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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That’s not JSON. Note the use of equal signs for the property names. That’s something else.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Carcinisation is the phenomenon of non crabs to evolve crab like characteristics. It is not the process of non crabs becoming true crabs.

In this case the language is trending toward JSON syntax, but it doesn't have to actually be JSON for carcinisation to be an applicable analogy.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Equals schmequals.
It could be a ⇨ and it would be the same as JSON because it is still a single symbol used as a separator.

Now, if it took multiple separators, each giving some specific different meaning, then it would be a something else.

[–] jcorvera@quokk.au 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It could be a ⇨ and it would be the same as JSON because it is still a single symbol used as a separator.

Nah, that's a Ruby Hash...

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

schmooby schmash

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 7 points 2 months ago

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Excuse me, it's a Ruby Hash Rocket.

[+] dohpaz42@lemmy.world -10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

None of what you said makes any sense.

This is the equivalent of an anti-vaxxer denouncing vaccines because they feel that their herbs are close enough to real medicine. 🤦‍♂️

Don’t do that. Syntax absolutely matters.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev -5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

#define EQUAL_TO =

Look! I made a new programming language!

Vaccines are not medicine. They are a more refined form of older (much dirtier and dangerous) practices of sharing sick people's blood to create group immunity. I'm pretty thankful of not having to do the latter.
No, herbs are far from factory produced, chemically engineered medicine.

Most usages of herbs are defined in a way that it acts much closer to cooking. Also most of the herbs used in everyday cooking have medicinal and detoxifying properties, which is 1 of the ways food recipes have developed the way they do.
Herbal medicine is much milder than the extremely refined medicine produced using modern methods
- Hence, they are much slower to act and you need to be using them much earlier than what you can manage with modern ones
- Hence, there is much less overdose related problems
Most herbal medicine tend to have multiple effects. This is in contrast with modern medicine, where extra effects tend to be mostly undesirable and detrimental
- Hence, herbal medicine is a better choice for regular, low intensity problems, like the flu and what-not, rather than popping Paracetamol every time your temp goes 1℉ over the baseline.
Herbal medicine works along with nutrition. This means, it is much harder to develop a tolerance to it in a way that would make it harder for it to work in the future.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You seem to have had something like mint and thyme in mind as an example of herbal medicine, but try to substitute something like marijuana and nightshade to see that your description doesn't fit all of the herbs. The only thing I agree is that effects often come coupled and you have to do something to isolate necessary ones.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While marijuana and nightshade (and coffee) would be herbal "medicine" substitute for MDMA, DMT, nicotine, cocaine etc,
the others you mentioned would be a substitute for Chlorpheniramine Maleate, phenylpropanolamine and the likes.

So if a herbal medicine doctor is prescribing you marijuana for cough and cold, you can perhaps consider it being a quack. Same for someone prescribing SSRIs to a functioning adult that works 40 hours a week, on their first visit.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My point was more along the lines that herbal doesn't mean safe, mild, slow, etc

[–] ulterno@programming.dev -3 points 2 months ago

It would definitely be milder and slower.
Safe? Nothing is.

If you want to fuck with your brain, then doesn't matter whether you choose poppy seeds or IV its refined chemical. You will still fuck your brain.
And coffee is pretty much an addiction.

The difference is that with the former, you would at least know what is happening to you before you turn yourself into an invalid.
And for those who said they didn't know what was happening... No. Your body gave you the signs and you decided to ignore them.

Allopathic drugs are measured in mg and some even in µg, while you will see ayurvedic stuff being talked about in grams or tens of grams, simply because they are less refined.