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@wallhackio @aescling JSON is best used for closed APIs with known parameters, where a tight binding exists between the three schemas (see <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-sc>)

when these things diverge JSON becomes less and less desirable

@wallhackio @aescling tree based structures are for cowards both JSON and XML are bad for data

XML is better for markup

@wallhackio @aescling JSDOM is extremely heavyweight and you’re unlikely to find a reasonably featureful replacement

if you don’t need the full DOM and just need simple parsing or whatever, there are probably options

a fire emblem game i’ve never played before? with a bunch of mechanics i’m not familiar with? sure i’ll put it on the hardest difficulty. why not

fire emblem is just a puzzle game for people who like bow lesbians

@coriander i’m like “spiderman doesn’t believe in cops he’s just a teenager”

superheroes who hand criminals over to the cops because they trust in the criminal justice system

versus

superheroes who hand criminals over to the cops like “it’s your problem now, suckers”

@aschmitz so like i could teach someone how to write good ruby code, which is a nice thing to learn and helpful to folks, but it’s not where my true power lies

@aschmitz we’ve had a student intern from time to time, but i refuse to mix work and hobby because i don’t want the university to hold copyright

see my problem is i don’t have any students i can apprentice in my weirding ways

@wallhackio @aescling we already figured out she didn’t have friends in high school

remember when the french police raided Beaux-Arts to try to shut down Atelier Populaire during the May 68 protests in Paris, but were confused because they were looking for offset printers and didn't know about screenprinting

@akjcv@types.pl you know at least two people who work for libraries

glad to know i can still make a roux…

typoed google as goof but duckduckgo knew what i meant

somebody just @ me when the tangara supports ALAC so i can start considering it

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