Will_Parker

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by Will_Parker 3y ago
> SQL And, not to put too fine a point on it, being extremely proficient will give you a massive competitive edge in the industry.
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by Will_Parker 3y ago
I also think a lot of programmers could get a sort of enlightenment by getting very proficient in SQL. (To the point where you can do general programming in it using recursive CTEs if you have to, even though probably impractical for real u
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by Will_Parker 6y ago
What's your plausible scientific reason that blocking droplets doesn't reduce the chance of spreading the virus? My prior is, it does, based on my experience of the mask getting wet when talking.
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by Will_Parker 6y ago
So how does it not work? I talk, mask gets wet. Doesn't it mean it's blocking some of the droplets from spraying out? Why not?
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by Will_Parker 6y ago
> You cannot win against true believers I'm a true believer in the drug's seventy year safety record when given as a prophylactic for malaria prevention millions of times and over the counter in many places.
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by Will_Parker 6y ago
> In some cases, for some people, wearing a mask can be neutral or even net-negative. If you don't wear it on your face.
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by Will_Parker 6y ago
> There is no scientific evidence they are effective in reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission It's a disease spread by exhaled droplets. How the heck could masks _not_ work? Why has common sense, as an acceptable way to obtai
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
In terms of purity, sure, but pragmatically, meh. You do need to round to cents in ui and after every calculation though. Exercise: how large do amounts need to be before losing a penny? I used to evangelize integer cents but then I worked
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> In my experience it always ends up a jumble where indentation is screwed up and no particular tab setting makes things right. Consider linting tools in your build.
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
Fair enough, but nothing about eating 50kg of meat per person per year suggests not treating it as primary or essential.
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> The US in particular is wedded to the notion that meat is essential and primary food, and it set up its entire agriculture industry to making that cheap Nothing is particular about the US here, humans are omnivores whose optimal diet f
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
Numbers like 8088 vs 80286 vs 80386DX vs 80386SX (which was basically a 286 iirc) were confusing to people back then too. :) Then you had the 486SX and DX and Cyrix introducing things like the 486DLC...
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> The immediate retort is that John Deere's approach is maximally profitable-- but is it? If your profit has to come from sales, but a lot of theirs comes from locking you into a maintenance profit, isn't this a big problem, wh
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
Some of them are complicated crud web apps.
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
Consciousness :trollface:
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> We only need one set of gendered pronouns Which set do you think would suffice?
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> So, why are you troubled that you can't debate this particular thing, when I'm sure there are things you shouldn't debate about your colleagues? I'm troubled by the top-down nature of what is decided to be beyond de
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
I'm not interested in debating it here, because it could damage my career, which is my point. In fact, even debating whether I should be able to debate it could damage my career. I believe this widespread use of silencing tactics, by i
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
I'm saying the establishment, including tech, doesn't permit open critical discussion on the topic of gender.
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
And any sort of diversion from that approved narrative, like suggesting that some of this is going a little too far, will make you a pariah in the industry. This is what I'm getting in, in questioning how much "the establishment&q
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> the establishment only permits fervent discussion about gender and skin color. Do they? Try making a case that we don't need more than two sets of gendered pronouns in your tech job.
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> a single metric for adversity is completely ridiculous What about a single metric for scholastic aptitude, though? :)
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
The trouble is, making sacrifices for yourself, as a voluntary moral choice, and just expecting other people to do the same is not going to be a successful strategy, because you're up against human nature itself. Any pragmatic strategy
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
From https://skepticalscience.com/animal-agriculture-meat-global-... "Animal agriculture is responsible for 13–18% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions globally, and less in developed countries (e.g. 3% in the USA)
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
Some things become clearer once you understand: a lot of people who say "X is invalid" really mean "We are better off not talking about X".
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
It depends on whether you have the technical prowess of Jonathan Blow or not? He was able to create game aspects in custom engines that would have been impossible otherwise. E.g. low level sound control in Braid, some amazing use of lightin
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> Where I think it tends to fall down for a modern listener (assuming good recordings, which is not a good assumption) is that it mostly dates from a pre-recording period, so it tends to draw out all of its ideas because it expects the l
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
> It's fun shifting the blame. I don't think blame is a useful concept at all. The question is, within the complex world of economics and politics, starting from the point we are at today, what would a pragmatic solution look l
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
How do you decide the baseline emissions for the tax and tariffs, internationally? China emits about half the carbon as the USA, per capita. So is the USA willing to pay tax to China unidirectionally, until we get to their level? Does China
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by Will_Parker 7y ago
So, breed a future full of inconsiderate people, I guess? If there's one best point thoughtful conservatives have, it's that for a sustainable planet, we need to value good people producing and raising the next generation. The ina

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