Web Developer by day, and aspiring Swift developer at night.

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  • I’m probably going to get a lot of hate for this, and I do recognize there have been problems with it all over the place (my code too), but I like null. I don’t like how it fucks everything up. But from a data standpoint, how else are you going to treat uninitialized data, or data with no value? Some people might initialize an empty string, but to me that’s a valid value in some cases. Same for using -1 or zero for numbers. There are cases where those values are valid. It’s like using 1 for true, and zero for false.

    Whomever came up with the null coalescing operator (??) and optional chaining (?->) are making strides with handling null more elegantly.

    I’m more curious why JavaScript has both null and undefined, and of course NaN. Now THAT is fucked up. Make it make sense.


  • You obviously don’t suffer from a sensitive circadian rhythm. To that I’d say, lucky you. But there are plenty of people who do suffer. And by the time they finally get used to the time change, it’s time to change again. It’s vicious and disruptive; to more than just scheduling. It has a direct (negative) impact on physical and mental health.





  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldIt's going. I'm alive.
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    7 days ago

    I climb hand over hand closing my eyes

    Too scared to look down I climb hand over hand

    Putting distance between I and I and the ground

    I get to the top I stand on the edge

    I look to the sky and say all my prayers

    What could be better than a swan dive into the asphalt?

    I don’t know

    Nothing can be better than a swan dive into the asphalt








  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldJust sprinkle it on
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    21 days ago

    …it’s not valid to conclude from the fact that God created evil that He must therefore be evil, because He created good as well. At best you could say He is neutral.

    I hate splitting hairs, but in this case I do feel it’s an important distinction to point out that I said he must “also be evil”; in the sense of being in addition to good, he is also evil. So he is both things, and not just one or the other.

    In my personal experiences with Cristians, I have often heard how “God is good” because of all the good things (more often in reference to things other people have done to solve a problem; e.g., doctors, nurses, and firefighters), and that anything considered bad or evil is the work of Satan. At the same time, Christians that I have known are all too happy to acknowledge that God created everything, yet thy conveniently fail to acknowledge that evil is one of those things having been created too.

    And for what it’s worth: while my focus here in this conversation has been on the negatives I see in life, that does not mean I do not acknowledge and rejoice in the positives when they present themselves. Mind you, I do suffer from depression and suicidal ideation, so I will acknowledge that it can be difficult from time to time to remember the positives when I feel like I’m drowning in the negatives.

    Do with that as you will. I do thank you for the opportunity for discussion. 😊



  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldJust sprinkle it on
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    22 days ago

    Remember kids, God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and created EVERYTHING; including evil and suffering.

    This means that God created evil, knowing full well what that meant for us humans. He knew Adam was going to eat the apple, and lie to him about it, but still got angry that he was lied to; so angry that he damned the rest of humanity as punishment.

    So if God created evil, and knew what that would do for all of humanity, and it was a part of his great plan to do so, then God must also be evil.

    You can’t have it both ways. He can’t be good and not evil if he created evil. He also lets it happen. He can’t be good and not evil if he knows every mistake we will make, and knowing the impact of our mistakes (i.e., the other people it affects). This makes God culpable for our sins, yet he is not held accountable for his inaction.