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by cbsmith 2y ago
javax.json has been around since Java 7.
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Thanks dad. ;-) Job well done.
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by cbsmith 2y ago
> maybe instead of relying on kubernetes DNS for discovery it can be closer to something like envoy.the control plane updates configs that are stored locally (and are eventually consistent) so even if the control plane dies the data plan
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Yeah, "script" is just an abbreviation of "manuscript", right? ;-)
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Yeah, if I'm reading documentation to decide if there's a value proposition worth exploring, I've already made a mistake. You've got a make the value proposition, and then I'll read about the "why" to unde
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:-) Actually, it looks like it alternates between those two phrases.
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by cbsmith 2y ago
If I'm in a rush to achieve a goal, using a new tool is going to slow me down, with or without a tutorial. I consequently find the tutorial of limited value and usually just something I scan through until I get to the "real"
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by cbsmith 2y ago
In hindsight, I realize my tone was off in that comment. I didn't mean it like it was the right choice or that there was anything wrong with Diátaxis. Since people find it helpful I presumed it was... and you're absolutely right a
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Only has type 4 UUIDs. ;-)
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I always want to jump right to the explanation documentation. The rest of it seems like a waste of time (well, the Reference bit can be somewhat useful later). I find tutorials and HOWTOs as misleading at best.
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Indeed.
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> Evidence is scarce and the article is talking about brains with active illnesses. They compared them to control brains, which also had microbes. > It could be that there isn't any microbiome normally but if the safety mechanism
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Contamination is possible, but it's hard to explain the results that way. Definitely needs replication, of course. I don't see the point of the samples all being from older individuals. Even if it exclusively occurs in older indiv
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by cbsmith 2y ago
I mean, we know about all kinds of microbes that can be in the brains of "unhealthy" people, and we've known that for ages (taxoplasmosis and CJD come to mind). The association in the article isn't a case of "we did
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Short answer: yes. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/01/the-bra...
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by cbsmith 2y ago
You're going to have a lot of fans amongst con men. ;-) Unfair coins very much do exist: https://izbicki.me/blog/how-to-create-an-unfair-coin-and-pro...
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by cbsmith 2y ago
There's a "fair coin", and then there's a "fair flip". It's actually pretty difficult to do a truly "fair flip".
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Yup. Really moved me.
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> You can't stop talking - Once you've given the feedback, anything beyond that is... not feedback, it's something else. So, so true. Early on in my career I was so nervous giving feedback that I talked for an hour after
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by cbsmith 2y ago
> The extremely wealthy like Bezos have contingency plans and systems for this situation. Yes. That's the point, the ideal target is one that doesn't have contingency plans, not someone who has crypto.
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It'd be trivial for Bezos to take out a loan for a ransom to buy crypto in a new account, and then transfer it to another crypto account.
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by cbsmith 2y ago
It's logistically pretty easy these days for a wealthy person without an ounce of crypto to buy crypto and transfer it to someone else. On the other hand, if your business was a scam and you needed to explain where $1 million went to..
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Uber & Airbnb were really exploring a time-honoured model that has predictable effects. Taking underutilized resources and shifting to a "rental" model increases utilization of assets, broadening accessibility, and thereby inc
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by cbsmith 2y ago
> The concern regarding a drug as a crutch is stil valid. People with pacemakers can't get off of them either, but it doesn't have the same stigma. Diabetics often need regular insulin injections, but it doesn't have the s
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by cbsmith 2y ago
You're right. You didn't say that. You said (and I quoted) "I mean, medication won't actually solve what is caused by behaviour, right?" in commentary to an article about a medication used to treat obesity, while di
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by cbsmith 2y ago
> From my subjective experience in life, what they very often lacked was parents who set the right examples around food. No amount of education will change who your parents were or how you were raised. Have you observed a strong correlat
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Yes, because what obese people lack is education.
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by cbsmith 2y ago
Yeah, there was a ton of wrong here. You captured much of the highlights. I now understand why some developers tell me they think using environment variables for secrets is a bad idea.
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One can recognize a term but be confused by a statement in which the term is used and how it is relevant to the discussion. > Plenty of examples of open-bid ascending-price auctions beating better systems due to familiarity, for instance
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> No, there isn’t. If anything, the market failure of non-competitive markets almost implies the reverse: power prefers unfair auctions. I do not follow your reasoning here. What do you mean by "the market failure of non-competitive

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