K-Squared RamblingsNaming the Flu
Swine flu? H1N1? Mexican flu? Does the name even matter?
Lots of Wind
You know, somehow I wasn't convinced we'd actually run out of hurricane names this year, even though it looked possible. But the National Hurricane Center has just named tropical storm depression Alpha, marking the first time more than 21 tropical storms have been recorded in the Atlantic in one year.
BellingenNSW"... With this arrival, this conquest, one idea reigns supreme. You are a numbers person. You believe in possession through measuring the thing. The land is this many metres, the elevation is this high off the ground. Where a traveller may have seen the land, been curious about what 50 names say about the tree, already your mind was quartering, the stake hammered right in..."
"Possession—the numbers game—requires brute strength and the willingness to eradicate the speakers too."
- Yumna Kassab, The Conquest of Land and Dream
#land #biodiversity #life #quality #diversity #dispossession #commodification #quantifiability #ratability #scalability #values #language #naming #LanguagePolicies #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #IndigenousPeoples #writers
https://meanjin.com.au/essays/the-conquest-of-land-and-dream/
香港01美國佛羅里達州共和黨籍的州長德桑蒂斯（Ron DeSantis）於3月30日簽署法案，將棕櫚灘國際機場（Palm Beach International Airport）更名為特朗普國
https://www.hk01.com/即時國際/60335796/美國佛州州長簽署法案-將棕櫚灘機場改以特朗普命名
https://www.hk01.com/即時國際/60335796/美國佛州州長簽署法案-將棕櫚灘機場改以特朗普命名
Frontend DogmaThe Color System I Wish I Understood Sooner, by @theadminbar.com:
https://theadminbar.com/semantics-and-primitives-color-system/
momoToday I learned the meaning of CAR and CDR [0]. When I learned to program scheme I did not ask why CAR and CDR have such names I just associated those names with their functionality in my brain.
CAR and CDR stand for "Contents of the Address Register" and "Contents of the Decrement Register"
Also CONS stands for "Construct" [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAR_and_CDR#Etymology
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cons
N-gated Hacker NewsOh, joy! Yet another riveting tome on #naming #conventions in Go. Because, obviously, without a "practical guide" 🤓, developers would be adrift in a sea of indecipherable variable names, forever lost. 🌊🚢 Just what the world needs: another book treating us like we have the naming #skills of a toddler. 🍼📚
https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/go-naming-conventions #GoLang #Developer #Humor #Practical #Guide #Coding #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/go-naming-conventions #GoLang #Developer #Humor #Practical #Guide #Coding #HackerNews #ngated
Hacker NewsGo Naming Conventions: A Practical Guide
https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/go-naming-conventions
#HackerNews #Go #Naming #Conventions #Practical #Guide #Coding #BestPractices #SoftwareDevelopment
Front Page‘Old soul’ kid chooses his own name, then cracks himself up for a full minute
Jeff Forcier/I'm/ not doing an exhaustive deep dive into moss species names/nicknames, /you're/ doing an exhaustive deep dive into moss species names/nicknames!!! 😝
#Naming #NamingOfThings #NamingThingsIsHard #HardestProblemInComputerScience #Hostname #Hostnames #ComputerNames #E_TOOMANYHASHTAGS