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Automatically refactor JavaScript or TypeScript functions to use object parameters instead of multiple positional parameters, improving readability and maintainability.

I've just released Function Explorer. It is a vscode extension that provides a sidebar explorer much like the built-in file explorer. The big difference is that you can expand the …

Note that the keys actually show as an empty string, not with all the spaces shown in the post above. HN is not showing the unicode characters properly.

JSON Commenter is a vscode extension that lets you create inline comments in a JSON file while keeping valid syntax. You create a block with a command that places the comment anywh…

I'm deprecating the extension due to lack of interest. It's been 10 days with as much promotion as I could do and there have been 5 downloads. I can't see taking the trouble to sup…

> Maybe framing it like that could catch HN's attention a bit more. :-) I've noticed that anything AI is golden here. I've enjoyed doing this and I use it so I'm not really interes…

In vscode click on the extension icon on the left that looks like building blocks. Then type in definition and this should be one of the first shown. Click, install, enjoy.

Definition Stack is a new vscode extension I have just released. It is a reading tool for Javascript and Typescript. It is available in the extension marketplace. You just click in…

I have found it interesting that I cannot mix paints (subtractive color) to get black. It always seems to be brown. Is it possible to find a combination of paints that blocks all l…

Hmm. When I told the professor trying to "hire" me that I couldn't afford it there was no mention of a stipend. Could it have been different in the 1970s? Pricing on Stanford websi…

> shouldn't be called mental illness What should mania be called?

Sure. Anyone can do it.

Wow. So Carter and Gates are selfish pigs?

> Atom+VSCode Excuse my ignorance, but how can something be in Atom and VSCode? Are there two separate versions?

As a person who suffers from mania I would argue that everyone "suffers from it" does not apply to mental illness. Do you have 3 or 4 days in a row where you can't sleep? Do you se…

I assume this refers to a PHD. The masters degree I got is also post-grad. I'm not sure if anyone else covered it but you have to have a certain amount of money to get a PHD. I was…

This will probably cause users to avoid side-loading which is a shame. It will be harder for developers to avoid the store-tax.

This make me think of watching "She's Gotta Have It" by Spike Lee. When watching the black and white movie I was blown away by the image depth. It a bright sunlit scene you could s…

> actually AI and not a bunch of very smart though not intelligent algorithms That is a relatively old philosophy question that won't be resolved any time soon.

Threadripper should win an award for product-naming.

Am I wrong in thinking that blood compatibility is basically a big allergy problem?

> had under 4 stars because these places where just really busy "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." -- Yogi Berra

I love the message, but the messenger is a bit over-the-top (infomercialish). >Just the opposite! The new compiler is quite fast!

I need to learn about this. Does shared source actually allow one to arbitrarily use the source? I thought the only distinction was that it didn't allow contributions.

> hover your helicopter connected to a 230,000-volt power line? Not an issue when any electrical ground is at a far distance.