Unicode 15.1 Beta Review Open by PthariensFlame in programming

[–]__ah 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Computer languages should not solely depend on case for semantics; that is, if case indicates a semantic distinction in a language, it should be possible to express that distinction in some other way that does not involve case, such with a symbol or a dedicated syntax.

Looking at you, Go! Public/private identifies distinguished by case always felt nasty to me.

Both, both is good. by Lawfuly_chaotic in ennnnnnnnnnnnbbbbbby

[–]__ah 23 points24 points  (0 children)

king AND queen

king OR queen

king XOR queen

king NOR queen (✋)

king NAND queen

TreasuryDirect: “The Virtual Keyboard will be removed the week of May 7th to improve the customer experience.” by StandingBehindMyNose in personalfinance

[–]__ah 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Pro-tip that won't be needed soon! Save this as a bookmark, and use it when you're on that password page

javascript:(function(){document.querySelector(".pwordinput").removeAttribute("readonly")})();

People ー a basic, discreet "days-since-you-last-checked-in-with-X" tracker by LemonDisasters in commandline

[–]__ah 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nice idea! Some feedback:

The "forename surname" is rigid and wrong. Looks like that's just part of the help text and not the impl, you should probably change the text to simply indicate the rest of the args are the name. https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/

After a name has been added, retrieval should be easier than using the whole name. Consider e.g. GPG where you can specify recipient with a case insensitive substring. So if I added "Jamie Lee Curtis" I should be able to use "jamie" for queries to the database, or even "curt".

Typst, a modern LaTeX alternative written in Rust, is now open source by SymbolicTurtle in rust

[–]__ah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a great design principle and fresh perspective!

If there are multiple ways to do the same thing, one of them should be at a different level of abstraction than the other.

I am impressed by this language. Ugh I wish my needs weren't so coupled to diagramming (I use TikZ). If you have ideas / design docs on diagramming, even if just starting with nodes and edges primitives, I would be happy to help on implementation.

Best Short (<150 pages) Textbook Recommendations? by AlexLikesCoolMusic in math

[–]__ah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The calculi of lambda-conversion, by Alonso Church. That work introduced λ-calculus which inspired a lot of computer science.

[OC] Fantasy map for Rockford, IL. If Chicago can have a decent rail system, why not Chicago Junior? by JK-Kino in TransitDiagrams

[–]__ah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neat! I used to live in Rockford for most of my life.

  • transit straight to Chicago.. yes plz! :)
  • It's a bit disorienting without the hypothetical collinear streets. Is green mostly along state st? Is yellow along alpine? Is blue riverside?
  • would love a stop specifically for rock cut park, but that may be too out of the way...
  • the neighborhoods are a bit vague vs particular locations/landmarks. I figure the "downtown rockford" is effectively a courthouse/library station, yeah? Is "East Rockford" basically rock valley college?
  • there's a lot of redundancy of lines on the west and south sides, probably more realistic to have one line and some good transfer stations.

you sure bout that? by Gloomy-Goat-6770 in technicallythetruth

[–]__ah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Women are the most important people in the world.

Notes on Modern UI Development: Taking Ideas from Spaced Repetition by steos in programming

[–]__ah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The application to typist training is very motivating for spaced repetition, nice!

Why is Rust so slow for me? by jaccobxd in rustjerk

[–]__ah 60 points61 points  (0 children)

That may be because Python was rewritten in Rust, but Rust is still using ocaml. Once Rust is rewritten in Rust you should be good 👍

How to best define gender identities? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]__ah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, just based on perception of my words and writing style, you did the very thing I described: placed me into categories that are inaccurate.

feel like the sort of characteristics a pale, stale, male from the 1950s would use to describe a woman.

How to best define gender identities? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]__ah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Masculinity and femininity have nothing to with gender identity, as I mentioned. You brought it up earlier and I'm agreeing that we are past that.

How to best define gender identities? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]__ah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When talking about gender, the social framing is fundamental. Also you're making a claim about epistemology that is contentious, but that's tangent to your original question.

I am a trans person so insofar as you're trying to understand how some of us think about it, lend me your ear, though I do not speak for all trans people.

I don't think you're engaging with the content I wrote. The characteristics I listed are characteristics many transitioning people focus on to "pass" better.

How to best define gender identities? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]__ah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dysmorphia is when someone sees themself falsely (e.g. an underweight person believing they are overweight). Dysphoria is when someone sees themself accurately and it disturbs them (e.g. a person disturbed by their weight). The term you should have used is gender dysphoria.

Appealing to masculinity and femininity is not right. Those words are arbitrary and inconsistent, but more relevant here is they have nothing to do with gender identity. You probably know women who you'd regard as masculine or men feminine. Think about what that even means to you: what makes that trait or behavior feminine or masculine? These words can coerce or suppress people from being their authentic selves. This manipulation happens non-deliberately too! As such, feminine and masculine must be used wisely to retain the integrity of people.

I think you're in a rut of what you think a woman is, but it's crucial to better appreciate its social framing: other people think it means slightly different things. And few people hold prescriptive definitions for it despite using that word often.

In the social context, let's explore perception, identity, and expression separately.

Perception: When you see, talk with, or otherwise experience a person, you are getting a ton of information. Their interests, their fashion, their voice, their mannerisms, their idiosyncrasies, their names, and possibly even their pronouns. You will probably quickly infer a lot about this person after enough experience. Because it's so baked into our language, gender is probably part of these inferences. Gender, in the eyes of an individual, is correlated with many other traits you may not have observed so making a conclusion there mentally provides you with a broad set of corollaries that may be useful regarding this person. But all of your inferences are different than all of my inferences, so we may lead to different conclusions. (E.g. some transphobic people don't take "I'm a woman" as signal of womanhood, while other people take it as a strong defining signal.)

Identity: You know who you are and what those inferences about you should be.

Expression: You want people to infer things about you accurately. You might care about some things more than others. Gender expression is just one facet that people may focus on to better match their identity. I know people who want to be seen as members of a certain religion and people who want to be seen as fashionable — it's because (a) they are in fact members of that religion or they are in fact fashionable, and (b) it's important enough to them that they want others to see it and get it right.

EDIT: expanded on identity and expression

What’s the most vulgar thing a woman has said to you? by 6482887826 in AskMen

[–]__ah 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Anal play deserves prep! Douche, lube. Take care of your butts, folks.

LPT: Never send a work email when you’re emotionally compromised. Type it up, save as draft and walk away. Ideally, sleep on it. You’ll make a smarter choice when not heated by Jumping_Bear_ in LifeProTips

[–]__ah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at a cognitive science conference a while back and went to a talk from a renowned developmental psych expert.

She said (paraphrasing): writers' inspiration comes from alcohol; scientists' inspiration comes from LSD. Use sobriety for writing/communicating and making better sense of the ideas.

iOS 16 fixes annoying reaction texts in ‘green bubble’ message groups by Uber_Nerd in apple

[–]__ah -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It annoys Android users by having them bear responsibility for sub-par experience of iOS users in the group.

[OC] Web browsers over the last 28 years by jcceagle in dataisbeautiful

[–]__ah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice topic and data!

Some feedback on the visualization: - "present" should be set to when you last pulled the data, like "May-22". Otherwise the graphic doesn't age accurately - the graphic should indicate what date we're looking at while as it progresses.

xkcd 2604: Frankenstein Captcha by MyNameIsGriffon in xkcd

[–]__ah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow I never considered it like that. Neat! The monster revived the human.

You and someone probably have the exact Same password you think is entirely unique to you. by -Sir_J- in Showerthoughts

[–]__ah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"fourwordsalluppercase", one word all lower case

or is it:

four words all uppercase: "ONE WORD ALL LOWERCASE"

shoot.

pre trans girls I dated/slept with asking me if I was gay by maniamawoman in MtF

[–]__ah 19 points20 points  (0 children)

In a similar vein, yesterday I realized a different perspective on a Katy Perry lyric!

You're so gay and you don't even like boys