rlamacraft @rlamacraft@social.cleverlibre.org

High hydration sourdough: no problem, Irish soda bread: just nope

There was a young coder whose hacks
His manager often claimed lacked
The requisite clarity
For to clamp vars would he:
Math.min(Math.max(number, min), max);

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24225006

TIL the U.K.’s Supreme Court counts as government department, albeit one without a minister[1]

1: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

I see the world hasn’t much moved on from Victorian sawdust — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread

If there’s one piece of British legislation that needs to come out of this pandemic it’s that the triple-locked pension has to go. Predominantly young workers are being kicked in the teeth by the economic fallout whilst pensioners are guaranteed a pay rise

Good on you California for facilitating this, but wow America, clandestine operations for disposing of dangerous chemicals just because climate change is so political! (Planet Money — Sell me your climate bombs)[https://pca.st/episode/09430109-ccdb-46a5-b2f6-bf49b2c58f12]

2020, the year walking around one’s garden is enough to get a biopic — https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/23/captain-tom-moore-signs-film-deal-for-biopic

Nihilistic Password Security Questions https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/09/nihilistic-password-security-questions.html

“What’s our message going forward?” Mr. Ness said. “What’s going to stick with those young people and make them support oil and gas?”[1] Nothing. How can you possibly be so ignorant and delusional of the world today? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/climate/methane-natural-gas-flaring.html

Compiled languages are superior to interpreted ones. Yeah, I said it.

Just seen a genuinely beautiful bit of Web design. The content and just the content, minimally framed. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/09/04/trump-and-stars-and-stripes-attacking-american-icon-column/5706859002/

“They envisage that “Akoin”, a cryptocurrency founded by the R&B star, would be the central currency.”[1] — someone please explain to me how the word “cryptocurrency” isn’t just a synonym for snake oil already

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/01/music-mogul-akon-going-ahead-with-futuristic-akon-city-in-senegal?utm_source=morning_brew

2020 might seem bad, but at least the world isn’t covered in a volcanic fog

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive

Apple TV+’s See is such a disappointment; fantastic concept and awesome cinematography let down by abysmal writing and poor pacing. Real shame.