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by blep_ 4y ago
I don't think it does. This isn't some big architectural thing where the choice actually has implications that reach beyond the function you're in. It's not even on the level of naming conventions, where you might have t
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by blep_ 4y ago
That doesn't really seem like the sort of thing that needs to be standardized at all, though. They're both valid, they're both readable to anyone competent, just do whatever feels right.
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by blep_ 4y ago
If you think those things are as immoral as what the NSA does (I don't), then yes, that seems like a conclusion you might reach. But it doesn't actually matter: we're talking about "are there people who believe this and
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by blep_ 4y ago
I don't know. We would learn that some things are possible which we thought were impossible, which means physics took a wrong turn somewhere and we need to back up and keep looking. Even if it's not the secrets of hyper drive, tha
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by blep_ 4y ago
(or just give them the money you saved and let them decide how to allocate it)
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by blep_ 4y ago
Perhaps. I'm skeptical, but I have neither data nor anecdata to support that skepticism, so I won't actually dispute it. But the problem there is still the manipulative and abusive behavior, not the polygamy. It's absurd to a
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by blep_ 4y ago
English has that too ("one should eat one's vegetables") but it has similar problems to "thou" in that nobody uses it in everyday speech.
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by blep_ 4y ago
There's also two users: Disallow: /account-login Disallow: /Explodingstuff/ The first for obvious reasons, the second probably because they've uploaded nothing of substance besides a copy of WannaCry.
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by blep_ 4y ago
Notably, there are ways to do so without being on the train , which probably increases the number of people willing to do it.
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by blep_ 4y ago
PVC fittings are weirdly expensive, considering how cheap the pipes themselves are.
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by blep_ 4y ago
"Tamper-resistant" usually just means "normal people won't have a screwdriver for it".
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by blep_ 4y ago
Yes, because there are often incentives for lower-class people to signal higher class. That doesn't mean it's not signaling.
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by blep_ 4y ago
It's signalling class , not respect. People can be assholes in any clothes. It's a tool for getting a certain type of person to respect you .
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by blep_ 4y ago
People tried that. Unfortunately, it was immediately doomed because it was a blockchain thing. More seriously, this means you also have to accurately encode all the things the laws refer to, even when those things are vague judgement calls.
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by blep_ 4y ago
I tried it earlier today, after seeing it mentioned in another thread. I gave it some queries where Google had recently frustrated me by returning nothing but affiliate marketing listicles. It returned the same results, but with some of the
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by blep_ 4y ago
At the bottom of the stack, the answer is probably either "it fit perfectly in an 88x31 space between some other things on the first page it was used on" or "I drew a rectangle that looked right and didn't bother roundin
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by blep_ 4y ago
I remember, many years ago, using an alarm clock on my phone that used questions like that. It was a clever solution to the problem I was having at the time, which was that I kept oversleeping because I got really good at shutting off the a
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by blep_ 4y ago
PTAs are primarily/only a thing in grade school.
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by blep_ 4y ago
Why can't you just resize the window to a width that is comfortable for you?
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by blep_ 4y ago
A lot of the friction here is that the WMF (nonprofit who gets donations and runs servers) and the Wikipedia community (the unpaid people who write the content and run the project[0]) are separate entities. Many people in the community feel
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by blep_ 4y ago
I actually do agree with you on this one. This wasn't intended as an individualist libertarian take (most of those people would call me a communist, though I don't call myself one), so much as an anti-preferential-treatment-for-fa
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by blep_ 4y ago
... no? I legitimately, honestly, cannot comprehend why you would think that. Had I not been born, I wouldn't know the difference, because I wouldn't exist. That I do exist now is irrelevant, because we're talking about a hyp
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by blep_ 4y ago
I have a partner like that, and this is a thing we discussed very early and very much agree on. Neither of us would enjoy it, and both of us would be terrible parents, because it is very possible to severely screw something up without it
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by blep_ 4y ago
Parameterized queries do that just as well.
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by blep_ 4y ago
> It’s not about pay back; it’s about helping those in need that once helped you. That... is paying them back, though? > It also sets a great example for your kids to consider if the day comes when you are old and in need. That would
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by blep_ 4y ago
I'm going to answer anyway because I can read subtext and don't like people making such assumptions about me: one of them went to jail after putting me in the hospital. The other was an extreme helicopter parent with no concept of
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by blep_ 4y ago
> Most parents sacrificed some of their future to have children That's a choice they made, though (and usually for selfish reasons). It's like giving someone a gift and then getting upset when they don't pay you back for
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by blep_ 4y ago
You don't know other people's life situations, even if you know their financial situations. My family consists entirely of terrible people who don't deserve my help. Any success I have is despite them, not because of them. Bu
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by blep_ 4y ago
This is the most frustrating kind of article: "I think this thing is bad and will spend several paragraphs explaining why, but will explicitly refuse to tell you what it is." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump
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by blep_ 4y ago
> Can (e.g) Postgresql wait until the whole world is relying on their software, and then pull a licence change that makes it non-free/libre and requiring a paid licence fee? It's happened before: https://en.wikipedia

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