tatianamac

Brands I Boycott and Why

An ever-evolving list of brands I boycott and why as well as the last date I supported them. I'll continue to update this list as I learn more and detach myself from the firm grip of big tech and corporatism.

I recognise, as a tech worker, that we've created quite the hydra, so detaching ourselves becomes much more complicated than it ever should be. I also recognise that like the capitalistic umbrella tech operates under, we are somewhat stuck using certain technologies (for example, I am writing this here on GitHub, which refuses to drop ICE as a contract.).

I am not perfect and recognise this can be seen as moralistic. I am doing this to share information that may help influence your decisions. They may not. That's up for you to decide.

My hope is to encourage everyone to be more thoughtful in how they vote with their wallets.

Helpful Websites

abernix

Raise Open File Limits in OS X

in OS X 10.4 to macOS sierra 10.12 and maybe higher!

Create Launcher Script:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist

Copy this entire code block and paste it into your terminal and push Return to create this file for you with correct permissions. It will (probably) ask for your password:

Mika-

<amp-pixel src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&amp;tid=UA-12345678-1&amp;t=pageview&amp;cid=$RANDOM&amp;dt=$TITLE&amp;dl=$CANONICAL_URL&amp;z=$RANDOM"></amp-pixel>

/*
 * Required parameters:
 * v = API version number (currently 1)
 * tid = Google Analytics property identifier (UA-12345678-1)
 * t = hit type
 * cid = client id (you should implement this via cookie etc.)
 * z = random string to bypass caching (amphtml generates this to $RANDOM variable)

sjoerdvisscher

import Foundation

enum JSONValue: StringLiteralConvertible, FloatLiteralConvertible, DictionaryLiteralConvertible, ArrayLiteralConvertible, Equatable, DebugPrintable {
    case JSONString(String)
    case JSONNumber(Double)
    case JSONObject([String: JSONValue])
    case JSONArray([JSONValue])
    init(stringLiteral value: String) {
        self = JSONString(value)
    }

staltz

The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing

(by @andrestaltz)

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This tutorial as a series of videos

If you prefer to watch video tutorials with live-coding, then check out this series I recorded with the same contents as in this article: Egghead.io - Introduction to Reactive Programming.

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munificent

You appear to be advocating a new:

[ ] cloud-hosted [ ] locally installable [ ] web-based [ ] browser-based [ ] language-agnostic
[ ] language-specific IDE. Your IDE will not succeed. Here is why it will not succeed.

You appear to believe that:
[ ] Syntax highlighting is what makes programming difficult
[ ] Garbage collection is free
[ ] Computers have infinite memory
[ ] Nobody really needs:

juliepagano

This list now exists over at http://juliepagano.com/blog/2013/11/02/101-off-limits/ and will be updated there.

I keep saying that impromptu, unwanted feminism 101 discussions are exhausting and not a good use of my resources. Then people ask what I mean by 101, so I'm starting to make a list. This list will change over time - I recommend checking back.

I highly recommend checking this list before engaging with me about feminism if you're new to it. It'll save both of us a lot of time and frustration.

Diversity in tech

Women aren't equally represented in tech because biology

Nope. This argument is bad and the science does not support it. Unfortunately, every time you say this out loud, you are contributing to cultural problems that do decrease the number of women in tech.

sjoerdvisscher

{-# LANGUAGE ParallelListComp, MonadComprehensions, RebindableSyntax #-}
import Prelude

data Names = Q42 Names | BV | Names :// (Int -> Int) | Waldorpstraat Int Names | F | Den Names | Haag | KvK Int
instance Show Names where show _ = "Q42"
infixr 9 ://

tel :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Names
tel _ _ _ = F
http :: Names

dariocravero

Create a Meteor app and put the client_/server_ files in a client/server directories. Also, create a public dir to save the uploaded files.

piscisaureus

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = git@github.com:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this: