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holmberdon What the Heck Is a “Progressive Web App”? Seriously

Having a registered Service Worker is a condition of the app being classified as a Progressive Web App by Chrome.

holmberdon “An on-page advert was mining bitcoin in my browser”

only the code tells the truth.

holmberdon Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Climbing World Reels

It is a remarkable feat, but still in the realm, evidently, of what is humanly possible. Risk is always relative to the activity in which you spend your time.

holmberdon All About Recursion and Tail Calls in JavaScript

Until ES6 which introduces Tail Call Optimization, you can use trampolines.

Small summary code: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24568118/

holmberdon Vim for Humans

Good alternative: A byte of Vim - http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/vim/

Sidenote: The navbar & images break on smaller screens.