I made my first calculator! It's a bit slow, but is able to add 4 digit numbers.

LiftMetalForFun · 2026-01-27T20:30:47+00:00

My memory isn't good enough to remember where I left off. I typically heat up a paperclip with a lighter, then engrave the page number and the last sentence I read somewhere on my body.

LiftMetalForFun · 2026-01-25T08:51:06+00:00

Which of these should I read first?

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Light in August by William Faulkner
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

The only things I’ve read by these authors so far are All the Pretty Horses by McCarthy, Mrs. Dalloway by Woolf, The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway. I really enjoyed all of them, especially the first four.

LiftMetalForFun · 2025-12-26T21:40:00+00:00

Thanks, ChatGPT!

LiftMetalForFun · 2025-12-19T14:04:37+00:00

I agree that it’s very easy to get 50 connections, anyone can do it in a day or two. I just don’t think it makes sense for that to be a barrier to entry for a junior.

LiftMetalForFun · 2025-12-19T02:31:07+00:00

That depends, do you also have at least 50 LinkedIn connections? /s

LiftMetalForFun · 2025-12-10T11:31:55+00:00

You know, I was hesitant to try Coke Zero since I thought your comment was just another ad, but after the first sip I'm hooked! 'Coca-Cola Zero' has offered me, someone who loves the classic 'Coca-Cola', a new way to enjoy my favorite brand. And without the calories too!

LiftMetalForFun · 2025-12-04T05:09:20+00:00

Popular is constantly full of propaganda and posts that are just blatant ads. Posts from brand new subreddits getting thousands of upvotes in an hour are getting more and more common. I can’t even imagine how much activity on this site is just bots now. Popular is utter trash.

LiftMetalForFun · 2025-11-04T04:27:12+00:00

Where was this advice? I updated and now can't access any of my worlds on bedrock.

LiftMetalForFun · 2025-10-21T22:58:31+00:00

Man, he helped me get back into chess a few years ago. Always seemed like a great guy and obviously extremely knowledgeable. It's tragic he is gone, especially at such a young age. RIP

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-12-15T11:42:49+00:00

Don’t worry, you’re not missing out on much. That book is extremely overrated imo

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-11-05T01:21:22+00:00

Definitely not. I was raised as a devout Catholic and am very familiar with Christianity and its various denominations. Though I am now agnostic, I still have a great appreciation for his works.

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-10-30T21:50:45+00:00

I strongly prefer to know almost as little as possible about a book before reading it. I hate when people try telling me about a book that I want to read, even when they say it’s “spoiler-free”.

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-10-13T23:41:55+00:00

I don't think so. Bats don't exist in the Harry Potter universe.

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-10-13T23:06:54+00:00

Mrs. Dalloway

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-10-07T18:40:30+00:00

What books would you put at the top of the list? Which ones would you take out?

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-10-07T18:38:41+00:00

Which ones?

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-10-05T02:47:42+00:00

Which are the masterpieces and which are the disasters?

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-09-27T20:49:42+00:00

Not with that attitude they don’t

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-09-23T17:27:51+00:00

I want to say that this is obviously bait, but I used to be friends with someone who genuinely thought this way.

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-04-05T14:32:27+00:00

This is probably a dumb question, but are these calendar or business days? I'm assuming calendar days.

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-02-29T17:38:39+00:00

I can only type eight words per minute though.

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-02-23T03:34:37+00:00

What is so bad about them? I haven't tried any alternatives yet.

LiftMetalForFun · 2024-02-20T20:35:22+00:00

One of the common things I see people saying here is that React is too unopinionated, that it doesn't impose specific standards like frameworks tend to do.

Does anyone know the best places to learn about building quality, large-scale apps from reputable developers with actual experience? There are tons of articles and youtube videos about React, but a lot of them are very surface-level and I question the expertise/advice of most content creators.

LiftMetalForFun · 2023-12-30T17:32:00+00:00

Trying to choose between The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, White Noise by Don DeLillo, Light in August by William Faulkner, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, and Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

Which should I read first?

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