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That's part of the problem. Some projects, when they move to diataxis, will create a top level section called "reference" and have a single item under it called "API" (or similar.)…

Please do not make me click on "reference" to get to "API docs". I love diataxis, but dear lord, do not make me click an extra time to get to the thing I actually need 95% of the t…

Very nice! Independently of this thread, I was delighted to discover the cross references between pages. It makes a big difference.

They've always resonated with me, maybe because I often work on legacy code. All this ancient technology that no one understands. Crazy rituals/incantations to get things done. Peo…

Someone please explain the grapple leapfrog example and why that "exploit" is interesting. If my players tried that, I'd happily let them use their full turns to do some crazy trap…

Odd, I don't see any mention of subprocess.run, the workhorse of python scripting. Quick rundown for the unfamiliar: Give it a command as a list of strings (e.g., subprocess.run(["…

> But isn't it true for JavaScript too? I don't think so. It's been a while since I've bled on tricky async problems in either language, but I'm pretty sure in JS it would be [...]…

Not to dimish the achievement, but TFA is pretty clear about the limitations of the piece: > I was able to get it working consistently, although it did lose 2-3 balls an hour and c…

Indeed. Inheriting from 'collections.UserDict' instead of 'dict' will make TFA's code work as intended for most of those edge cases. UserDict will route '.get', '.setdefault', and …

Can you give an example? I've never noticed that (except for certain specific dialects and slang) but I may be blind to it.

Goodness, yes. The last time I put (genuinely constructive) criticism in a peer evaluation, it turned out to be the only non-positive thing that was said about that coworker. So it…

How do you know that interviewees aren't spending more time on it? Because you can't guarantee all candidates are spending the same amount of time, it becomes a game theory problem…

Great advice, but my case is different because our framework is REALLY hurting us. /s It's wild how easy it is to fall into this trap. IMO, if you're considering switching framewor…

I wonder if Bacardi might be a better analogue for what TSMC gets from this deal. Bacardi started a distillery in Puerto Rico (iirc, to sell in the US without tariffs) well before …

I love it. I want a python-esque version that's whitespace sensitive. But only for trailing whitespace.

Yeah, counting parens! Dohohoho!

From the interview with the TV's original owner, this seemed like his ideal outcome. The owner had seen discussions of the TV online and knew it was a big deal. But he still couldn…

And killing a dog is wrongest.

I turned off the alerts, and felt like an idiot after the storms here in NC. Until I realized that the "severe flooding" warning would have been indistinguishable from the one that…

Many people who need nginx are proficient in JS, or they work with people who are proficient in JS. Lua is not a common skill among web developers.

I dunno, ask my wife and she'll tell you the songs I'm usually practicing are beyond the edge of my capabilities. In seriousness, I don't think that statement is meant for lifting/…

> are there frequent updates in Go spec introducing new features that it is necessary to auto install the compiler itself ? From what I've seen, the need for frequent updates is mo…

Looks like there's not been much progress on this since the article. Here's a more recent article I found, if anyone's curious: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/orgasmatron-thom…

> They were at a casino in Monte Carlo when Dán met her future husband, John von Neumann, for the first time. He explained that he had perfected a way to ensure that you could win …

> I feel like Amazon must have solved this for all practical purposes. Seeing how some of my recent orders have been packaged, I have my doubts. But there definitely seems to be so…