AlexTWithBeard

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by AlexTWithBeard 4y ago
Do you have an example of a dynamically typed language where, say, addition of two lists of doubles would be significantly faster than in Python?
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by AlexTWithBeard 4y ago
One of the biggest contributors in Python's (lack of) speed is dynamic typing. While a jump is a jump and an assignment is an assignment, an addition is more like "hmm... what is a left operand... is it double? what is a right ope
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by AlexTWithBeard 4y ago
1. Consumers will prefer safer conventional vehicles over shitty EVs 2. People will just burn oil 3. Add more regulations on farms - and the food will also be imported from China. 4. It probably has been decided at some point that it's
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by AlexTWithBeard 4y ago
You mean the court should've stuck with Plessy vs. Ferguson [1]? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson
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by AlexTWithBeard 4y ago
Pretty much by definition whatever decision a court takes, someone will be disappointed. Otherwise we wouldn't need courts.
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by AlexTWithBeard 4y ago
I often hear about "my body - my choice". But after spending nine months in woman's body the child becomes the part of her life for twenty next years. Should it rather be "my life - my choice"?
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by AlexTWithBeard 4y ago
Talk to the person and you will (1) hear a lot of bullshit and (2) filter out a ton of good but not really silver-tongued candidates. P. S. I hate coding interviews.
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by AlexTWithBeard 4y ago
Cancel culture does not exist - until you get cancelled.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
... but then you realize that Florida with zero state tax also somehow manages to build and maintain the roads.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Agree. Add lives saved by various requirements. Subtract lives from increased traffic fatalities [1]. Multiply by the number of businesses decapitated by lockdowns. Do you know what we gonna end up with? I don't... [1] https:/&#x
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
> * When I see my flight plan, I understand why it's curved. Just came off the plane yesterday. I remember the earth on the flight map was perfectly flat. The path was weirdly curved though...
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
More like a geometric method used in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29975544 The simplest way I could come up with while discussing the issue with my kids, was to call a grandma on the other side of the globe and ask
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Belief is a keyword here. Most of "spherical earthers", alas, also believe what they are told. They happened to pick the right set of beliefs - kudos to them - but there's no critical thinking whatsoever. We watched some time
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
That. Or we can put the line between misdemeanor and a felony.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
TIL: In Singapore parents can declare their children "beyond parental control". From that point the government will take care of their behavior. [1] https://singaporelegaladvice.com/law-articles/what-is-a-beyo
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Plane spotting gets a new color with that.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
I do not. But what are the alternatives? Spanking?
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
so... what do we do with non-criminals? All the small things like bike theft, not paying child support, fare evasion and urinating in the streets? For extra credit: assume the offender has no money.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Without more details it sounds like seeing everything as a nail when having a pet golden hammer.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
That was one of the reasons behind having factory whistles: all workers take their places, the whistle, then the whole thing is started. While it's running people are not supposed to move around.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
In early 20th century in London there was an alternative hydraulic "power grid" with plants (aka pumps), storages and an underground distribution network of pipes. A building, for example, could connect to high pressure water main
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
The same way any cancellation works: refuse to buy stuff made in China. Boycott Amazon until it stops selling Chinese stuff. Don't watch Chinese movies. And so on. The subject of the cancellation doesn't have to use Twitter. The c
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
They have Twitter here though.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Interesting. China seems to tick all the boxes from human rights to climate change. How comes it's not cancelled by the Twitter mob yet?
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Kinda. I expected some people to leave a good feedback, but theirs was way beyond my expectations.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Not sure why the downvotes. I used to go through a bunch of H1B paperwork and the salaries listed there were indeed something like $100k-$250k. I'm pretty sure these numbers were correct: a "senior developer" can be anything
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Aye, aye. Again "stupid people" just want to live their lives instead of fighting evil Google, evil Wall street, evil oil and car manufacturers lobby and evil <insert your pet peeve here>.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
No consequences. There was nothing I didn't know before. EDIT: I first wanted to say that in any way there would be no consequences, but "there will be no consequences no matter what people write about me" is probably too str
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Can confirm. I used to have a team and at some point they all had to submit their feedback on my performance. The answers were then fed back to me unattributed, but it was pretty obvious who wrote what.
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by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
I'm not aware of such societies: the whole idea of women not being destined for childbearing is relatively new. Some countries are firmly on the course though: https://www.scb.se/en/About-us/news-and-press-rel

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