suitable for (serious) production deployments, but it is a super accessible way to easily get started anywhere.

I guess for most people the standard is to install things from NPM which explains the format of the documentation. If you want to do something completely raw, you can replace 'lit'…

I don't know if there is a particular benefit, it's just different. On the consumer side there is no difference, because they consume Web Components, and that is what both solution…

Web Components is a pretty niche technology and as such it really appeals to some people, and it doesn't appeal to others, and that's okay. You don't have to like it, it isn't mean…

There is a simple intuitive explanation for how an "infinite" game is possible: We can define two different sequences of three characters that start with 0 and end with 1: 001 and …

That sort of response seems not too different from the classic "let me google that for you". It seems to me that it is a way to express that the answer to the question can be "triv…

This is factually incorrect. Even though in most European countries there is a formal separation of religion and state, there is nothing that "forbids" any political party from hav…

Are you suggesting that Germany is not "free" to choose to have economic relationships with e.g. Russia because of United States military reasons? Do you think the US military is t…

It really depends if you can find a (cryptocurrency) exchange that lets you withdraw to a bank account in Costa Rica. If you can find one, you don't even need stablecoins. The way …

There is no fundamental difference between Chess and Tic-Tac-Toe other than the computational complexity. It is not feasible to compute all of the game states in Chess, and so we c…

There is no hidden information and turns are sequentially. This means both players have full access to all information, and that implies there must be a single "best" move. If the …

Big kudos for building things from scratch. Even though it's not directly applicable in most jobs, the knowledge you have from understanding the entire "stack" helps a lot when usi…

A tree is a subtype of a graph, but it is not the same as a DAG. A diamond-shaped directed graph (edges A->B, A->C, B->D, C->D) is a DAG, but not a tree.

Very interesting. From playing a single game you immediately notice that traditional chess theory doesn't apply to this game at all. After some testing I found a few things in part…

If you would want to run a tournament for this you'll probably need a better client, potentially with built-in online play. I could be tempted to work on something web based, but i…

If you like this kind of thing you should take a look at the suckerpinch channel on YouTube. The technical complexity and amount of effort spent on some of his projects is quite un…