I think this is just a picky optimization.

The first one runs the constructor to instantiate a new string, then gets its class (which is presumably a static property anyway). The second doesn’t have to run any constructor and just grabs the static class name from the type.

Maybe there’s more implementation nuance here but it seems like an opinionated rule that has zero effect on performance unless that code is being called thousands of times every second. And even then the compiler probably optimizes them to the same code anyway.

OH MY GOD I SAW A TIT

Wasn’t it Visual SourceSafe or something like that?

God, what a revolution it was when subversion came along and we didn’t have to take turns checking out a file to have exclusive write access.

This happened to me once and I completely overthought it.

In my case, I removed the PCB from the drive and took a close look and saw a single scorched IC that I figured was the problem. I think it was a voltage regulator or something like that.

So I bought a scrap drive and tried to transplant the PCB onto my dead drive, but of course that wouldn’t be able to read my old data.

So took it into a local electronics repair shop and asked if he’d be able to make it work.

He took one look at the damaged PCB, pushed the scrap one back at me and said “yeah I’ll just replace this part.”

40 bucks later I had a working drive again and was able to rescue the data.

Amazon pro tip: if you find something that has lots of good reviews, sort them by Recent. Those ones are the reviews by the people who were suckered in by the initial dump of 5 star fake reviews and you’ll probably see a lot more honesty from those people.

Even better: run Fakespot on the listing to see if it detects manipulation or fake reviews.

Best: don’t use Amazon to buy things.

Some people prefer to make people wait 15 seconds while they fool around with their settings before they can make their audience watch a 10 second video they didn’t want to see in the first place.

They’ll feel better after sending a few dozen fundraising texts to half of America.

It looks like Shrek infiltrating the cybermen.

Guys I don’t think this is real. It’s possible AI was involved.

If you look very closely, you’ll notice that Elon Musk looks young and is ripped. I don’t think that’s right.

The rest checks out.

Half an hour is “we just broke our SLA” level bad. I guess if your org has been stripped of all its talent that’s the new standard.

Oh my god. What if Skynet was never an accident of AI evolving outside its intended parameters? What if it was a hilariously obvious and preventable apocalypse caused by a tech bro tweeting in the middle of the night while on ketamine?

Either it was an accident and wasn’t at fault at all. Or it was a coordinated stunt and Justin owns 50% of it, if other production people weren’t also in on it.

But Janet got shit on because she’s a woman and black and Justin somehow walked away unscathed for decades. Fucked up.

It wasn’t that long ago that the world almost ground to a halt because some people saw Janet Jackson’s breast.

Now we have this, and there will be zero consequences.

I can relate to that. One time my toddler said they didn’t want to try my pudding and I’ve been trying to destroy the world ever since.

I realize it’s a different toddler in my scenario.

Just clarifying, are you offering your blood or kidney, or do you just like have a bunch sitting around?

They must have eventually wrote something in my file. A few years ago the nagging stopped and the dentist just says “I’ll take what I can get” after asking how often I floss.

Elon’s shock and fury about the database key sounds like he got a report from an out-of-breath 20 year old DOGE kid who thinks they’re hot shit and discovered some massive flaw.

Elon also seems like the kind of person that believes a database schema is all that’s needed to govern a population.

Are those the birds they wash with dish soap after oil spills? The ones that die anyway because they’ve ingested tons of petroleum contaminated shit that they can’t purge or digest?

nods

Star moose.

Dammit, don’t you dare tell me to do something I’m already doing.