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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
I wonder if it is possible to design regulations with the intent that they may change and the data may require reformatting. At least a best standards practice of how these regulations should be written should be possible.
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
11 years is a good age for projects, like building a toy city from cardboard boxes, writing a long story, building a puppet theatre etc. When I was 11, I half-started a lot of projects like that, but usually lost attention pretty quick. I t
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
The thread on the second link gives some clue as to why things are the way they are
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
A lot of small farms are fallback insurance for families. That is, someone in the family works in the city, sends some money back home so a less employable cousin stays on the family farm so that just in case he gets laid off he has somewh
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
From the perspective of the user of a Java application, is there any advantage to a newer Java version?
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
One thing with depression is that every ache and discomfort gets amplified and seems endless and indicative of the terrible nature of existence. So taking care of yourself in numerous ways is helpful. Not sure if that’s all that’s going on
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
Does rr require debug builds? Like if I took a random executable on Linux and used rr record, would rr replay work?
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
If your phone runs out of juice or signal, you can still get good directions from gas stations usually
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
If you really want to push regular expressions to their absolute limit of sanity, I think Perl is still the best language to do that
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
With side businesses/projects there's always a matter of balancing the hassle of maintenance with the potential for profit / happy users. GDPR does change this equation somewhat
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
That's a very strange argument by the OP, there are massive arguments about whether/how building codes and zoning laws undermine the ability of developers to build new housing.
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
The pre-installed Linux works, but it doesn't have to work for all the driver and functionality edge cases that a real FreeDOS machine would definitely not support.
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
I wonder how much of this is outliers from special cases. Getting involved in crime, getting entangled with police violence, child abuse, getting ill from environmental conditions, all of these things can sometimes have a devastating effect
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
If we're digging into the classics, my prototypical excellent SNL skit is always Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AzAFqrxfeY
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
I think the issue isn't if the taxi driver actively likes a guy but more if the person does something so egregious to leave a deeply negative mark (or at least that's how I would use such a report from a taxi driver). Stress is a
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
Years of good behavior has given me a very valuable reward. I have a mood disorder and anxiety issues, and while it is controlled by medication and therapy and coping techniques, etc. every now and then it does cause me problems. So occasio
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
Fixing F-strings
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
This is sort of like how Disney makes more profits from theme parks than from its media, but the media serves as advertisement for the theme parks
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
I think the decline of xmpp can be traced to the rise of text messaging and phone messaging in non-open protocols. One factor that made non-open protocols more palatable on the phone than on the desktop is the easier and relatively more sec
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
Namespaces address a real concern that inevitably comes up in protocols dealing with complex data and combining syntax from different standards or sources. That being said it is very easy to make half-assed solutions to the problem of names
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
I’m not sure any efficient use for cheap energy is going to be less destructive than blockchain
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
The Economist has an interesting take on this https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/03/31/why-is-t... Behind a paywall but if you turn JavaScript off you can read it for free
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
I actually was planning to get CNN+, but only after cancelling my basic cable subscription. CNN was one of the holes in the channels I occasionally watch but could not find good streaming options for
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
Well, the lack of backlit books did spawn an industry of reading lights
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
I agree with this recollection, there was a gap period (although that might have been a time when Github was less prominent but still existing)
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
As a practical approach on Windows, for well-known software, I go to Wikipedia, look up the project there and then get the link, obviously that's not guaranteed to be correct, but for well-known projects bad links usually get corrected
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
I think a lot of fights (at least based on my experience) are really issues in how the spouses are dealing with other things that bleed into a minor dispute, and also how the other spouse deals with that potential escalation. For me and my
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by InfiniteRand 4y ago
You're right, frequency matters. I also think it matters that he reacted defensively (at least that's how I read the essay), rather that just saying, "Okay, sure" and putting the glass in the dishwasher. It's a toke
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by InfiniteRand 5y ago
The one war video that made it through to the Russian bot: The clip is shared by a Russian account and contains a gaming reference for pausing games Good factoid to note for dodging automatic filters
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by InfiniteRand 5y ago
Why does it say 10 reasons when there are 9 reasons?

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