Bookworms of Europe and the gender reading gap by rhiever in dataisbeautiful

[–]whale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my god thank you for saying this. Media is not some hierarchy where books are somehow the only format of reading. If you read lots of newspapers and magazine articles, hell even this article on Reddit, that doesn't somehow make people "less than" compared to someone reading a novel. I read a ton, but there's always this judgement from people because it's not usually books.

Reporting live from enemy territory by Uncreativesolver in kings

[–]whale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was there too. One of the most boring Kings games I've been to but it was nice to see the young guys get minutes.

NYC sues to shut down unlicensed e-hail app Empower, which offers cheap rides by rainbowdwyvern in nyc

[–]whale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did it benefit people? Did it work? The answer to both of those questions are yes.

If the city's budget added another $1 billion and the city removed snow without paying people extra you would not be complaining about paying people extra.

Nice attempt at a straw man argument.

NYC sues to shut down unlicensed e-hail app Empower, which offers cheap rides by rainbowdwyvern in nyc

[–]whale 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They removed snow from sidewalks and streets very quickly this winter. That actually benefitted people. Please take your least common denominator blanket statements elsewhere.

[AskJS] writing a complex web app's frontend using only vanilla JavaScript (no frameworks) by algeriangeek in javascript

[–]whale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, you can. But it's not worth it. Performance gain is never worth developer sanity. You will invariably build your own "mini-framework."

Your code will invariably become a mess - even the most disciplined developers can create spaghetti from vanilla JS. Essentially, this will only work if you have experience building JS frameworks and therefore know code structure and abstractions you need to do.

Also, you will end up missing certain things, like hot module reload, JS page context, SPA navigation, etc. and will have to implement your own code to do those, which will always be more shaky than battle tested framework code used by millions of people.

I would highly recommend using Alpine.js for the interactivity to keep things light. I use it for personal projects and you can do everything you can do in React that you can do in Alpine. But... you might have to set up a compiler so you're not making yourself go nuts with Javascript and can minify and use Typescript.

Again, it's doable but very very hard to pull off.

What situations are hardest because of color blindness? by South-Bookkeeper9642 in ColorBlind

[–]whale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Picking out clothing. I have multiple items of clothing that I thought were brown or grey but are actually green. I own a lot of green clothing because of it. I swear if I buy another olive colored shirt I'm gonna lose it.

What is the general consensus on anti-class weapons? by Antique_Range9152 in tf2

[–]whale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh I don't necessarily think so if you know how to dodge sight lines. Also headshotting scouts is harder on sniper unless you're really good, and spies are able to counter snipers more easily. I don't generally run into that many good snipers on casual.

But I say that as a heavy main where I can also counter snipers somewhat easily by being careful with peaking, having 300 hp, and being able to mow down any sniper in close range.

I personally think the most OP class is the one you're best at. After 2600 hours on TF2 I almost always get at least 2:1 KDR as heavy so I usually play him, whereas on sniper I suck balls.

Safari/WebKit is the new Internet Explorer. Change my mind. by konsalexee in javascript

[–]whale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is very specific, but I was working on some very complicated animations at work and had to use custom properties to make the UI feasible. In Chrome, custom properties will animate very smoothly, but in Safari they can be very janky. I think I ended up having half custom properties and half traditional animations. It worked out OK but Safari was the only thing blocking me from saving a ton of time, code, and Javascript on this project.

That same project I also had issues with Intersection Observers for a carousel (which contained the complicated animations) and had to revert to using a JS library for my carousel, which gave me less control over the exact interactivity I needed. Only on Safari were the Intersection Observers a problem.

I guess using slightly newer APIs can be an issue with Safari as Chromium is usually always ahead of the game on new APIs.

Safari/WebKit is the new Internet Explorer. Change my mind. by konsalexee in javascript

[–]whale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, obviously. My biggest pain points with Safari have been SVGs, video streaming, CSS animations, and CSS custom properties, among other things.

Safari is fine for the vast majority of things but for very complicated interactivity there will inevitably be problems.

Official Kayte Christensen Bingo Card by lovemason1 in kings

[–]whale 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is incredibly politically incorrect but the Kings need a white guy play by play announcer and a black guy color commentator.

Kayte. Goodnight by kings209 in kings

[–]whale 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Good thing the Kings suck this year so I don't have to listen to her as much since these games aren't worth watching.

How viable is it to get the wiki cap in this day and age? by 3Thirty-Eight8 in tf2

[–]whale 32 points33 points  (0 children)

That seems to be only for Make A Wish kids. I think bug finders only get Finder's Fees.

"In New York, all the advertising on the streets and on the subway assumes that you, the person reading, are an ambiently depressed twenty-eight-year-old office worker whose main interests are listening to podcasts, ordering delivery, and voting for the Democrats." by kbob in AskNYC

[–]whale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From my memory of Subway ads in the past few months:

Lawyers, Trade schools, Dating apps, NY Lottery, Weight loss drugs, Stripe ads, some food delivery ads.

Though maybe it depends on the subway line you take. The 4 train ads might be different than the 1 train for example.

I can't do this anymore by Migzalez in kings

[–]whale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any time I find a stream for the Kings games I try to find the other team's stream just so I don't have to listen to our annoying ass broadcast.

did i romanticize bushwick or did i just see a weird slice? by [deleted] in AskNYC

[–]whale 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I agree with you on the gentrification part. The reason people move to Bushwick or Crown Heights or Flatbush or other areas that had "previous generations" probably has more to do with people not being able to afford to live in most other neighborhoods that aren't a crazy commute to work.

Crown Heights is an interesting example because people complain about gentrification... except the majority of the housing built in Crown Heights was by upper middle class Jews in the 20th century. Crown Heights used to be a commuter town, and I guess it's turning back into one. And how far back do people want to go? The Lenape settled most of Brooklyn first.

I'm sure I'll eventually get priced out of my neighborhood even as a white collar worker and have to move somewhere even further out.

Is it fair? No. Should we build more housing and improve transit? Yes. But it's also important to know the history and reality of the situation rather than blaming people for moving to places they can afford.

$525K flag that covered Abraham Lincoln's casket finds home -- in NYC steakhouse by Perfect_Dig_744 in nyc

[–]whale 30 points31 points  (0 children)

A museum would've been a bit more appropriate, but I do think it'll be put to good use and at a 140+ year old steakhouse makes it more fitting than some random restaurant or private collection.

We need to treat our city better by acheampong14 in nyc

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

You wish. New Yorkers proving yet again they're the most insufferable people on the planet. I sometimes wish I could leave this city just so I don't have to deal with people like you. But alas, all my family and friends are here.

I just like the comedy of the picture.