techb

// Yoink: https://www.javascripttutorial.net/web-apis/javascript-formdata/

const btn = document.querySelector('#submit-btn-id');
const form = document.querySelector('#my-form-id');

btn.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
    // prevent the form from submitting
    // or uncomment the debugger statment below for a breakpoint  
    //   if needing to also send the data for testing 
    e.preventDefault();

dannguyen

Transcribing Cardi B's political speech with AWS Transcribe and command-line tools

Inspired by the following exchange on Twitter, in which someone captures and posts a valuable video onto Twitter, but doesn't have the resources to easily transcribe it for the hearing-impaired, I thought it'd be fun to try out Amazon's AWS Transcribe service to help with this problem, and to see if I could do it all from the bash command-line like a Unix dork.

The instructions and code below show how to use command-line tools/scripting and Amazon's Transcribe service to transcribe the audio from online video. tl;dr: AWS Transcribe is a pretty amaz

fernandoaleman

For MacOS Catalina, visit Install mysql2 on MacOS Catalina

Problem

Installing mysql2 gem errors on MacOS Mojave.

Solution

Make sure openssl is installed on Mac via Homebrew.

shafik

What is the Strict Aliasing Rule and Why do we care?

(OR Type Punning, Undefined Behavior and Alignment, Oh My!)

What is strict aliasing? First we will describe what is aliasing and then we can learn what being strict about it means.

In C and C++ aliasing has to do with what expression types we are allowed to access stored values through. In both C and C++ the standard specifies which expression types are allowed to alias which types. The compiler and optimizer are allowed to assume we follow the aliasing rules strictly, hence the term strict aliasing rule. If we attempt to access a value using a type not allowed it is classified as undefined behavior(UB). Once we have undefined behavior all bets are off, the results of our program are no longer reliable.

Unfortunately with strict aliasing violations, we will often obtain the results we expect, leaving the possibility the a future version of a compiler with a new optimization will break code we th

giannisp

After automatically updating Postgres to 10.0 via Homebrew, the pg_ctl start command didn't work.
The error was "The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 9.6, which is not compatible with this version 10.0."

Database files have to be updated before starting the server, here are the steps that had to be followed:

# need to have both 9.6.x and latest 10.0 installed, and keep 10.0 as default
brew unlink postgresql
brew install postgresql@9.6
brew unlink postgresql@9.6
brew link postgresql

olssonm

defaults write com.apple.dock size-immutable -bool true; killall Dock

neilius

Pitchfork’s Product team is hiring. We're looking for a sharp, creative JavaScript developer excited about pushing hard on UI and UX across all platforms. Your work will be seen daily by millions around the world, and you'll be a part of a small team of designers and developers whose work has been praised for redefining online music journalism and influencing the medium itself.

Our work environment is fast-paced and intimate: we all work very closely, and everyone has say in new ideas, features, and approach. You should be someone constantly learning about new technology and keenly aware of its practical applications and limitations. It should go without saying that you’re willing to take on any task, regardless of size or glory. Everyone here wears many hats, and no job is too small for anyone. Strong communication skills are a must, as is the desire to teach as much as you learn. A love for music doesn’t hurt, either.

Responsibilities

As part of Pitchfork’s Product team, you will help us

• build new

rondy

FWIW: I (@rondy) am not the creator of the content shared here, which is an excerpt from Edmond Lau's book. I simply copied and pasted it from another location and saved it as a personal note, before it gained popularity on news.ycombinator.com. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the exact origin of the original source, nor was I able to find the author's name, so I am can't provide the appropriate credits.

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Effective Engineer - Notes

• By Edmond Lau
• Highly Recommended 👍
• http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/

What's an Effective Engineer?

paniq

Entity Component Systems

collecting links and documents about the topic

Articles

Object Systems (2004, as used in Thief 1998) http://chrishecker.com/images/6/6f/ObjSys.ppt

kristopolous

// Usage:
//   Copy and paste all of this into a debug console window of the "Who is Hiring?" comment thread 
//   then use as follows:
//
//   query(term | [term, term, ...], term | [term, term, ...], ...)
// 
// When arguments are in an array then that means an "or" and when they are seperate that means "and"
//
// Term is of the format:
//    ((-)text/RegExp)  ( '-' means negation )