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LoVe HAte when ordering psudeo classes in css for anchors* ":link, :visited, :hover, :active" *may not be particularly weird or novel
Also CSS related, when doing margin/padding I use "TRouBLe" to remember: margin: (T R B L)
Although I can never remember the 3 parameter verision
margin: (T R&L B)
I never remember that . = class and # = id in CSS, so I use "say no to drugs" to remember that "hash is not class". Perhaps a mnemonic which only really works in the North East of the UK where 'class' is colloquial slang for 'good'. Also not very good if you smoke pot, I guess.
The fact that programmers can't remember well illustrates why children shouldn't be chastised for getting (for example) b and d wrong. I have dealt with this by conditioning myself to always read < as 'is less than'
Teacher in elementary school taught me simple rule: signs has two endings on one side and one ending (corner) on another. So two bigger than one and bigger number should be on side with two endings.
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It's easy. They're alligator mouths, that always go for the larger number (greedy alligators!)...
This genuinely confused me because I thought the larger number would eat the smaller number.
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I find it hard to believe that a statistically normal programmer mixes up . That sounds more like dyslexia.
This is the first time I'm hearing about this too so I think there is more to it. I don't even see why a mnemonic is required since the shape of both ' ' clearly demonstrate the relationship that the operator is testing.
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I find it hard to believe that someone actually mixes these unless they completely skipped all math classes in school.
Ah, yes the "I can't fit it to my mental model, therefore it is impossible" argument. When little, my brother used to mix up the words "more" and "less" while speaking. I don't doubt someone could mix up > and <.
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I find it hard to believe that a statistically normal programmer mixes up . That sounds more like dyslexia.
I've known a few otherwise non-dyslexic programmers that have had this issue. One guy kept a sticky note on his monitor with "> Greater, < Less" written on it.
\r\n or \n\r? ReturN - R before N