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by V-2 6y ago
I also don't understand where is the "fun to write" aspect exactly that the author insists about. "This cannot be understated: Java simply feels good to write" But why? The only explanation that follows is that &
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"the IDEs is not as good as the java counterparts yet" How do you mean? What IDEs are you referring to? Kotlin is fully (and very well) supported in IntelliJ Idea - unsurprisingly so, given that it's JetBrains own invention
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by V-2 6y ago
Even if they didn't make any exceptions, still, why should regular level employees get punished for something over which they've never held any responsibility whatsoever?
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Italy is a country of great contrasts. Northern Italy (such as Milan) is definitely on par with "more northern Europe".
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Are you implying that if they were a richer, more prosperous country, then they couldn't afford it? I'm confused
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"It can also exacerbate mental health problems, especially anxiety and depression. One major American study suggested that up to a quarter of young alcoholics have social anxiety disorder." The first sentence might be true for a
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by V-2 6y ago
Yes exactly, it was only my guess, based on: a) the assumption that country in question was likely English-speaking (which increases the risk of translation mistakes, due to the "false friend" effect) b) the fact that India is a p
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by V-2 6y ago
It appears to stem from wrong translation: "The incident occurred due to a simple flaw in the programming of the IT system, which was due to the meaning of the title ‘Miss’ being interpreted by the system as a child and not an adult f
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by V-2 6y ago
The root cause wasn't that adult females were checked in as "miss" (which implies it was done against, or regardless of their own intentions). The root cause was that the system assumed "miss" = "child". S
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by V-2 6y ago
For what it's worth, "kalakutas" happens to sound (mildly) obscene in Polish, since "kutas" means a dong/dick :)
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That would make perfect sense, since public figures mostly get assassinated at their homes.
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"public statement by an ex-employee rebuking these practices" This idea sounds uncannily familiar for anyone from the former Soviet bloc.
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by V-2 6y ago
I guess this would require deepfaking updated lip movements into the actors' faces - so that they're not out of sync anymore - and I don't think we're that far away. (Personally I'm not a fan of dubbing, but that&#x
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by V-2 6y ago
Of course, but not universally so. Eg. Napoleon's perception in Poland is very positive (including a favourable mention in the national anthem).
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This was my impression as well. Well, being a non-native speaker I tend to blame myself. Still, this style of writing does sound self-indulgent to me: "Hemingway’s voice distilled itself with miraculous speed, a fusion of telegrammati
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by V-2 6y ago
"Indyk" is Polish for turkey.
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I feel like it's a different measure than the proposed one, though.
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"I do see value in a crypto that's pinned at a weighted average of every single currencies' worldwide weight" The values of currencies are only relative (established by exchange rates). How do you calculate an average fo
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by V-2 6y ago
My impression as an Android developer (not backed by any systemic research, just personal experience) is that Samsung feels less bound by the platform standards because - due to their large market share - they can simply get away with it.
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by V-2 6y ago
I would add that the solution where "math education is well-funded by the lottery" is inherently self-defeating :)
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Not just in the US. For one, state-owned lotteries are quite typical of European countries too.
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"What if aliens live on a different timescale than us, such that blinking their (presumably proverbial) eyes takes centuries? The speed of light suddenly feels a lot faster!" I think it's reasonable to assume that natural s
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by V-2 6y ago
Humans wage wars against other humans, because we compete for the same resources. But fruit flies and giraffes pretty much ignore eachother.
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Yes, and as the grandparent comment pointed out, denying or questioning the existence of the bias is by itself treated as evidence of it. That's the vicious circle you can't win against - a non-falsifiable dogma.
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That's how it should work, but that's not how it actually works :)
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I appreciate your enthusiasm, but, being Polish, I have to say I was quite disappointed with "1983". I could tell that the screenwriter wasn't Polish before I looked it up. The core premise - that the society would flock to b
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"Please avoid adding drive-by comments such as "hello from Hacker News" to this task as they are not helpful. Thank you" Why would anyone do such stuff is, as usual, beyond me... PS. "First!"
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by V-2 6y ago
Sure, but such cognitive dissonance usually gets resolved in the long run, and the easiest way is to somehow convince yourself you're doing the right thing after all.
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The same could be argued for tic-tac-toe (which is obviously and trivially solved). There are many positions in which there's more than one move that is perfectly playable.
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The distinction between users and customers is blurry. You can be a user and , effectively, a customer even if you pay with something else than money (eg. we pay Facebook with our data).

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