Post Ax26she1s9YDb7P3uS by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
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(DIR) Post #Ax26qTNxushinKpHiC by tef@mastodon.social
2025-08-10T12:44:03Z
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doing some programming: walking around the block for 20-30 minutes as i try to think of the right word or name for a thing
(DIR) Post #Ax26qV2Plyebv4l6Om by tef@mastodon.social
2025-08-10T12:45:25Z
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for some reason, managers like to think programming is the bit where i'm using a keyboard, rather the bit where i'm actually thinking about a problemwhen i'm at a computer it usually means i'm debugging
(DIR) Post #Ax26qVzyCYICtmcfE8 by tef@mastodon.social
2025-08-10T12:48:57Z
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fwiw, i have some long running operation on a server, which can be cancelled by the client, and i'm looking for a good way to say "and make sure to cancel this if you give up"rather than something that only implies "you can cancel this if you want", or worse "you should cancel this"like CancelOnError rather than CanCancel or ShouldCancel
(DIR) Post #Ax26qWtcrcoPgOf6ye by tef@mastodon.social
2025-08-10T12:52:44Z
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the larger issue is more accurately "this is a server side resource being held open for the client and it will expire if you do nothing, and also if you do not need it, it would be nice if you told the server if possible"and although these properties usually happen to be true at same time, i'm also working out if "things that can only expire and not be cancelled" exists in a useful sense
(DIR) Post #Ax26qXcIBYXbuvYmbA by tef@mastodon.social
2025-08-10T12:58:06Z
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that said and done maybe CanCancel is the right one, as the client doesn't actually care what the thing is, and only really cares about "should i send a cancel if i give up" so maybe i'm overthinking it
(DIR) Post #Ax26qYeoJg9L91kJA8 by tef@mastodon.social
2025-08-10T13:02:04Z
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people do love to over estimate the amount of mathematics in programming when a lot of it boils down to word play
(DIR) Post #Ax26qZWh5LFdq8xL9M by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-08-10T17:02:46Z
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@tef And kids logic puzzles. Maybe even mostly.
(DIR) Post #Ax26sgMcdO25cqFe8e by JillsJoy@NerdJoy.social
2025-08-10T13:12:55Z
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@tef naming things is the hardest part
(DIR) Post #Ax26she1s9YDb7P3uS by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-08-10T17:03:14Z
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@JillsJoyYes! So many names! Maybe the major part. @tef