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pjaoko

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    Comment #47909041

    > Because many web sites and apps aren't as simple as "my first homepage" and don't only consist of first-party code. CSS is there to style HTML tags. Yes, your complex webb app is…

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    Comment #47909023

    The point is, comparing CSS selectors to the functions or variables in other programming languages is silly, cause guess what... CSS actually has functions and variables!

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    Comment #47909005

    So in your head, the analogy is not a big part of the argument? I'd accept your congrats, but I really have not earned it. The whole idea of comparing CSS to general purpose, Turin…

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    Comment #47885225

    > Selectors are a global namespace. Imagine if every variable and function in your favorite programming languages were global and so had to be unique. A selector is not not a varia…

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    Comment #47526497

    > It is AI generated, then we would loose trust in that person You are assuming that only you can generate fake AI videos of yourself.

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    Comment #47097918

    Sorry but you're mixing up terms. A "web component library" would be something not compete with React, because React is a web component framework. The frameworks is whats used to b…

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    Comment #47088089

    > in which case you're limited to what that framework provides (and it won't be as robust as any non-wc framework). Is there something inherently wrong with wc that stops robust fr…

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    Comment #46829957

    The question wasn't about which is harder, it was asking for proof.

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    Comment #46829946

    Do you exist?

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    Comment #46829861

    > maybe some things lie outside of the purview of empiricism and materialism Maybe? So your whole premise is based on a maybe! It was a simple question, don't know where or how mor…

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    Comment #46821906

    Has it been proven that it "likely isn't real"?

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    Comment #46505262

    HTML5 refers specifically to the latest, living version of HTML, the markup language. CSS and JavaScript have their own specifications, and version numbers. The term your looking f…

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    Comment #46505224

    Thats correct. Computer language is the top category. Markup and Programming languages are subcategories.

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    Comment #46503313

    > CSS also sucks because 10px isn't 10 pixels, 10cm isn't 10 centimeters, and 50% isn't 50% of the screen. This really isn't about CSS, it's about screen hardware - and the thousan…

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    Comment #46503233

    With the actual layout models, I see it more of an evolution thing. For someone starting on CSS today, you do not have to learn all 8 now if you don't want to, just master the grid…

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    Comment #46503058

    HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) is a specific kind programming language, a markup language. It is nowhere close to a general purpose (Turing complete) programming language. Maybe…

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    Comment #46502972

    > If you like programming exclusively with globals and no warning when you have conflicting variable names Tailwind is built on top of CSS. It is basically a library of hundreds of…

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    Comment #46502876

    > It's a source of stress to add a class to the system with a simple, short and readable name and have to worry it is used someplace else. That is the whole point of CSS classes: r…

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    Comment #46129456

    > Being an insane brand means literally nothing if people can trivially switch to competitors, which they can. Logically speaking, yes it is easy to switch between OAI and Gemini, …

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    Comment #45411432

    Completely agree. Readability is actually in the word itself read + ability. The ability of both the code and the reader.

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    Comment #45238634

    you also get runtime bugs with rust and everything else, so i just don't get the "somehow better" line of comparison

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    Comment #45230575

    > Rust's rich type system and ownership model will guarantee me memory-safety and thread-safety, which eliminate many classes of bugs at compile-time. With PHP, you don't have to w…

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    Comment #44322823

    16 billion passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked. Why has no one heard of it?

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    Comment #43189700

    You have coding skills. Some marketing and video production skills. Self discipline and persistence. The time to spend 18hr days on a project. Why look for employment? Start your o…