Aggregator

Richard Ashcroft rose to fame in The Verve which formed in 1990 and went on to receive critical acclaim thanks to their 1997 album Urban Hymns.

From rustic brunch spots to nostalgic bistros and authentic Italian pizza, these restaurants are winning hearts (and saving wallets).

The Indie-pop group Bastille will headline the concert on August 23 in Lower Castle Park with support from Arthur Hill, Orla Gartland, and Alfie Templeman.

Part of the "fun" of JavaScript is dealing with code which comes from before sensible features existed. For example, if you wanted to clone an object in JavaScript, circa 2013, that was a wheel you needed to invent for yourself, as this StackOverflow thread highlights.

There are now better options, and you'd think that people would use them. However, the only thing more "fun" than dealing with code that hasn't caught up with the times is dealing with developers who haven't, and still insist on writing their own versions of standard methods.

const objectReplace = (oldObject, newObject) => { let keys = Object.keys(newObject) try { for (let key of keys) { oldObject[key] = newObject[key] } } catch (err) { console.log(err, oldObject) } return oldObject }

It's worth noting that Object.entries returns an array containing both the keys and values, which would be a more sensible for this operation, but then again, if we're talking about using correct functions, Object.assign would replace this function.

There's no need to handle errors here, as nothing about this assignment should throw an exception.

The thing that really irks me about this though is that it pretends to be functional (in the programming idiom sense) by returning the newly modified value, but it's also just changing that value in place because it's a reference. So it has side effects, in a technical sense (changing the value of its input parameters) while pretending not to. Now, I probably shouldn't get too hung up on that, because that's also exactly how Object.assign behaves, but dammit, I'm going to be bothered by it anyway. If you're going to reinvent the wheel, either make one that's substantially worse, or fix the problems with the existing wheel.

In any case, the real WTF here is that this function is buried deep in a 15,000 line file, written by an offshore contract team, and there are at least 5 other versions of this function, all with slightly different names, but all basically doing the same thing, because everyone on the team is just copy/pasting until they get enough code to submit a pull request.

Our submitter wonders, "Is there a way to train an AI to not let people type this?"

No, there isn't. You can try rolling that boulder up a hill, but it'll always roll right back down. Always and forever, people are going to write bad code.

[Advertisement] Utilize BuildMaster to release your software with confidence, at the pace your business demands. Download today!

A suspected robber has been charged for stealing more than £30,000 worth of iPhones from Lakeside Shopping Centre.

A man has been charged with three counts of possession of drugs after his car was stopped in Rayleigh.

The family of a sailor who vanished on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria have said they have discovered the burnt remains of an iPad and a phone.

A spate of robberies has sparked “a fast-moving and large” Essex Police investigation as witnesses are urged to come forward.

The cluster architectures for AI training and inference are driving unprecedented growth in the datacenter infrastructure spending, but they are also having a reflective and beneficial impact on HPC architectures thanks to the relative ease with which one can get funding for AI initiatives and the need to upgrade existing HPC systems to do traditional simulation and modeling. …

HPC Is Not Just Riding The Coattails Of AI was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

Here’s a riddle for you: What’s the difference between an economic bubble and an economic transformation? …

If The GenAI Bubble Bursts, Nvidia Will Still Keep Growing was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

Sometimes, it's hard to know just when you are. This morning, I woke up to a Macbook that thinks it's in Paris, four hours ago. Pining for pain chocolate. A bevy of anonyms have had similar difficulties.

First up, an unarabian anonym observes "They say that visiting Oman feels like traveling back in time to before the rapid modernization of the Arab states. I just think their eVisa application system is taking this "time travel" thing a bit too far... "

 

Snecod, an unretired (anteretired?) anonym finds it hard to plan when the calendar is unfixed. "The company's retirement plan was having a rough time prior to Second June." Looks like the first wtf was second March.

 

And an unamerican anonym sent us this (uh, back in first March) "Was looking to change the cable package I have from them. Apparently my discounts are all good until 9th October 1930, and a second one looking good until 9th January 2024."

 

On a different theme, researcher Jennifer E. exclaimed "Those must have been BIG divorces! Guy was so baller Wikipedia couldn’t figure out when he divorced either of these women." Or so awful they divorced him continuously.

 

Finally, parsimonious Greg L. saved this for us. "I don't remember much about #Error!, but I guess it was an interesting day."

 

[Advertisement] Keep the plebs out of prod. Restrict NuGet feed privileges with ProGet. Learn more.

The lack of footprints, any items of clothing or remains has been described as 'unusual' by authorities, given the 150,000 acres of land searched by ground and air.

Ashton Kitchen-White died at the scene after he was mowed down by Regan Kemp, 26, who was driving a Ford Focus ST in Leeds on May 16 this year, a court heard.

He was last seen on Tuesday in Sudbury

Meghan, 44, caused a stir online when she was pictured arriving for Mr Piccioli's first Balenciaga presentation in Paris on October 5.

The once-a-day pill belongs to class of medications called GLP-1 agonists, like Mounjaro, which suppress appetite and make users feel fuller for longer.

Kamala Harris and Jill Biden were forced to sit side-by-side Thursday at the funeral of Dick Cheney, their first reunion since Harris published her campaign 2024 tell-all, 107 Days.

His brother Greg announced on Facebook : 'It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother. Gary Mani Mounfield RIP'

When I arrived at the opening day for Djerf Avenue's pop-up in Selfridges, there were perhaps 30 women already browsing the collection.

Just before they stepped into the spotlight at the 98th Royal Variety Performance, William, 43, appeared to air kiss his wife's hand while they were still in their chauffeured car.