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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about concerts, getting tired because of being old, landscaping, spinning on your head, gym updates, awful search engines and awful ethics for YouTubers, rewiring old engines, and what’s being streamed.

Show Notes

• 00:10 Welcome
• 01:49 Being tired
• The Strokes & Weyes Blood Tickets | 14th August | Red Rocks Amphitheatre
• 05:08 Landscaping
• 10:53 Gym updates
• 23:01 House projects
• 28:39 Why are search engines so awful these days?
• 39:20 Internet routing
• 45:17 Linus Tech Tips ethics and issues
• 48:29 Rewiring a kid’s ATV
• 50:49 What we’re watching
• The Stronger By Science Podcast
• Watch Full Swing | Netflix Official Site
• Break Point | Official Trailer | Netflix
• Watch Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Netflix Official Site
• 58:37 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
• Wes: Steam cleaner

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• Scott: Sentry
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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Show Notes

• 00:26 Welcome
• 01:47 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response
• 03:00 Sponsor: Sentry
• 04:10 What is a higher order component?
• 05:34 What is functional programming?
• 09:00 What’s the purpose of cache busting and how do you achieve it?
• Wes’ course for Beginner JavaScript
• 10:37 What is short circuit evaluation?
• 13:19 What is a closure?
• 15:49 What is the reason for wrapping the contents of a JavaScript source file in a function that is then invoked?
• 17:30 Can you describe how CSS specificity works?
• 20:15 How does prototypal inheritance differ from classical inheritance?
• 23:56 What is the difference between a parameter and an argument?

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