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@nateberkopec I create a bind mount to my local disk of the entire git checkout. This works well. On macOS, this can be slower than direct disk access but it's gotten faster and it doesn't bother me, especially with the simplicity of the setup (I have also had success with NFS mounts).

In both cases, all tools for auto-doing-stuff must support filesystem polling. Most seem to?

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@noelrap Wow! I went to HS with a guy that has written a lot of mediocre blockbusters, and I think I would be far more envious if he wrote ANY Star Trek, much less those particular episodes

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@noelrap Ha, Prodigy is exactly Star Wars but it's Star Trek (I love it and pray for its return).

I think the Star Trek shows in the "new era" aren't all great, but they've leaned into nostalgia and have produce much higher quality shows than Star Wars/Disney has.

SNW is a reminder that episode of the week styles can be awesome and still build characters without complicated storylines.

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Saga #67 coming on July 31!!!!!

This is the only comic I still subscribe to/read. I'm sure there are other good ones, but it’s kind of a lot to figure out which ones I can jump into and I just have lost patience for a lot of the DC/Marvel superhero stuff. But Saga is awesome!

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I don't get why Disney doesn't just do Star Wars versions of other normal shows. That’s maybe not very creative, but the results would be so much better than what they have produced.

• Law & Order but it's Star Wars
• The A Team, but it's Star Wars
• Star Trek, but it's Star Wars
• A Western but it's Star Wars (THEY DID THIS AND IT’S THE ONLY GOOD ONE)

Instead we get “2-part episode from the 3rd season of a show you haven't watched, but stretched to 10 episodes and there are lightsabers”

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@noelrap ah! That sorta explains why I hear a TypeScript vs JSDoc debate. It must really be about editor hints.

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@noelrap Ah, I guess that makes more sense, though I am definitely Team Editor Stop Bothering Me Until I Ask For Something so I would probably never notice these sorts of things?

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@noelrap That's interesting. I feel like anyone that says that has never ran a compiler before :)

I did a project in Go one time and it's famous for having a fast compiler (I guess). It was the slowest most god-awful feedback loop. I feel like "fast for a compiler" is not the same as "fast”.

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@noelrap yeah the core logic’s only “state” is to leave behind a structured explanation of what it did when called.

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Two OO ways to design something, curious what everyone's thoughts are? This is w/out context of a framework, just purely OO perspective.

Option 1 - Stateless object w/ Rich Result

Option 2 - Stateful object (e.g. command pattern + internal state to store results)

gist.github.com/davetron5000/1

My thoughts follow, but I am not sure which is the "best" pattern - again all things being equal/not in Rails/etc.

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Star Trek Discovery Series Thoughts

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@noelrap Yeah, I remember some Paramount+ sizzle reel saying that discovery was "bringing theatrical production values" or something and…I guess it did? That's not what star trek has been missing IMO.

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Today I ordered an espresso. Person at the counter had no idea what that was. I pointed to the menu figuring that would help. After debate with a co-worker I was given a latte.

What did they think the latte is made from?

I’m gonna be that old man asking for “the black stuff that comes out that you add to the milk. Yes just that black stuff.”

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Star Trek Discovery Series Thoughts

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I didn't love the series finale, and even though it was supposed to be only a season finale, it didn't work for me. It made the entire season feel absolutely pointless. I never was interested in the Michael/Book romance. And, while I found the Gray/Adira plots really boring, those two got a terrible resolution. It just sorta happened. Would've been better to start them off apart and the chance meeting gets them together.

Anyway, my thoughts on the series:

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@noelrap @getajobmike I wonder if the book's build system supplied an empty stdin?

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I was reading Pickaxe to learn more about the CGI library. The code on page 329 (as well as example code in Ruby docs) doesn't seem to work - it wants to be given something on standard input.

gist.github.com/davetron5000/8

/cc @noelrap

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about Ruby:

String === String # => false

Meaning:

x = String

result = case x
when String then "got a string"
else “not a string"
end

result # => not a string

I guess I figured === would always be true for equality, but I guess not?

Of note, "foo" === "foo” # => true

Weird.

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@noelrap I have to assume that part of it has a process that hasn’t changed since the 80's 🤣

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@noelrap Yeah, I noticed that and assumed it would be awhile. I guess not?

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@noelrap I ordered it from bookshop and it came quickly—before you posted about getting your author copies!

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@noelrap @soulcutter I can totally appreciate—and believe—that is what happens. Their devs' talks are usually good, so it makes sense. But I think this is all the more reason to try to find a way to solicit talks without compromising the other principles of the org

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