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Resources for RESTful API Integration practice? by lemmy_in in c/programming@programming.dev

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

Pick a popular online service with a public API and write some scripts that integrate with them. Learn by doing.

Remember to give yourself some simple pleasures by lemmy_in in c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 49 points 2 weeks ago

Everything in moderation, including moderation

Taco Bell Programming by lemmy_in in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 82 points 3 weeks ago

This works until you scale the team beyond 1 person and someone else needs to decipher the 30 line awk | sed | xargs monstrosity you created. Give me a real programming language any day.

They say doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. Well what is doing the same thing over and over again and GETTING different results? by lemmy_in in c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

Unknown variables

Rule by lemmy_in in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

The number is real you guys

Which would you pick? by lemmy_in in c/raccoons@lemmy.world

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

Racoon is the chaotic energy choice

Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by lemmy_in in c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 28 points 4 months ago

This has nothing to do with email as a protocol. The court order discussed in the article asked for the recovery email address of an account. No actual email data was transferred.

rule by lemmy_in in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 65 points 5 months ago

None of these words are in the Bible

My VSCode started to summon DEMONS😈, how do I stop it? I have checked PHP docs but got nothing. 😥 by lemmy_in in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 42 points 7 months ago

It's perfectly normal for your computer to have daemons.

What is the term for an abstract personification? (Examples below) by lemmy_in in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 38 points 9 months ago

The term is metonym. It is when you use a characteristic or associated attribute of a thing as the name of that thing. A classic example would be "the crown" when talking about the monarch or "The Whitehouse" when talking about the president.

Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? by lemmy_in in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 147 points 9 months ago

These ads only appear in the "promotions" section of Gmail, the section that is by definition for advertising emails. It's not great, but this is the least intrusive place to put ads.

Anthropology PSA by lemmy_in in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 38 points 9 months ago

"I learned participant observation from watching you" is such a phenomenal line