Texas Governor Greg Abbott declares that Texas law supercedes Federal authority and hints at secessionreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 769 points – 5 months agoboingboing.net312Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsthe nihilist in me really wants to see texas attempt this. confederates === domestic terrorists. lets act accordingly. the nihilist in me really wants to see texas attempt this. Just to get rid of Abbot and Cruz it would be worth it.Ah ha, I found a JS dev lmfaoNormal languages: "does this equal that?" JS: "does this REALLY equal that, or just 'equal' that?"Beats having explicit null checks everywhere.As opposed to null and undefined?No one checks those values explicitly. if (str) checks if it's not null, undefined, or empty string. Optional chaining like if (arr?.length) checks if list is undefined, null, or empty array. Falsy and truthy comparators seem fucky in the beginning when coming from a strongly typed language. But they're very convenient when used properly.Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too. As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.I doubt this whole display is anything more than a distraction from the impending elections but I'm going to keep saying it anyway: Please remember there are sane, reasonable, nonconservative people living here without a good way out. We're not the enemy.Might not be domestic for long. Plus I hear they've got oil! Not sure they've thought this through.Not just confederates, it's the current MAGA "Republican" party. CPAC, Dallas, TX, Aug. 4-7, 2022: The persecution fetish is bigger in Texas.5 more...
the nihilist in me really wants to see texas attempt this. confederates === domestic terrorists. lets act accordingly. the nihilist in me really wants to see texas attempt this. Just to get rid of Abbot and Cruz it would be worth it.Ah ha, I found a JS dev lmfaoNormal languages: "does this equal that?" JS: "does this REALLY equal that, or just 'equal' that?"Beats having explicit null checks everywhere.As opposed to null and undefined?No one checks those values explicitly. if (str) checks if it's not null, undefined, or empty string. Optional chaining like if (arr?.length) checks if list is undefined, null, or empty array. Falsy and truthy comparators seem fucky in the beginning when coming from a strongly typed language. But they're very convenient when used properly.Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too. As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.I doubt this whole display is anything more than a distraction from the impending elections but I'm going to keep saying it anyway: Please remember there are sane, reasonable, nonconservative people living here without a good way out. We're not the enemy.Might not be domestic for long. Plus I hear they've got oil! Not sure they've thought this through.Not just confederates, it's the current MAGA "Republican" party. CPAC, Dallas, TX, Aug. 4-7, 2022: The persecution fetish is bigger in Texas.5 more...
the nihilist in me really wants to see texas attempt this. Just to get rid of Abbot and Cruz it would be worth it.
Ah ha, I found a JS dev lmfaoNormal languages: "does this equal that?" JS: "does this REALLY equal that, or just 'equal' that?"Beats having explicit null checks everywhere.As opposed to null and undefined?No one checks those values explicitly. if (str) checks if it's not null, undefined, or empty string. Optional chaining like if (arr?.length) checks if list is undefined, null, or empty array. Falsy and truthy comparators seem fucky in the beginning when coming from a strongly typed language. But they're very convenient when used properly.Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too. As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.
Normal languages: "does this equal that?" JS: "does this REALLY equal that, or just 'equal' that?"Beats having explicit null checks everywhere.As opposed to null and undefined?No one checks those values explicitly. if (str) checks if it's not null, undefined, or empty string. Optional chaining like if (arr?.length) checks if list is undefined, null, or empty array. Falsy and truthy comparators seem fucky in the beginning when coming from a strongly typed language. But they're very convenient when used properly.Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too. As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.
Beats having explicit null checks everywhere.As opposed to null and undefined?No one checks those values explicitly. if (str) checks if it's not null, undefined, or empty string. Optional chaining like if (arr?.length) checks if list is undefined, null, or empty array. Falsy and truthy comparators seem fucky in the beginning when coming from a strongly typed language. But they're very convenient when used properly.Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too. As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.
As opposed to null and undefined?No one checks those values explicitly. if (str) checks if it's not null, undefined, or empty string. Optional chaining like if (arr?.length) checks if list is undefined, null, or empty array. Falsy and truthy comparators seem fucky in the beginning when coming from a strongly typed language. But they're very convenient when used properly.Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too. As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.
No one checks those values explicitly. if (str) checks if it's not null, undefined, or empty string. Optional chaining like if (arr?.length) checks if list is undefined, null, or empty array. Falsy and truthy comparators seem fucky in the beginning when coming from a strongly typed language. But they're very convenient when used properly.Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too. As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.
Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too. As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.
I doubt this whole display is anything more than a distraction from the impending elections but I'm going to keep saying it anyway: Please remember there are sane, reasonable, nonconservative people living here without a good way out. We're not the enemy.
Not just confederates, it's the current MAGA "Republican" party. CPAC, Dallas, TX, Aug. 4-7, 2022: The persecution fetish is bigger in Texas.
the nihilist in me really wants to see texas attempt this.
confederates === domestic terrorists. lets act accordingly.
Just to get rid of Abbot and Cruz it would be worth it.
Ah ha, I found a JS dev lmfao
Normal languages: "does this equal that?"
JS: "does this REALLY equal that, or just 'equal' that?"
Beats having explicit null checks everywhere.
As opposed to null and undefined?
No one checks those values explicitly.
if (str)checks if it's not null, undefined, or empty string.Optional chaining like
if (arr?.length)checks if list is undefined, null, or empty array.Falsy and truthy comparators seem fucky in the beginning when coming from a strongly typed language. But they're very convenient when used properly.
Monads exist, optional chaining has been around for ages, and implicit bool casts, too.
As you said, no one checks those values explicitly.
I doubt this whole display is anything more than a distraction from the impending elections but I'm going to keep saying it anyway:
Please remember there are sane, reasonable, nonconservative people living here without a good way out. We're not the enemy.
Might not be domestic for long. Plus I hear they've got oil! Not sure they've thought this through.
Not just confederates, it's the current MAGA "Republican" party. CPAC, Dallas, TX, Aug. 4-7, 2022:
The persecution fetish is bigger in Texas.