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by V-2 8y ago
> The placement of keys in such s way that they had a low probability of jammin It's highly debatable, and arguably a myth. The QWERTY design predated any potential jamming problems. Perhaps it was so foreseeing? It's really ha
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by V-2 8y ago
Designs spread.
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by V-2 8y ago
France wasn't communist, but it was heavily influenced by communist ideas. I believe it had the second largest communist party in the West (after Italy), and Le Corbusier was highly revered in the USSR.
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by V-2 8y ago
make i be i plus 1 What's with the verbosity?
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by V-2 8y ago
"Don't want to be warned in the future?" Does that imply that having MS Edge installed is something to be warned about, or that installing Firefox/Chrome is somehow bad for your PC?
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by V-2 8y ago
Nice Easter egg (I assume) for "chess" ;)
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by V-2 8y ago
It's basically an abstraction that fails to properly abstract away the (complex) reality behind it, which leads to things being more, instead of less, difficult to grasp. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11&#x2F
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by V-2 8y ago
The experiment was criticized (convincingly) in "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness" by Erich Fromm. Even without bringing any hitherto unknown evidence in, it's not difficult to see its various flaws.
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by V-2 8y ago
I'm okay with the water that blueberries actually CONTAIN, and the same with any air INSIDE them. I just don't think that "air that had separated each berry from its neighbors" should count.
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by V-2 8y ago
At the risk of being the you-must-be-fun-at-parties guy - why would a planet "made of blueberries" be comprised of any air at all to begin with? :) "Releasing the air that had separated each berry from its neighbors" -
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by V-2 8y ago
Ah, then I misunderstood you, sorry. Of course this is a bit of a red herring anyway... As the original commenter remarked already, command line flags may be stored globally (eg. as read-only fields), but won't - and shouldn't - b
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by V-2 8y ago
Perhaps they are minor if there's one or two global variables. Once they're used liberally and there's plenty of them, the resulting bugs can become so elusive it can drive you mad. A bug can be extremely hard to replicate, b
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by V-2 8y ago
IDE will show you where it's accessed, but it's of little use if there are two hundred fifty usages, and IDE won't fix the design choices that followed from the use of globals.
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by V-2 8y ago
It is of course ironic, but perhaps it is also to be expected. It might be that we're more sensitive to - and insightful about - the social phenomena that stem from personality traits not unlike our own (on some level at least).
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by V-2 8y ago
"I am 23 as I write this" . I can't say I'm surprised, and the author is clearly of the "I love the sound of my own voice" type. That's how the piece reads at least. Narcissism isn't only about looks
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by V-2 8y ago
They are still same people no doubt. It's quite typical for your IT recruiter to have screened Hollywood models back in the day.
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by V-2 8y ago
It sounds very interesting. Unfortunately, the service seems to require to install Flash
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by V-2 8y ago
"Luckily, there are several easy ways to prevent things from tainting your poolside experience forevermore." Okay... "Always shower before entering" Right, but I'm not the one with diarrhoea. I can't get ev
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by V-2 8y ago
Right, so that goes back to my original point - it's other countries not letting a passport-less person in. The airlines have no other choice but to accept the fact.
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by V-2 8y ago
But that's between you and this private company :) Plus, I think at least part of the reason why airlines would be reluctant to board you is exactly that - knowing that the destination country wouldn't be happy with them dropping
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by V-2 8y ago
Technically the US doesn't prevent you from leaving the country for not having an American passport - it's other countries that are likely not to let you in.
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by V-2 8y ago
In terms of "niceness" I prefer Kotlin not only to Java, but also to C#; another language in which I've coded professionally, and one I hold in high regard. Although there's certainly much less of a gap between Kotlin an
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by V-2 8y ago
This reminds me of the famous Leary vs. Lettvin debate (1967): https://youtu.be/Gq3Fp-xp0l0 For the brochure version: http://www.swt.org/oshare/Lettvin-Leary/Lettvin-Leary-LSD-De... Leary's s
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by V-2 8y ago
> I think this has to do with the psychology of disgust sensitivity. Conservatives tend to have stronger senses of disgust than liberals and especially libertarians Hague is no other than a former Conservative Party leader. The Norwegi
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by V-2 8y ago
> About advertising i think it applies again to Scandinavia. Poland, too, with the exception of beer (and this is still subject to many restrictions).
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by V-2 8y ago
The objective is to attack the king, not the queen.
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by V-2 8y ago
Which of the following countries isn't located in Europe? (A) United Kingdom (B) Poland (C) Greece (D) Japan Aristo is not sure about this one... Aristo's best guess: (A) United Kingdom Confidence: 8.22%
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by V-2 8y ago
Aristo can't answer "What are the advantages of global warming?" either :)
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by V-2 8y ago
Good point about the format. I'd argue that the distinction between a novel and an essay etc. could be classified as an "elementary school question", though. At least I can't see why it would count as less scientific tha
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by V-2 8y ago
Which of the following species is not an animal? A) frog B) cow C) oak D) fly Aristo is not sure about this one... Aristo's best guess: HPO4 2- Confidence: 24.85% It sort of simply doesn't work, does it?

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