HackerNews Summary (2023-05-15 03AM)

Source: abuseofnotation/vanilla-fp: The no-framework framework for building component-based purely-functional UIs.

Summary
vanilla-fp is a no-framework framework that offers convention for building component-based purely-functional UIs. It promotes a component-based design that allows for better organization of code by promoting hierarchy and each component is responsible for keeping the states of its children. It is an alternative to Redux/MobX and React’s useState.

Fact

💻 vanilla-fp is a convention for building component-based purely-functional UIs

🧱 A component is a pure-ish function that receives two parameters and returns a UI component

🐣 Each component is in charge of keeping the states of its children, instead of utilizing some external global functions and frameworks

👪 Using component-based design allows for better organization of code by promoting hierarchy

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Source: VSCode config to disable popular extensions’ annoyances (telemetry, notifications, welcome pages, etc.)

Summary
Instructions for embedding, sharing, or cloning a Gist repository.

Facts

🔗 Click “Embed” to get the HTML code for embedding the Gist in your website.

🔗 Click “Share” to get a URL that leads directly to the Gist.

🔗 Use Git or SVN commands to clone the repository to your local machine.

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Source: Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?

Summary
Gen Z Americans are embracing bad imitations of Cockney and Yorkshire dialects as a way to diffuse tension, using voices to make light of low-grade daily dramas. The trend has gained a lot of traction on TikTok, where “fake British accent” videos have over 188,000 views.

Facts

🎭 Some young Americans use a fake British accent when they feel uncomfortable, as it offers them a kind of buffer from their actual personalities.

📺 Love Island and H20: Just Add Water are two of the shows that have played a part in inspiring the trend for fake British accents.

🇬🇧 Shows such as The Only Way is Essex have led to a cultural shift that has exported UK slang and accents to the US.

💙 ‘Doing bits’ on Love Island, which means getting intimate but not having sex, became widely popular and helped bring fake British accents into the mainstream.

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