On: All possible plots by major authors (2020)

[mp05]

> Brendan Eich: you take a week-long swing at a problem your employer finds commercially compelling. The result enjoys staggering worldwide success in the ensuing decades, despite being clearly outclassed by the prior art it was supposed to build on.

Pretty brilliant, right? Right?

[grotorea → mp05]

I would like to quote the creator of Dogecoin:

> In reply to that, Mr Markus was asked whether he had considered energy usage when creating the cryptocurrency.

> “i made doge in like 2 hours i didn’t consider anything,” he wrote.

[akoboldfrying → grotorea]

I love this so much. It's like "The Emperor's New Clothes", except it's the Emperor himself yelling "I'm naked you fucking idiots!"

[riwsky → mp05]

Please forgive my JavaScript joke: it’s really just a poorly-written series of callbacks.

[bigiain → riwsky]

It wasn't that great, but some of the callbacks had promises...

[sdiupIGPWEfh → bigiain]

I'm still awaiting the punchline.

[milani → sdiupIGPWEfh]

Not fulfilled yet? Maybe in the next tick.

[LVB → sdiupIGPWEfh]

this is the problem

[minikomi → riwsky]

You merely extended the prototype