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structuredClone() is great and all, but sometimes you need a method that does not care as much, and JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(...)) is that method.
![A screenshot of a Node.js REPL session with the following input and output:
> x
{ x: 1, y: undefined, z: null, a: [Function: a] }
> JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(x))
{ x: 1, z: null }
> structuredClone(x)
Uncaught:
DOMException [DataCloneError]: () => { console.log('lol'); } could not be cloned.
at new DOMException (node:internal/per_context/domexception:66:5)
at structuredClone (node:internal/worker/js_transferable:126:26)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tujrfnnny6zboofhrdljpaaj/bafkreibyzi3wcseu7ptrzhlvd7aead7duuj2u5jvcrikvwv2h5xwdwmcra@jpeg)
September 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
structuredClone() is great and all, but sometimes you need a method that does not care as much, and JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(...)) is that method.
Yep, there is literally a whole book about it actually, and it is fascinating: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden a book by Steve Coll.
Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer PrizeThe explosive, New York Times bestselling first-hand account of America's secret history in AfghanistanPrize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting fr...
uk.bookshop.org
August 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Yep, there is literally a whole book about it actually, and it is fascinating: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
Conjecture: any system that doesn’t account for and plan to limit the power of money will fail.
August 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Conjecture: any system that doesn’t account for and plan to limit the power of money will fail.
Farage is a fascist, but also a populist. He knows people in general hate OSA and will use that to get votes and smear Labour, and it will work.
I swear, Labour makes the same mistakes American Democrats do and it is going to lead to UK looking exactly like USA in a few years.
I swear, Labour makes the same mistakes American Democrats do and it is going to lead to UK looking exactly like USA in a few years.
July 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Farage is a fascist, but also a populist. He knows people in general hate OSA and will use that to get votes and smear Labour, and it will work.
I swear, Labour makes the same mistakes American Democrats do and it is going to lead to UK looking exactly like USA in a few years.
I swear, Labour makes the same mistakes American Democrats do and it is going to lead to UK looking exactly like USA in a few years.
As someone involved in implementing authentication/login, I have been curious what the best advice for passkeys is. Specifically: is just passkey only, no 2fa considered "secure"? I've argued with some who still think you need a TOTP code or something after passkey login.
July 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
As someone involved in implementing authentication/login, I have been curious what the best advice for passkeys is. Specifically: is just passkey only, no 2fa considered "secure"? I've argued with some who still think you need a TOTP code or something after passkey login.
i really think that if someone just grabbed the mic after he was done and hit him with "why are you such a massive fucking loser?," he probably wouldn't recover.
January 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
i really think that if someone just grabbed the mic after he was done and hit him with "why are you such a massive fucking loser?," he probably wouldn't recover.
"users" ➡️ "society"
you don't even need to be a user of a single AI platform to be impacted by it; they (VCs/crony capitalists) are jamming it into every nook and cranny of our society.
you don't even need to be a user of a single AI platform to be impacted by it; they (VCs/crony capitalists) are jamming it into every nook and cranny of our society.
January 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"users" ➡️ "society"
you don't even need to be a user of a single AI platform to be impacted by it; they (VCs/crony capitalists) are jamming it into every nook and cranny of our society.
you don't even need to be a user of a single AI platform to be impacted by it; they (VCs/crony capitalists) are jamming it into every nook and cranny of our society.