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by Pitarou 13y ago
I stand corrected.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Oh for heaven's sake. Isn't it enough just to install a blacklist system that blocks, say, the top 99% of porn sites? No. Apparently not. Some wiseguy with a smooth line in "meeting legal obligations" sold the ISPs an &q
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by Pitarou 13y ago
> Monads are a mostly a non-issue, once you understand them. I prefer to emphasise the "... once you understand them" bit.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Can't disagree there. But, Monads are a huge hurdle and memory leaks are hard to fix. (Although I should add it's a few years since I've played with Haskell. Maybe things have moved on....)
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by Pitarou 13y ago
I seem to recall Patrick McKenzie (patio11) put a similar tip in one of his newsletters. Any business process that involves people passing around and modifying spreadsheets is an SaaS opportunity.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
TL;DR 1. The NSA only hires earnest, ethical people 2. There are real threats we need to protect you from 3. So everything's OK Commentary: I believe the first two of those statements. And if the people at the top were also ethical an
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Trying to scare us with the PHP bogeyman? Shame on you!
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Then I guess you haven't suffered through introductory programming texts like "Objects First With Java".
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by Pitarou 13y ago
I don't mean that kind of feedback. I mean the feedback you get that teaches you to the limit of the vehicle's operational parameters. For instance, when I started driving, I sometimes used the brakes too aggressively, and experie
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by Pitarou 13y ago
I'm sure there are plenty of compensation lawyers, and even pilots, who will agree with you. But from a safety perspective "wilful pilot negligence" simply isn't good enough. In this situation, there just wasn't ro
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by Pitarou 13y ago
You're right. The term doesn't quite fit. I'll have to invent a new one. How does "Bottom Up Godwin's Law" sound to you? ;-)
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Godwin's Law writ large. Which is not to understate the scale of the problems alluded to, but the analogy isn't enlightening. It's just name-calling.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
> The renders are quite obvious Obvious to you, maybe, but I showed three non-techie people the photos and asked them: "How do you think they get such perfect photos? Can you guess?" Only one figured it out.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Thanks for your answers, guys. I get it now. In hindsight, it's obvious. It's marketed at people who want to solve two problems: 1. How can I be sure that my diet is healthy? 2. How can I avoid expending so much time, effort and m
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by Pitarou 13y ago
No. Of course not. Plumpy'nut is just an example. But there are formulations for people with digestive ailments, military rations, and so on. Alternatively, it's perfectly possible to design your own "Soylent style" diet
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Thank you for answer. I swear I'm not just trolling, but I'd really like to push you a little further on that point. First, I should be clear that I'm not trying to argue with you or convince you of anything. I just want to
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Can anyone explain why there is any interest in this story? I'm not snarking: I genuinely want to know. Why are you following this story? Why are you voting it up? Do you actually want to buy and eat this nutritionally balanced gruel?
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by Pitarou 13y ago
About goddam time.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
> I suspect toughing out their demographic problem will prove better in the long run than opening the can of worms that comes with immigration. Have you looked at Japan's population profile? We're looking at 40 years of real h
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by Pitarou 13y ago
I can't believe I find myself defending Abe, but... > Abe is one of the worst politicians ever in Japan. Sadly, he isn't. I don't like him, and I wouldn't vote for him, but at least he believes in something beyond p
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Breaks my heart.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
What about a dental splint? It seems a lot less fuss than a machine pumping you full of air all night. The "70 M cal" scared me until I realised it was a small c. Still that's ... what ... 2 months on half-rations? :-[
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Disappointing. I want to like MongoDB, but if this is the best a MongoDB apologist can come up with, I'll stick to SQL with a decent O-R mapping.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
I'll say this much. The article you linked to is much, much easier on the eyes.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Tell me about it. Just found out I have sleep apnea. It explains a lot! (Also means I urgently need to lose some weight.)
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by Pitarou 13y ago
It looks so different like this! The Andromeda Galaxy was easy to spot, but I couldn't find any of the constellations I'm familiar with (until I found the "Show Constellations and Objects" button).
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by Pitarou 13y ago
It's called the Milky Way! In general, you can't see it if you're anywhere near an urban area.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Yup. That's why my desk fan has 11 blades, and my car has 16 wheels and a 1024 valve engine.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
Shame on you.
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by Pitarou 13y ago
How can a human write that much good prose without scribbling things out?

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