DerpyBaby123

8 ms·

31.
by DerpyBaby123 5y ago
Do you doubt it was developed in 1996? Do you have evidence that the cost of production has significantly risen? Otherwise, you seem to be repeating the old economics joke: "The young economist looks down and sees a $20 bill on the st
32.
by DerpyBaby123 5y ago
That's not what is happening. It has nothing to do with a patent monopoly or recouping any investment: FTA: >In 1996, a vial of Humalog produced by Eli Lilly cost $21. Today, it's priced at $324 despite the cost of production
33.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
>Don’t store data you can’t protect. Services like social networks don't need to store physical addresses, SSNs, phone numbers, etc. Therefore, that data should be looked at like a liability rather than an asset. It shouldn't
34.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
Your argument doesn't hold water - lots of systems have users without collecting their phone numbers.
35.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
You're ignoring the comment you're replying to. It's not 'two to tango', it's the network effect Facebook deliberately set up and perpetuates thru growth and acquisition.
36.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
Sometimes, scientific studies disagree with other scientific studies. Does that mean scientific study authors are science deniers by definition? It does not.
37.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
Misleading headline - the note at the top of the article states as much: >Vaccinated people can still be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and suffer the symptoms of COVID-19...Taken together, this means vaccinated people are highly unl
38.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
FTA: The roads are getting _more_ dangerous.
39.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
>Do they pay taxes on tires, fuel, etc.? Yes, yes, and in many places they also have to register them and pay taxes at that point as well.
40.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
Roads are millennia old - cars only were invented relatively very recently. They could not have been in the designs.
41.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
>25 down, 3 up is plenty for 99.9% of internet users. Is it? What data makes you so confident about this? If I buy a 25 max down, 3 max up connection, what speed will you actually be able to use - it is unlikely in my experience to be re
42.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
Tech giant? Ive never seen a reference to FAANGE
43.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
Pricing is in GBP, is it available in the USA?
44.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
Those arent problems for the consumer nor for Brock and morter business, they are problems for the government. The government has already made those activities illegal.
45.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
You pretend like you have solved things here, clearly you have not. Please stop trolling
46.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
>By and large that doesn’t seem to be a big issue for crash tests. Source? The article provides data as a counterpoint: >Check to see if crash tests are being gamed with hyper-specific optimization looking at what happens when new te
47.
by DerpyBaby123 6y ago
It does mention them, using the synonymous term Feature Toggle >That said, there are cases when the UI can't be packaged into a simple keystone. When that's the case then it's time to use Feature Toggles.
48.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
Do you reject the statement made by TFA, 'US Labor and Healthcare Policies are a Perfect Storm for Pandemics'?
49.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
> For example, it doesn't state that you can't purchase health insurance across state borders - also a fact and also contributes to increased prices. That is true, and there are many other facts it doesn't mention, it is n
50.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
Reply to generalpass (here because replies weren't enabled to their comment for some reason) > For example, it doesn't state that you can't purchase health insurance across state borders - also a fact and also contributes
51.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
The first section seems to be stating facts, and the second editorializes a conclusion based on those facts. Do you raise an issue with the first paragraph?
52.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
That is not what OP proposed, please comment in good faith and avoid strawmen
53.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
They can 'push back' best by saying what was incorrect about the article in question
54.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
Without the US government playing it's current role, I am 100% confident that the US health data that is currently confidential would stop being confidential. Just as we see with companies adding spyware to software, selling out user&
55.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
>when the tests all pass, you’re done >Every TDD advocate I have ever met has repeated this verbatim, with the same hollow-eyed conviction. My experience has been much different, in that I've never heard this mantra. I have heard
56.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
>Read any advocacy of TDD and it will always boil down to an argument for testing itself, which nobody argues against. It never makes a case for writing tests before implementation. It seems the author hasn't read many cases about T
57.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
I remember loading Rockbox on a Archos Jukebox back in the early 2000's[0] as being one of my first real exposures to using open source software. It was glorious, thanks for the hard work! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
58.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
Is this sarcasm? I have accounts I haven't logged into for years, but still need access to. Losing access over time is not a good feature. And a 'reset' with antibiotics doesn't make sense for a bunch of reasons. Also,
59.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
Governments aren't 'rational actors' trying to maximize revenue. In US, 'starve the beast' [1] comes highly into play https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast
60.
by DerpyBaby123 7y ago
Why should they? What sort of emissions do electric vehicles have? I suspect you'll say that generating electricity causes emissions, which is only true in some cases

More ›