If I remember correctly, the properties the API returns are comment_score and post_score.

Lemmy does have karma, it is stored in the DB, and the API returns it. It just isn’t displayed on the UI.

someone watching you code in a google doc

I’ve had nightmares less terrifying than this

We should do an AmA with her!

Here people actually react to what I post and write. And they react to the best possible interpretation of what I wrote, not the worst. And even if we disagree, we can still have a nice conversation.

Does anyone have a good theory about why the threadiverse is so much friendlier? Is it only because it’s smaller? Is it because of the kind of people a new platform like this attracts? Because there is no karma? Maybe something else?

Did I miss something? Or is this still about Beehaw?

Made the switch 4 years ago. No regrets.

Hungarian here. It is safe to drink without boiling. People only boil water for baby formula to be extra safe.

First, thank you for the detailed response.

Second, I think you finally convinced me to delete my FB. I will link to this comment wherever possible to show people what a terrible company Meta is.

After all, they said we need quality content to attract new users

They got gregnant

Yeah, the situation seems pretty clear

I’m the author of that bot. It will have an opt-out option, I implemented it as soon as someone suggested it:

https://programming.dev/comment/305938

Don’t spread sensationalist lies.

Oh wow, I’ve just realized it was OP I talked to in the comments. I immediately replied to their suggestion. What a clown 🤡

Can you tell us more about what they are like?

This is an excellent explanation of hashing, and the interactive animations make it very enjoyable and easy to follow.

Trust me, the shit show is glorious. I even instinctively upvoted a couple of medieval memes but quickly realized what I was doing and closed the tab.

I’m firmly in the print statement / console.log camp but this article convinced me to try using a debugger.

I absolutely agree. But:

• sometimes you need to modify existing code and you can’t add the types necessary without a giant refactoring
• you can’t express units with types in:
  • JSON/YAML object keys
  • XML tag or attribute names
  • environment variable names
  • CLI switch names
  • database column names
  • HTTP query parameters
  • programming languages without a strong type system

Obviously as a Hungarian I have a soft spot for Hungarian notation :) But in these cases I think it’s warranted.

I understand what you mean, and I even agree with it, but just to be a little pedantic, variable names are code, or at least they are more code than comments or docs.

But yes, encoding units into the type system is a much better solution. It doesn’t work however for config options, environment variables or CLI switches.