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by Latty 9y ago
Yes, this is precisely the problem I had - Scala is great, Akka's model seems good, but the mix feels like you loose something along the way. The typed actors stuff does exist, but it's experimental, and the last time I checked th
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by Latty 9y ago
I've played with this a bit, professionally and personally (Scala/Akka specifically). The way it makes you think about your model and the boundaries it introduces seem good. I really love the way it forces you to model the communi
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by Latty 9y ago
I'd be stronger and say flat taxes are nonsense. All the people that go on about incentive and the open market amaze me when they claim that it's a disincentive for people to work when you lose say, 50% over some high amount. Once
724.
by Latty 9y ago
In this case, I'd argue both.
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by Latty 9y ago
I notice Scala missing from your list - if you need the JVM or find Elm to not quite have what you need, it's a great language. It's basically the opposite end of the spectrum, design-wise - Elm is "let's create this hig
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by Latty 9y ago
This is one place the UK seems to be massively ahead - all the major supermarkets here offer delivery, and it's nearly flawless in my experience.
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by Latty 9y ago
While the US uses FPTP and the Electoral College, it is never going to be more than a "least bad" system for voters. "Least-bad" of two options isn't democracy, or rather, it's democracy in the same way that it
728.
by Latty 9y ago
That sure sounds like a rationalisation to not bother. Sure, I don't dispute the current system has huge flaws. It is the system we live under, however, and trying to change that system doesn't require not participating in it. The
729.
by Latty 9y ago
Yes, but is there any evidence to suggest we are moving the right way by lowering taxes?
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by Latty 9y ago
I mean, the Republicans have been claiming to be "the party of fiscal responsibility". Lying may be common in politics, but are we really at the point we just give up and stop even commenting on it? Also, while the Democrats may h
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by Latty 9y ago
I must admit, as I searched, I didn't think I'd find something so on-point: http://media.gm.com/content/dam/Media/images/US/Release_Imag...
732.
by Latty 9y ago
To be clear: I'm not knowledgeable about this at all, so I could be way off base, but my reading is that he's saying that the patches seem to be doing things that don't make sense (given the information supplied with them) -
733.
by Latty 9y ago
I am talking about the idea as it exists now, not the historical thing. I accept that it didn't spring up as it stands, but the idea that it is a system to create the society we want is at the very least the current claim for why we us
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by Latty 9y ago
Yes, I'm talking about how we justify it now and why we continue to try to use it as our primary system. That is at the very least the sales pitch. I believe it's a sensible idea - trying to ignore or change human nature seems unl
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by Latty 9y ago
I mean, we have attempted (at least in part) to create a system where acting selfishly in pursuit of money forces you to create value for society. That's literally the intent of the idea of capitalism. It's a good idea - people wi
736.
by Latty 9y ago
That's like suggesting because gay people exist you can choose your sexuality. That's not how it works. Just because some people don't conform to norms or binaries doesn't mean that you can just arbitrarily pick somethin
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by Latty 9y ago
Yeah, but there are still going to be things your children are insecure about, embarrassed about, and want to find out about without you knowing. In my experience, ignorance is responsible for a lot more harm than "seeing too much&quot
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by Latty 9y ago
What I really wanted when I was a kid was for my father to find out what porn I liked looking at and come to discuss it with me! Cut your kids a break. If you are going to monitor their usage, at the very least tell them about it first. I g
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by Latty 9y ago
Yeah, I saw you can do it manually, but what's the point of paying for custom hardware with nice interfaces when you have to switch to a config file for really basic functionality? At that point, might as well stick with bodged consume
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by Latty 9y ago
I've been wanting to move away from standard consumer networking hardware for ages, because it all seems terrible in lots of different ways. The Unifi Security Gateway looked interesting until I googled a bit, no IPv6 support in 2018 a
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by Latty 9y ago
I remember DB2 had some weird limits. I think it was something like database names couldn't be more than 8 bytes, which was something to do with some filesystem on z/OS or something that couldn't have directories with names l
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by Latty 9y ago
> I cannot think of a single good reason to impose this. Good? Definitely not, but my money is on CHAR(8) and a lack of understanding.
743.
by Latty 9y ago
My quotes were intended to show I didn't really think it was that easy, but compared to making the wind blow or the sun shine, it's "easy".
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by Latty 9y ago
Is there really a concern about running out of land/coast for power generation? I feel like there is a lot of space left. The bigger issue to me seems to be the move from production we can control to production on nature's schedul
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by Latty 9y ago
It's a response to a comment saying "Black people's votes are routinely suppressed" with "Black people don't vote enough, that's the real problem!" - yes, at least in part, because they are being supp
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by Latty 9y ago
Except the allegations all have no proof, despite being investigated, and meanwhile voter suppression has happened, repeatedly. Courts have forced states with voter ID laws to reopen DMVs, for example, where they were closed in predominantl
747.
by Latty 9y ago
I think I was clear in my post that I agree that giving free ID to everyone is the preferred solution. The issue is that whenever laws are passed requiring voter ID, the law doesn't tend to come hand-in-hand with equally strong require
748.
by Latty 9y ago
Because the party in power is actively restricting access in areas that predominantly vote for their opposition. While it may still be possible to get IDs, increasing friction will definitely result in some not getting them. Should that kin
749.
by Latty 9y ago
I'm actually from the UK - but either way, I feel like my post made it clear that I don't think having ID is a problem, the problem is attempt to increase friction on voting for a subset of the population by making getting that ID
750.
by Latty 9y ago
FPTP isn't really democracy, let alone whatever the electoral college is.

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