RHSeeger

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by RHSeeger 3y ago
That sounds remarkably like saying "it's ok to drive drunk, as long as you don't hurt anyone"; which, clearly, is ridiculous. If you're breaking the law, there should be consequences even if you didn't _happen_
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> pick a very select group of people, and give them money and access to a network of very wealthy people > 11/900 is a pretty amazing success rate But completely unscalable. It seems perfectly reasonable to think you can take a s
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> How long does it take you to go to the store? Yes you might die in the process and take ∞ time, but one normally considers common inconveniences in this. A senior who can't estimate isn't a senior. The problem tends to be tha
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
It is entirely possible for a culture in an area/country to promote a behavior that many of the people there agree with. That doesn't mean that all the people in that area/country agree with (or exhibit) it, just that it&#x27
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
My Verizon subscription came with a subscription to the Disney+ package, which includes Hulu. So, as such, I _am_ paying for Hulu. And ads still show up.
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
Why? They put up content on the web that people can watch without paying for it. Why would I stop viewing that content just because I don't want to pay their premium price?
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
I don't mind watching an ad or two for a reasonable length video. But if I click through to a 5 second video and it has a 15 second ad pre-rolled, I get annoyed. And if your site is annoying enough regularly enough, then I stop caring
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> What makes you think you're entitled to an increase in your "property value" at the expense of someone else? The exact same thing that makes me think I can't just walk into your home and take what I want, because I
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> Your opinion of what I should do with my property does not trump my opinion of what I should do with my property. This is true in some ways, and false in multiple other ways. 1. Fire (and similar) codes exist because other people don&#
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
With the caveat that my knowledge of Bitcoin is limited, I know I can't be bothered to use it because - Stories about transaction fees that are more than the cost of something you would buy with it ($25 at on point) - Stories about Bit
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
I bought a few years back and we didn't really use an agent to find the house at all. Looking into it, I found that a certain percentage of the sale amount goes to pay the agent(s); 6% I think. If there are two agents, they each get ha
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
This is a matter of scale, though. There is a big difference between - Someone wants to know if your DNA matches the killer's... so they get a hold of your DNA and test it - The companies you interact with all have easy access to every
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> we never asked people to hide the color of their skin We have a bunch of regulations around "you can't even ask the person about that", specifically because companies cannot be trusted not to discriminate based on it.
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
The world is as unfair as it is even _with_ us pushing back a lot on sources of unfairness. If we didn't push back because "it's already unfair", it would add up quick and be a _lot_ worse.
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> those employees they sacked did actual work I am always amazed when they are layoffs, and the people in charge are like <surprised picachu face> at the fact that important things aren't getting done afterwords.
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
And to follow it a bit further, (my understanding is that) copyright was created not because the creators have some inherent right to control what they created but, rather, to promote the creation of such works for the betterment of socie
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
That is pretty cool, thanks. I haven't been able to roleplay in a number of years but, if I can get back into it, I will certainly be making an image of my character :)
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> Are foreigners not allowed to criticize anything? This seems fairly disingenuous. Nobody said foreigners shouldn't be allowed to criticize anything. Rather, the "for" argument is that their criticism should be analyzed t
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> our DM has been utilizing Midjourney for character tokens for the bad guys I don't think, in all my years of role playing, I've _ever_ seen an image of one of the NPCs in our stories; at least outside of the rare store-bought
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> it's the exact amount of money that would stop the idle masses from burning down the city. That seems awfully pessimistic. There's a couple different reasons - To stop the masses from uprising (as noted) - Because the health
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> But the people who are pushing these timelines are basically the same people who just finished up spending tens (hundreds?) of billions of dollars making the food delivery industry worse, more expensive, and probably less profitable ov
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
Honestly, even looking at a picture showing how a 2-lane roundabout works ( https://www.epermittest.com/drivers-education/roundabouts ), I still can't understand how it works. Assuming 0 is the bottom and 90 is the
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
I think it depends a lot on the developer. But it _also_ depends on the company. "The work that isn't appreciated" is commonly the worst type of work; and maintenance work falls into the bucket in a lot of companies.
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What McKinsey got wrong about developer productivity(leaddev.com)
81 points by RHSeeger 3y ago|116 comments
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
But does the answer actually say what the law states, or does the law state what the (ignoring) response is describing. What was intended by a law and what the law actually says can vary wildly; and calling that out, when the law gives far
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
There is/was a plugin for client side Tcl, the Tcl/Tk Tclet Plugin, originally released during the 1990s. It filled the same role as Javascript; but never really gained popularity.
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
> I did some Tcl and that went fine, but I never did enough to really have an informed opinion. I know some people really hate it though. As someone in the opposite direction, having done lots of Tcl, I love it. It is one of my favorite
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
I would add to this a bit in that 1. Given that "select " is considered something to avoid except when necessary in edge cases 2. And "select 1" will accomplish the same goal Anyone reading the "select " vers
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
As I read what you wrote, my first thought is that you don't have any such thing as a "customer" in that data model. You can ask for "one line for each customer.B" (which is what you're doing). But the idea tha
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by RHSeeger 3y ago
As I understand it, "educating more doctors" in the US is a lot more complicated than it sounds. There's a number of different organizations involved, each setting their own limits for their "step" of the process; a

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