For those that didn't read the thread - this is for the Svelte compiler, not the Svelte library. Users of Svelte will be unaffected and typedefs will still be available.
Readit Newsprotonimitate commented on TS to JSDoc Conversion github.com/sveltejs/svelt... · Posted by u/ajhenrydev
They weren't "minimizing." The point is that this article is trying to create a "Googlers are killing themselves" narrative, which is unwarranted.
There's nothing in the article (if you read it) that tries to paint that narrative. As far as NYP goes, it's actually pretty mild and factual. I don't understand why so many commenters here are jumping at the chance to defend poor little Google from the evils of bad journalism.
Also how is > Maybe there is a real issue but two suicides within such large number of employees isn’t really significant.
NOT minimizing?
Google employs 200,000 people. Suicide rate in the US is ~13 per 100,000 per year. This means there is an expected base rate of Google employees committing suicide per year regardless of working conditions that is likely higher than just 2. Maybe there is a real issue but two suicides within such large number of employees isn’t statistically significant.
EDIT: I added "statistically" in the last sentence to clarify my intended meaning.
Suicide is tragic regardless of the circumstances, and it's a really bad take to try to minimize this because it's not statistically "significant" or "clickbait".
Without an understanding of their motive, I think tying "google" to a person's mental health crisis is clickbait.
Folks dealing with mental health issues might end their lives for a variety of factors. This is very sad to hear, but the headline (and article) that attempts to connect an employer to a person's death without any evidence is unfair.
Note: I do not work for Google.
An employee of Google who jumped from the Google office is a pretty obvious connection. Don't really see how this is clickbait.
protonimitate commented on Did Neanderthals make art? sapiens.org/archaeology/d... · Posted by u/fzliu
Neanderthals probably did have some form of language since appear to also have had a gene that is crucial to language in humans. And they buried their dead. So why would we presume they didn't make some sort of marks intentionally, to convey meaning or just to decorate their favorite rock?
To me the more interesting question is: did Neanderthals value art?
Could argue all day about what is and isn't art and if they created artifacts that fit the definition, but what I'd really like to know is "did they appreciate things purely for aesthetics and cultural relevance, and not utility?"
protonimitate commented on Understanding UseMemo and UseCallback joshwcomeau.com/react/use... · Posted by u/feross
If you're passing the callback as a prop to a child component, then it will cause that component to be re-rendered every time the parent component renders unless you memoize the callback. This happens because React checks referential identity when determining whether props have changed. The performance hit of unnecessary re-renders can be fairly significant in large React apps.
Memoizing the callback prop only matters if you wrap the child component in "React.memo".
If you don't wrap the child component with "React.memo", every time the parent renders the child will render regardless of prop equality, even with memoized props/callbacks.
protonimitate commented on U.S. forgives 40k student loans reuters.com/world/us/us-f... · Posted by u/lxm
> At least 40,000 borrowers will receive immediate debt cancellation under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.
How is this news?
> Several thousand borrowers with older loans will also receive forgiveness through income-driven repayment (IDR) forgiveness, plus another 3.6 million borrowers will receive at least three years of additional credit toward IDR forgiveness, the Education Department said in a statement.
I think this is the actual news. Although it doesn't state what the selection process is.
protonimitate commented on Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch? · Posted by u/autotune
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the holy grail. I don't think you'll find a much better single "diy" resource. I don't think you need to follow it cover to cover, but it's a great reference resource to have and contains a lot of super valuable exercises and resources for drawing "the right way".
Honestly, I wouldn't spend money on instruction unless it's in person - drawing is ultimately about seeing and it's hard to instruct that online. Other tutorials/lessons tend to be about copying existing work rather than drawing from life, which is the foundation of all drawing/art skills.
Learn about the basic elements of art (line, shape, color, value, form, texture, and space) and the principles of design (balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, rhythm, unity) and look up exercises to practice them all.
Most people only care about "line" when drawing (forced perspective, outlining the subjects, etc). This is a trap. Think about "drawing through the object" (don't outline and then fill in later, etc) and utilizing all the other elements of art.
Draw still life setups/landscapes/people from real life. A lot. Do long drawing sessions (4+ hours with the same subject). Short time boxed ones (15 mins max, 30 mins max, etc). Draw the same setup every day for a week. Draw every day.
If you want to copy other works, start with copying drawings/sketches from the "masters".
If possible, find a group drawing class to get IRL feedback.
Once you do this for a year or two you should have a pretty good foundation for pretty much any drawing/painting discipline.
Ultimately it's about repeated practice. Make it a daily habit and you'll see big improvements.
Source: art school, drawing/painting for 15 years.
I'll be departing my job at the end of the month. I had too many roles, affecting too many pieces of engineering, and my title didn't reflect my work. I needed to go down to a 4 day work week and have my title reflect my roles, but my manager attempted to call my bluff and essentially said it's not going to happen. I hinted about what my decision would have to be if these accomodations couldn't be made, but he didn't budge. When I gave my verbal notice, suddenly there was immediate backpedaling and said maybe something could be worked out. I declined because I don't negotiate like that. If you mismanage a negotiation, there is no do-overs just because you overplayed your hand. The trust is broken.
Same thing happened to me at my last company. I was over worked, wore too many hats, and was paid significantly less than my team mates who were more junior than I was (and had less responsibility). I had a handful of conversations that never amounted to anything. As soon as I put in my notice with a new offer in hand suddenly I was able to "set my price".
I left for other reasons as well, but it really shone a light on how management thought of ICs. Managers: proactively reward your ICs, don't wait until they're halfway out the door. I would honestly take a less aggressive adjustment in comp if it was done proactively, rather than waiting until I'm fed up and on my way out.
Yawn. Another "hot take" article that's really just pandering to the HN/"true hacker" crowd that romanticizes anything pre-Google. It's a pretty shallow article that just regurgitates the same old "money makes things evil" rhetoric and slams the big Z cause it's low hanging fruit.
I'd be much more interested in something that highlights or talks about what _is_ better about web 2.0 than meme-ing about "old web good, new web bad". This is just click bait dressed up as anti-establishment / edge-lord blog spam.