A final nail in the fossil-fuel coffin? Here is a key paper providing proof that @Exxonmobil has known since the 1970s that their oil and gas causes climate change. Something they have been denying and diminishing for decades. Admit mistakes, and accelerate fossil-fuel phase-out.
https://t.co/OAmcrIxbJf
Det tjugofemte numret av https://t.co/sqv6caxYGH har temat skräck vilket kan vara lämpligt i dessa tider.
Ett riktigt bra nummer tycker jag, men så var jag också med i redaktionen och medverkar med en serie.
#svenskaserier#serier
Donald Knuth's "premature optimization is the root of all evil" is about micro-optimizations.
You still need to design your application so that it reads and writes data efficiently. That's not premature optimization. That's software engineering.
Things that contribute to being a great programmer:
✅ communicating effectively
✅ being able to learn efficiently
✅ building things with the user in mind
Things that don’t mean you’re a bad programmer:
🛑 using light themes
🛑 enjoying communication
🛑 googling things
Man, JavaScript is so dumb. Check out these two built-in functions with the same name that work totally differently!
> console.log("hello");
hello
undefined
> Math.log("hello");
NaN
A new UN report concludes that 1mn spices risk extinction because of human activity. And that the destruction of nature threatens humanity.
And yet, this is not top news. As long as it continues like this, as long as the media fails to take responsibility, we stand no chance.
One of my most controversial software opinions is that your sleep quality and stress level matter far, far more than the languages you use or the practices you follow. Nothing else comes close: not type systems, not TDD, not formal methods, not ANYTHING.
Allow me to explain why.