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@aescling like for real kids are really good at taking random shit and slamming it together and getting something new but oftentimes that isn't actually … a good way of thinking about a problem

@aescling there's more to thinking than inspiration

a lot of thinking is just familiarity with good processing algorithms

@nex3 @noelle i just wanted to make sure that was what you meant and not `array.forEach($ => $.add())`

there is currently a proposal for a :: operator which does binding (link: github.com/tc39/proposal-bind- ), but afaict it doesn't do property access (so you would still need other::other.add). it's also Stage 1 which means it is mostly exploratory and may never get added to the language.

i think in most real JS code, one should EITHER:

1) be calling a function from a prototype, e.g. `Set.prototype.add.bind(other)` (i would love a more convenient way of saying this), or

2) be calling bare functions, like `add.bind(other)`, possibly destructured like `const { add } = other`.

the cases where i actually state something like `other.add.bind(other)` are pretty small and usually can be avoided with good API design (`other.add(...array)` or `new Other (...other, ...array)`). not saying it never happens! but i don't think reducing that particular bit of wordiness is necessarily a high priority? in your example i’d probably honestly use a for...of loop because it’s much more readable.

still thinking about this next-level takedown of people under the age of 25

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“You’re good at arguing, but you’re not that good at thinking (yet)”

@Satsuma what is the world wide web but a bunch of people flying around in lil w3 spaceships

@Satsuma there are people i would kidnap for the holidays if i could

@nex3 @noelle how is what you are requesting different from `array.forEach(add.bind(other))`?

dogs are technically fish on account of being furry sharks

RFC for the meaning of the word PLEASE

wild how my slack and discord are active at exact opposite times of day

it did not meaningfully evidence this speculation

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this paper went on to argue that zoomers like using apps even though they are worse in every measurable way because video games have groomed them to take pleasure in accomplishing unnecessarily difficult tasks

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