douglasg14b

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[–] douglasg14b@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Or on save even. Slow pre commit hooks suckkkk

[–] douglasg14b@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not a linting problem that's a formatting problem.

That project should have automatic formatting on save setup.

Linters are not necessarily formatters they're solving two different problems and are becoming increasingly separated in their toolset.

[–] douglasg14b@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Am I saying you are scientifically illiterate?

Based on the previous statements, yes. However, as a matter of fact, not necessarily insult.

The good news is you're following up with questions and want to learn more, instead of doubling down. With curiosity you will become more literate.

Maybe you were born with all the knowledge of the human race, but the rest of us have to learn it.

The education system in the country you are from has failed you. Assuming you are in your mid-late teens, or older, scientific topics should have already been taught in what North America would call "middle school" (11-14 years old). That teaches you things like conservation of momentum.

There is a reason why it's called illiteracy, because there is an expectation that the baseline level of education everyone in developed countries receives teaches them the fundamentals of how the world around them works. Without this fundamental understanding it's not possible to understand more complex topics that build upon it, stunting growth.

[–] douglasg14b@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago

They're not on to anything here. As further stated by your comment.

[–] douglasg14b@programming.dev 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Equal and opposite reaction.

There's a law for this. The matter is "pushing" against the ship, it doesn't have to push against anything else.

In fact having an atmosphere to push against actually reduces the effectiveness of thrust due to atmospheric pressure, which must be overcome. Which is why different engines are designed to run in atmosphere versus out of atmosphere.

If you throw a baseball in space you have transferred momentum to that baseball, pushing you back. You will move in the opposite direction (likely spin because you just imparted angular momentum onto yourself since you didn't throw from center of mass)

[–] douglasg14b@programming.dev 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

Given how many people think that railguns have no recoil because "there is no explosion" they might actually seriously believe what they just wrote.

Scientific illiteracy is through the roof.

Or maybe it's the same as it it's always been it's just that people that are scientifically illiterate are given platforms to speak their illiteracy as truth.

[–] douglasg14b@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, and electron already has a secureStorage API that handles the OS interop for you. Which signal isn't using, and a PR already exists to enable...

[–] douglasg14b@programming.dev 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Practice practice practice, always challenge and improve on your foundational skills. Everything else gets easier. Write code and solve problems, struggle through it in whatever way works for you. There's not really a shortcut to getting more experience than to put in the work.

It's especially important to try and do things the "right way" as a learning/growth tool. It will take longer, and you'll rewrite your code multiple times, but the next time you encounter a similar problem you suddenly know exactly what to do and the constraints around the problem.

Do this often enough and you'll find yourself having a general idea of how to solve just about any problem you come across, and how to do it elegantly.

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