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deadowl··on Object Oriented Programming Oversold (2001)
Functions with closures are as powerful as OOP and can be used analogously.

Also, singletons aren't portable.

deadowl··on Prisoners and Hats Puzzle
I had a coworker forward me this problem a couple of weeks ago. It wasn't hard for me. Meanwhile, I completely forget what class it was where I picked up the concept of a parity bit. Networking maybe?
deadowl··on MedTech: Bloodthirsty Google files new needle-free patent
Bad news for trypanophiles.
deadowl··on “I Hate JavaScript”
PHP is extremely inconsistent, has pitfalls that are easy to fall into, but it's useful because you practically don't need to worry about importing much because they just put everything in the core.

Javascript was actually fairly consistent, despite having some pitfalls, until they decided to add classes and lexical scoping (e.g. you can't actually bind a context to a fat-arrow function, while you can for the older syntax), so now there's like 5 different ways to do everything and some have more pitfalls than others. At least I know how I can use the updates to make my own code cleaner, and new coders can just ignore that prototypal inheritance ever existed and the unique design patterns that came with it.

deadowl··on Mark Zuckerberg and the Rise of Philanthrocapitalism
Probably the most important political question: What does Zuckerberg believe is an important cause in comparison to everyone who has contributed to building his wealth?
deadowl··on Court appoints 5 LotR experts to decide if comparison to Gollum is an insult
Wow. That has a lot of potential interpretations.
deadowl··on “Facebook Is the Internet” and Other Things Media People Debate at Dinner
Facebook is essentially the second coming of AOL.
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