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by betacat 3y ago
Did they die with expensive energy or from expensive energy?
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by betacat 3y ago
That's a continental average. Rates varied (June 2022) from nearly 72% in Rwanda to near zero in neighboring Burundi. You are unfortunately parroting a bad/malicious over-generalization.
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by betacat 3y ago
Sweden tried to go the "herd immunity" route, realize they were about to take it hard on the nose, and changed course to match their European neighbors who were doing better. What do you think happened?
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by betacat 3y ago
So many projects forget the MS in DBMS.
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by betacat 5y ago
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#most-loved-dr...
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by betacat 5y ago
I've worked in tons of different ecosystems. You still need batteries in other platforms. I'm in a .NET web project right now where no only are the core libraries out of date, and one gone out of Microsoft support , but is filled
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by betacat 5y ago
Those are people problems, not language problems. You can have a relatively stable, testable toolchain in JS.
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by betacat 7y ago
It's unfortunately easy to find sociopathic engineers.
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by betacat 7y ago
"Potential job-loss outcomes range from between about zero and 3.7 million workers." So, between nothing to a small re-training program. Go for it!
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by betacat 8y ago
How do you know how far to simplify if you don't pay attention to correctness? Simple has correct as a dependency.
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by betacat 8y ago
This generic expression indicates why "correct" comes first. "Simple" has it as a dependency. ;)
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by betacat 12y ago
It's also pretty easy to ignore a paper contract... until you get caught. Then, the level of triviality of circumvention doesn't mean crap in court.
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by betacat 12y ago
So, some files on your system likely have read rights but no write rights were I to log in. Is that evil?
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by betacat 12y ago
It's not a good argument. DRM is an executable contract. Contracts cannot enforce themselves. That is why we have police, courts, etc. The fact that it is an executable contract makes it more difficult to circumvent than a paper one, b
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by betacat 12y ago
So, what is a better language for learning? (Genuinely curious.)
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Ask HN: Are There Banks Best-Suited To SaaS Startups?
1 points by betacat 12y ago|1 comments