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Today’s Dallas Morning News front page 😢

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The reason type coercion is important is that it provides an answer to the question: “What happens when you try to add two values of different types?” Let’s say you have a number and a string

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3 + \"test\"\n

What should happen?

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When you make the language you get to decide.

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Type coercion is one of those language features that is really powerful because, when done well, the programmer using the language doesn’t even notice it.

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9 years, 6 months, and 4 days: tidbits.tedchoward.com

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I don’t like doing test posts, but I need to see if this gets posted to my Mastodon account.

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@hutaffe yes, all that comes through in this book, especially in the audiobook, which is how I read it.

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Achievement unlocked: audible fan noise on my MacBook Pro M3.

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The secret is to use Excel and max out its row size.

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Finished reading: Entrances and Exits by Michael Richards.

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As a Seinfeld fan who had written him off after his outburst at the Laugh Factory years ago, I appreciated hearing his story. He has lived a fascinating life and has an incredibly thoughtful perspective.

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📚

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I’m trying out the Vivaldi web browser, and I’m just blown away by the number of configuration options. I’m going to stick with the defaults for a while, but it seems that if there’s something I don’t like about the browser, I could probably change it.

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Building a Programming Language: What is a Tokenizer? tidbits.tedchoward.com

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Happy 30th anniversary to Dave Winer’s Scripting News!

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@manton that’s just a block from my house. Great spot!

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@ronguest nice! We’ve got the same one. The family enjoyed the first puzzle.

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Dallas Morning News front page today

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@manton That’s one of my favorites. I’ve sold back so many books, but have never left the store with cash in hand. Always more books.

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VGA Followup : tidbits.tedchoward.com

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Debugging a VGA Issue : tidbits.tedchoward.com

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Layoffs Will Continue Until Morale Decreases: tidbits.tedchoward.com

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Five Dallas Council Members Call for Independent Study of I-345 Removal: tidbits.tedchoward.com

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This just came in the mail. It’s about time I started trying to understand computers! 😜 📚

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I’m finally learning how to solder. I think I’m doing pretty good.

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","summary":"","url":"https://tidbits.tedchoward.com/2023/04/01/im-finally-learning.html","date_published":"2023-04-01T22:00:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Ted C. Howard","url":"http://tidbits.tedchoward.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F12%2F2137.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ted"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-01 22:00","date_timestamp":1680386456,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"18011443","content_html":"

I just started reading: The Apple II Age by Laine Nooney. This is going to be an interesting read.📚

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I really enjoyed reading this interview with Cory Doctorow.

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Have you ever wanted to start composting, but have been too lazy? Do you have gutters? Are you equally as lazy about cleaning your gutters? I may have some good news for you.

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Things they don’t tell you about owning a home: you will periodically need to sweep your roof.

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@1dalm I use the Carrot Weather app, with the source set to AccuWeather, and the option to download DarkSky rain data. www.meetcarrot.com/weather/

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@1dalm @johnweeks It also solves the incredible problem of “how can we use math to accelerate the destruction of the environment?”

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In the early days of Twitter, all people posted about was Twitter. We have now come full-circle.

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@1dalm 92%! That wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be.

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I just got A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year A by Wilda C. Gafney. I’m looking forward to using this to plan our Advent lessons. 📚

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@ronguest I’ve been using Mullvad for a few years on The Wirecutter’s recommendation. I’ve got no real complaints.

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I haven’t given up on Twitter yet, but I’ve noticed several people I follow have started using Mastodon. My blog speaks Mastodon, so you can follow me at ted@tidbits.tedchoward.com

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Robin Rendle doesn’t believe in sprints. I find myself agreeing with this position more and more over time. www.robinrendle.com/notes/i-d…

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@chipotle I agree. I liked it much more than I expected to.

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@manton I would love to try the beta.

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@djwudi I think all Starfleet Admirals are required to be a bit jerky. He’s just following in the grand tradition.

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@ted and apparently it was the “final delivery”, so it’s being returned. Even though the UPS person on the phone told me I could pick it up at the distribution center tomorrow. 😔

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@cheesemaker that sounds pretty great. I’ll check it out. Thanks!

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@cheesemaker Nice! I’ve been thinking about getting one of those, but I have concerns about my trees. Any tips?

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@ArnoldHoogerwerf that’s what I’m doing. Hopefully that will work. 🤞🏻

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@jeroensangers Yeah, no kidding! But we use our Apple TV to play music in the family room, so what do I do?

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@djwudi TNG is probably my favorite series, but DS9 and TOS are close seconds.

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@djwudi I see you posting about Star Trek novels. I’m a lifelong fan of the series that is trying to wade in to the novels, but I’m having a tough time figuring out where to start. I read the Picard series tie-in, and I just recently read Peter David’s Imzadi. Do you have any recommendations?

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@felixp7 that could be fun. How does the “social network” aspect of it work? Do you just wall each other?

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@chipotle yeah, I enjoyed it a lot more that I expected to. I could go for a season 2.

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@macgenie Thanks for the pointer. There's a lot of good stuff collected here.

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@manton Galveston (further south on the island) is a great spot for a quiet getaway. I've taken my family to Jamaica Beach the past few years.

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Full post: tidbits.tedchoward.com/2020/06/2...

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@manton If it's just data, S3's gotta be cheaper than keeping an EC2 instance running.

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@macgenie here’s the direct link to the video: vimeo.com/415341176

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