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Dennis HackethalOP·#3950

Code blocks need syntax highlighting.

Veritula used to have this feature but I removed it when diffing changed.

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Dennis HackethalOP·#3951

Done as of cc1ab95.

Ruby example:

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def criticized? idea
  pending_criticisms(idea).any?
end

def pending_criticisms idea
  criticisms(idea).filter { |c| pending_criticisms(c).none? }
end

def criticisms idea
  children(idea).filter(&:criticism?)
end

JS example (h/t ChatGPT):

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function criticized(idea) {
  return pendingCriticisms(idea).length > 0;
}

function pendingCriticisms(idea) {
  return criticisms(idea).filter(c => pendingCriticisms(c).length === 0);
}

function criticisms(idea) {
  return children(idea).filter(c => c.isCriticism);
}

Criticism of #3950Criticized3*

Dennis HackethalOP·#4023

Would be nice if the copy button was sticky-top so that it scrolled with the user.

Criticism of #3951

Dennis HackethalOP·#4032

Done as of 43c4ecc.

Criticism of #4023Criticized1

Dennis HackethalOP·#4033

I spoke to soon. Rolling this back for now. Too jittery when scrolling on mobile. Non-trivial to implement. Need to see how other sites do it.

Criticism of #4032