Not my idea. I literally cited the source.

1. Rename every file from *.js to *.ts
2. Set the compiler options

   {
     "checkJs": false,
     "allowJs": true,
     "noEmitOnError": false, // so the compiler compiles code it can’t prove right yet. Reset this after you’re done migrating
   }
   

3. Install type packages for dependencies that don’t bring type information out of the box, for instance

   npm i -D @types/d3
   

4. Add // @ts-nocheck to the beginning of every file.
5. Go through your project file by file, remove the comment from (4) and add types until the errors are gone. And probably fix some errors along the way.

Abbreviated from “TypeScript Cookbook” by Stefan Baumgartner.

Thank god this image has a grand total of 20 pixels.

Ambidextrous Sofa

In mathematics, the moving sofa problem or sofa problem is a two-dimensional idealization of real-life furniture-moving problems and asks for the rigid two-dimensional shape of the largest area that can be maneuvered through an L-shaped planar region with legs of unit width.

A variant of the sofa problem asks the shape of the largest area that can go around both left and right 90-degree corners in a corridor of unit width (where the left and right corners are spaced sufficiently far apart that one is fully negotiated before the other is encountered).

Cantor’s Leaky Tent

In topology, a branch of mathematics, the Knaster–Kuratowski fan […] is a specific connected topological space with the property that the removal of a single point makes it totally disconnected. It is also known as Cantor’s leaky tent […].

Sexy Prime

In number theory, sexy primes are prime numbers that differ from each other by 6.

# Chicken McNugget Theorem

In mathematics, the coin problem […] is a mathematical problem that asks for the largest monetary amount that cannot be obtained using only coins of specified denominations. For example, the largest amount that cannot be obtained using only coins of 3 and 5 units is 7 units.

[…]

One special case of the coin problem is sometimes also referred to as the McNugget numbers. […] A McNugget number is the total number of McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets in any number of boxes. In the United Kingdom, the original boxes (prior to the introduction of the Happy Meal–sized nugget boxes) were of 6, 9, and 20 nuggets.

According to Schur’s theorem, since 6, 9, and 20 are (setwise) relatively prime, any sufficiently large integer can be expressed as a (non-negative, integer) linear combination of these three. Therefore, there exists a largest non–McNugget number, and all integers larger than it are McNugget numbers.

Ugly Duckling Theorem

The ugly duckling theorem is an argument showing that classification is not really possible without some sort of bias. More particularly, it assumes finitely many properties combinable by logical connectives, and finitely many objects; it asserts that any two different objects share the same number of (extensional) properties. The theorem is named after Hans Christian Andersen’s 1843 story “The Ugly Duckling”, because it shows that a duckling is just as similar to a swan as two swans are to each other.

const that = this

Please take the day off !

How could this be misunderstood?

What is this magical job where two typos land you a day off, no questions asked?

Das sind gute Nachrichten. Das heißt, Rockstar zerreibt seine Entwickler nicht mehr zu feinstem Puder wie letztes Mal. Dann kann man das Spiel ja vielleicht sogar kaufen.

Indeed. I never said I liked it :D

Much obliged.

Is “Can’t do the steam day.” slang I don’t know or a typo I can’t decipher?

If you like stories: I recently fell in love with Oxenfree, and you should, too.

If you like RimWorld, you could give Oxygen Not Included a go.

My company dabbles in AI. A hardly abridged conversation with a bot I’ve read recently:

Hallo, Ich bin ein Bot. Wie kann ich Ihnen helfen?
(Hi, I’m a bot. How can I help you?)

Speak English, please.

Gerne antworte ich in Englisch. Wie kann ich Ihnen helfen?
(I’m happy to speak English. How may I help you?)

Caller disconnected

Yep, AI definitely is the future.

Depending on the exact level of stupidity clinging to the judge on that day, some jurisdictions might consider this “hacking.”

One case from the states that was luckily dismissed: https://uk.pcmag.com/security/136282/missouri-gov-goes-after-reporter-who-found-shockingly-bad-flaw-in-state-website https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-is-the-hacking-investigation-into-journalist-who-clicked-view-source-on-government-website/

If you’re iterating over a whole array and need the index, like in ll.15f., you can instead write

particles.forEach((particle, i) => {
  // loop body
})

There may be a performance hit (I haven’t tested it) because you’re invoking a function on each iteration. And it’s mostly a stylistic choice.

Line 10: indentation

Is “syntax” a bad word now? Don’t dumb things down for students, elevate the students!

Well, who’d ever think of testing that closing the app works. Some things you have to take for granted or you’ll never test anything meaningful.

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This is a simple copy/paste error. Cut the hate.

I take it it’s not pasteurized? I’ve never had milk go bad on me. But then I’m living in a country that takes food safety seriously.

Are you sure the container was sealed when you bought it?