calcifer

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by calcifer 7y ago
This is a weirdly defensive comment, fighting against a strawman. The article doesn't claim it's surprising, that "invalidates" Go or that it isn't the "natural way of things".
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by calcifer 7y ago
> especially, as Go is implemented in Go. Well, parts of it. You can't implement "make" or "new" in Go yourself, for example.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> we don't need to bring the whole world down to the lowest common denominator. ... says the man who isn't disabled.
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by calcifer 7y ago
That's an interesting way of spelling "could we accidentally hire a decent person who would blow the whistle on our shitty politics and toxic culture? Let's cover our asses like cowards and not hire them if so"
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by calcifer 7y ago
> is it too much to ask that the first thing we see on the home page is a brief description of what the project is, and some of the benefits so a curious chap can decide if it's of interest? It's not too much to ask, especially
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by calcifer 7y ago
> Why is that hard to comprehend? Probably because that's not what the article says.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> [the] statement is not factually correct "not factually correct" is a sickening euphemism for "a lie" .
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by calcifer 7y ago
> The writer seems to exhibit copious amounts of Stockholm syndrome for his captors. Or, perhaps, he knows his own feelings better than random commentators on the Internet?
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A Decade Later, Dutch Officials Publish a Study Critical of Boeing(nytimes.com)
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Astronomers’ Appeal(astronomersappeal.wordpress.com)
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by calcifer 7y ago
> And Taleb is a confirmed provocateur. Confirmed by who? When? How?
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by calcifer 7y ago
Would it happen the same way though, with a polite knock on the door, a calm chat and orderly evidence collection? In the US they'd probably break the door, pin the guy down on the floor while armed men ransack the house. Call me cynic
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by calcifer 7y ago
"No Way To Prevent This", Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way_To_Prevent_This,%27_...
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by calcifer 7y ago
You're doing some creative quoting right there. The context for that sentence is: > Boeing also said on its conference call some customers have stopped making advanced payments . [...] > I’m not a financial analyst and I haven’t
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by calcifer 7y ago
> If it is accepted by the Linux Foundation, we should be expecting documentation in English LF has no mandate to dictate any specific language to projects. > Otherwise it is fine for maintainers to use whatever language they feel is
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by calcifer 7y ago
> The headline probably needs qualification that the fine was in Europe I think the first word of the title, France, is a giveaway here.
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by calcifer 7y ago
She didn't tell them join a union. All she did was informing people that they have a legal right to organize.
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by calcifer 7y ago
You keep moving the goalposts every time someone refutes one of your points. > Does that seem appropriate to you? Yes. It's a tool for showing notifications related to the page being visited. Not to mention the whole thing is approp
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by calcifer 7y ago
> dozens of crashes That's wrong by an order of magnitude. 737 series had a total of 478 incidents, 213 of which is resulted in hull loss [1]. [1] https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/Boeing-737-serie
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by calcifer 7y ago
> something a breakup can't fix Really? Breaking up the search unit and the ads unit into separate companies would solve that problem, no?
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by calcifer 7y ago
The author thinks these are valuable challenges every programmer should try. Not must, should . It's just an opinion. If you don't agree with it, then don't do the challenges. Why does it cause you to write a 200 word rant
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by calcifer 7y ago
> Dynamic languages are different in their terminology By different you mean wrong. PHP calling an ordered hash map an array doesn't make it one.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> premium wheels What exactly is premium about them?
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by calcifer 7y ago
You say Carrie Lam isn't fronting the CCP and executing their policy, but she says her options are "very, very, very limited": > “But, of course, I’m sure in your hearts you will feel, and I’m sure a large number of people
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by calcifer 7y ago
> As an ABC who currently lives in HK ABC?
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by calcifer 7y ago
> Carrie Lam initiated the crisis on her own without instructions from Beijing. Lam's own leaked statements say otherwise [1]. [1] https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3025579...
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by calcifer 7y ago
Yes, because you are either living off the grid in an underground bunker, or you're be a twenty something techie who buys every new device. Middle ground, what's that?
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by calcifer 7y ago
> If I had the time I'd work on a Reddit clone without the new redesign and ads. Run it completely funded by Wikipedia-style donations Already exists and made by one of the earlier reddit employees: https://tildes.net
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by calcifer 7y ago
All the article says is that they subscribed to other people's public calendars. I do the same with many of my colleagues, am I harrassing them? Is it also pure coincidence that these union organizers just happened to be fired for harr
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by calcifer 7y ago
https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/whats-law/employers/d...

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