vrek

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3h ago

Valid point
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vrek @programming.dev 3h ago
Does or should?

3h ago

Well that settles it

Agreed. I feel like if we separate them doctors and scientists could study causes and care more effectively. What you need is totally different from my son, why are they combined? Yes the common cold, the flu and TB all result in coughing but don't have the same treatment. They seem more related then "autism".

The difficulty of diagnosing autism shows this. If you get strep throat, take a test and it's either positive or negative. No one can say "yeah, it says I don't have strep throat but..."

4h ago

Well that settles it

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vrek @programming.dev 4h ago

I believe that there should be way more than 2 conditions which are currently just called autism. You seem to have one, my son is non-verbal and physically unable to complete basic tasks like eating a bowl of cereal, others feel uncomfortable if someone touches their face, others need to constantly fidgit, some require music to feel comfortable, some are obsessed over a certain topic like boats or trains or Lego or whatever. All are currently "autism" but don't seem to be related. I wish they got rid of the "spectrum"and studied the separate types as separate conditions.

15h ago

What are some weird flexes people have that they think make them better than others?

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vrek @programming.dev 15h ago

A counter point to the passport thing is the size of the us. You can travel the same distance as Spain to Finland to Ukraine without a passport. Go to la, ny, boston, Dallas, Miami and Seattle and tell me they have the same culture.

15h ago

What are some weird flexes people have that they think make them better than others?

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vrek @programming.dev 15h ago

I get your point but in my experience android works well with other android. Apple works well with other apple. Mixing them and everything seems barely useable. Like using a android phone to control an Apple TV.

1d ago

#NULL!

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vrek @programming.dev 1d ago

Depends...how well written the form is. Often stuff like this is pushed to libraries who have covered all the gotchas but you have to be careful not to get into dependency hell. Understand where to use them and not. For example don't use left_pad but also don't make your own encryption.

How easy is it to allow new lines,very easy. The important part is only accepting new lines e.g. /r/n a well made form can include extra functions but anything not defined should be denied.

Also consider you likely should not accept a username with a semi-colon in it...

1d ago

Stadium construction begins at White House for UFC Freedom 250

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vrek @programming.dev 1d ago

All good, wasn't an issue just commenting on my disgust of that

1d ago

Anyone else struggle with this?

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vrek @programming.dev 1d ago

I believe the left check list is stuff no related to the task but stuff to "prepare" for starting the task. For example writing a book, before writing I should change the os on my computer and should read this paper on lexography and watch this video series on character growth arcs and I should buy a cat as good authors tend to have cats, well now I need to buy a cat food bowl and a water dish, I need to learn to use this software to track my writing, oh that can interpret my latex script, what's latex...several years later...oh the book yeah I'll start it right after I clean the cats litter box...

1d ago

Stadium construction begins at White House for UFC Freedom 250

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vrek @programming.dev 1d ago

Umm yeah....things I didn't need to see for 500 Alex, material right there

2d ago

Ground Zero [Litterbox Comics]

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vrek @programming.dev 2d ago

I'm also male and can't shut off my brain. I don't think it's a gender thing directly but may be skewed to one side.

That said I like the idea that couples must end up at 100% somehow. Sometimes you had a hard day and can only contribute 10% and your partner has to make up the other 90. Sometimes they have a rough day and max out at 20 % and you gotta cover the other 80%. Issues arise when it's 20+20 so you only get 40% coverage. Happiness can occur when your combined equals over 100 and you can use excess energy to see them smile .

2d ago

Stadium construction begins at White House for UFC Freedom 250

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vrek @programming.dev 2d ago

I'm pretty sure you need to be over 18 to qualify for ufc...

3d ago

Lefty tax

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vrek @programming.dev 3d ago

Just don't take it extreme like my ex roommate. He would buy bread by picking every brand and type in the bread aisle, count how many slices were in the loaf, cheapest bread in price per slice he would buy.

3d ago

Thai rescuers join effort to free seven people trapped in Laos cave

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vrek @programming.dev 3d ago

Even better, no insurance but also no recovery.

Ah shit, you slipped and fell in that hole. Well it would cost $20 in rope to save you so...anyways group, coming up on your left is a large stalagmite...

3d ago

Can a puzzle with missing pieces be considered complete?

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vrek @programming.dev 3d ago

Fun fact most puzzle makers use the same jigsaw patterns to make the actual pieces. You can mix and match puzzles to make some beautiful art. https://mymodernmet.com/montage-puzzle-art-tim-klein/

3d ago

#NULL!

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vrek @programming.dev 3d ago

Keep in mind, the lowercase and uppercase letters are in continuous blocks on the ASCII table so you can can use that to verify if a char is a letter without doing an incredible long chain of if else statements.

3d ago

#NULL!

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vrek @programming.dev 3d ago

Couple big things are 1. Only accept reasonable characters, on a white list instead of rejecting bad characters based on a black list. This will mean you are less likely to forget to block /0 for example. 2. Understand how strings work and ensure both reading and writing to that string doesn't extend beyond the end of memory allocated for the string. For example do you understand what the /0 would do to a string your program accepts?