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Siilwyn / statement.md
Last active February 16, 2018 17:15
#Node.js:matrix.org mission statement

This is the mission statement I seek to uphold when I provide support on the #Node.js:matrix.org channel.

To support users of Node.js and their related projects to create a collaborative, creative, diverse, interested, and inter-generational sustainable culture of programmers of all skill levels, with room and encouragement to grow.

One of the great criticisms of open messaging channels for software support is that they’re often the blind leading the blind. Experts have little direct incentive to jump in with half-formed questions, and it takes some real skill to elicit good questions that can be answered accurately. There’s some incentive for some members to use questions to opine their favorite tools, and to show off clever answers not necessarily in the best interests of the person asking.

The other problem is times of day – American nights and weekends have a lull, and questions asked then are often left to the void. Hard to answer questions – vague and incomplete ones especially – are the easiest to

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Siilwyn / scrape-stargazer-names.js
Created January 18, 2016 18:33
Scrape stargazer names from GitHub repository stargazers page
var stargazers = document.querySelectorAll('.follow-list-name');
var stargazerNames = [];
for (let node of stargazers) {
let stargazerName = node.querySelector('a').pathname;
stargazerName = stargazerName.split('/')[1];
stargazerNames.push(stargazerName);
}
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Siilwyn / 16:9-resolutions.txt
Last active January 18, 2016 18:37
16:9 Resolutions
640 x 360
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080
2560 x 1440
2880 x 1620
3200 x 1800
3840 x 2160
4000 x 2250