Understanding 'this' in JavaScript: setTimeout Explained

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Md Samsuzzoha

• May 3

In the following code, what does this refer to inside setTimeout?

Emrah OZBAY

• May 6

S·PEN — Silent Predictive Enforcement Network

Final submission for #ImpossibleUIwithRive

This project explores a UI that doesn’t simulate a system; it is one.

Everything is generated in real time inside Rive using Lua and frame-by-frame animation: No shortcuts, no Cheats, just design. Every frame is computed. Every element has behaviour.

Scanners run on state machines. Signals trigger reactions. Data flows, breaks, and reconnects.

Behind the visuals: • procedural geometry • custom noise systems • pseudo-3D projection in pure math • thousands of points calculated per frame

All layered into a reactive network that feels alive, unstable, and intentionally hard to build.

That tension was the goal.

🔗 Full project: https://www.behance.net/gallery/247442001/SPEN-Silent-Predictive-Enforcement-Network-FUI-HUD

🔗 Submission P1: https://on.contra.com/rBfmLR 🔗 Submission P2: https://on.contra.com/mnjr9N 🔗 Submission P3: https://on.contra.com/mnjr9N

Completed work

Rive Animation UX Design Motion Design Rive motiondesign impossibleuiwithrive

Alex Prokhorov

max

• May 4

Fine-tuning is the hardest part of vibe coding. Spent way more time than expected on a small card hover experiment in Claude to prove it.

Interaction Design Web Design Framer Claude Vibe Coder

MD. Tanvir Rahman

pro

• May 4

I really like your work.

Nicolas Papin

pro

• May 6

3D concept render ▪︎ Gateron Switch

3D Design 3D Rendering 3D Modeling Octane Render Cinema 4D Adobe After Effects 3dart 3d 3dmodel

Madob Acharjya

• May 7

Excellent!

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