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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 16h

If you liked separating presentation (CSS) from content (html), you are going to love separating state from interactive content (components): https://zagjs.com/.

Just say no. Reusable stuff is good, but they should all be made of the same stuff.

(Currently researching bleeding edge UI tooling and there's a push for separating new but codependent things again.)

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167 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 20h

Pessimist's archive nails it with this one:

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The time between cycle seems to be shrinking though

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How I met your mother

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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @gmd 10 Jan

Bought a Macbook Air on Tues for $1599. Today Amazon (via Apple) and Best Buy are offering the same macbook for $1399. Apple store goons only willing to offer me 10% off ($160) instead of the full price difference, insisting I need to bring the box in to process the "refund"- I will have to return and buy back at the discounted price. So I am buying a new macbook online and returning this one as a form of protest. What a dumb policy.

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The inconvenience is enough to deter some people that the policy ends up saving them money with probably minimal reputational damage (since the competition sucks so much)

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 2h

haha yeah i told them i was doing this explicitly as a protest to a silly wasteful policy. now the new laptop will have to go through whatever expensive inspection and refurbishing process.

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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command,"

George Orwell's 1984

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I wasn't too active yesterday, but what I did contribute was. . . nice.

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forgive me
I’m a beginner in an amateurs age
down to the multi culti crudely carved pore-less cul-de-sac
produced in a spot of brief revelation
and if it be,
then I,
wade to song in a dress that ain't mine

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21 sats \ 23 replies \ @Car 10 Jan

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Wage rate, responsiveness, integrity, imagination...

Also, this seems to be confusing absolute and comparative advantage. Comparative advantage actually is the explanation for why people are still employable even when they're not the best at anything.

Also, also, the answer might be something other than coding. There are other human pursuits.

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69 sats \ 3 replies \ @gmd 10 Jan

Intelligence is being commodified. Which means the price of everyone's value and time will drop.

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Yes, but a cheaper substitute for intelligence inputs will also reduce costs of producing stuff. It's not obvious that the purchasing power of people's labor will decline and it generally doesn't after technological displacement.

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69 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 10 Jan

Have you posted about this before on SN? I don't think I've seen your take on this.

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Not specifically. It's pretty conventional application of economic theory, so I just drop it in comments.

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69 sats \ 5 replies \ @Car 10 Jan

I need a full sn post on this please, not entirely following, but this is not something I've not yet heard in my bubble. 🫧

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A common example is that Lebron probably has the potential to be the best janitor in the Crypto.com Arena, but they don't have him sweeping the floors.

The reason is that the janitors are much closer to being as good at janitorial services than they are to being as good at basketball.

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Car 10 Jan

thats a take

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It really isn't. It's a 200 year old insight from David Ricardo that's one of the pillars of economic thought.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 10 Jan

I'll check him out!

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The question he was seeking to answer is why rich countries trade with poor countries when rich countries are more productive at making everything.

This answer, comparative advantage, is monumentally important for understanding the world around you.

110 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 10 Jan

The same if you can code anything and someone else can code anything. There is no competitive advantage in coding. The advantage is in excellence. Try that when you are vibe coding; it's really, really hard.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 10 Jan

That "should" be the pursuit in every creative endeavor. But the core of what it comes down to is having a reputation of excellence.

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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @Car 10 Jan

reputation 💫

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for more you vibecode, lower your reputation goes...

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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @anon 10 Jan

^ can't code

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so? you kiss my ass again

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Your opinion about coding means shit if you can't code, bro. Simple as.

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I am not any "bro" with any anon.
Also anons opinions have ZERO value.

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106 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 10 Jan

lol

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buahahaha good gif

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12 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 10 Jan

jkjk been waiting to use this gif all week 🤣

its still early, will see but this shift def reminds me of when computers hit recording and made a million bedroom producers overnight

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gm all. Ahh the joy of working with an old Node/npm/Next.js project that has magically stopped working and hangs on compiling step

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npm fml

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