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#rust : “make invalid state unrepresentable”

#golang : “make unrepresentable, invalid state, like… ALWAYS, literally every time you code `if err != nil`”

my experience as an educator is that ai tools have a deeply antagonistic effect on the learning process, often giving incorrect information that users are unable to properly debug at worst and at best spend lots of time dealing with the implications of

I think I’ll repost this every week until the election.

“The public doesn’t understand the risks of a Trump victory. That’s the media’s fault.” Margaret Sullivan

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/09/trump-president-democracy-threat-media-journalism

The public doesn’t understand the risks of a Trump victory. That’s the media’s fault

With democracy in the balance, the press must relay the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win

The Guardian
This year, avoid the Black Friday shopping crowds, and spend it like the old ones.
Cover yourself in moss & wildflowers, disappear into the darkened forest, and share some tea and cake with the druids and owls under the ancient dim light of the stars.
The ballsiest thing the designers of #golang ever did, was to look at null, see it was a billion dollar mistake, and say “You know what? Let’s go for a $trillion”
Wishing the best for friends laid off today. Remember that layoffs are nothing more than evidence of inept leadership.

At the end of the day, COVID-19 made people realize:

- They could work from home and that most offices are shitty places.

- Their job was really shitty.

- Governments could finance pretty much anything they wanted.

- Global warming could be stopped.

- The really important jobs were the ones that are the worst paid (nurses, for instance).

- Most governments are run by idiots, who are in the pocket of the wealthiest.

But what if it wasn’t a genocide and we needlessly stopped the endless slaughter of innocent civilians?
"If Tetris has taught me anything, it's that errors pile up and accomplishments disappear."
WHEN ERIC CARLE'S COPYRIGHT RUNS OUT, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME WILD SHIT: