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by chopin 7y ago
> Procyon has the same diameter and brightness as Saturn. How could he possibly that have determined? I don't think that Brahe could measure this he hadn't even a telescope. The apparent diameter you see from stars is diffracti
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by chopin 7y ago
>the developers will at some point reach for the deprecated api Agreed, however you can have organizational measures to prevent this (a build time check). And of course a change in the framework must be accompanied by decent conversion l
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by chopin 7y ago
I've heard that some Haskell frameworks do this as well. I am heavily using Java's Servlet framework and the blatant spraying of Strings everywhere is astounding in this age. I understand that backwards compatibility is an issue,
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by chopin 7y ago
Which ones would that be? I know of many which have a tax on various forms of energy consumption. And even then, industrial consumers are exempt or have a reduced rate.
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by chopin 7y ago
Sourcing high quality vegetables is very difficult in Germany. Even with local farmers it is very hard to come by. It is quite easy to find sources for organic food but most of it tastes equally bad compared to non-organic, sometimes even w
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by chopin 7y ago
Dutch tomatoes are said to be a fourth aggregate state of water. This however applies to any vegetable that can be purchased in Germany. Almost independent of price.
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by chopin 7y ago
If I have a rightful complaint and it costs me $300 to resolve I am done with that business.
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by chopin 7y ago
Maybe, but there are fewer planes...
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by chopin 7y ago
So the rules shall apply to Airbus, but not Boeing?
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by chopin 7y ago
How do you know that the wire harnesses on the MAX are the same than on the NG? The only word we have for it is Boeings. As the planes are not identical, the wiring might not be identical as well.
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by chopin 7y ago
the same logic applies for new planes. Why should I be obligated to implement this new safety feature when I have build the ones before without it? The MAXes where built after the regulation came into place therefore you better build it in.
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by chopin 7y ago
I'd be interested to see what they know about me if I don't have an account.
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by chopin 7y ago
>The report found that Southwest “operates its fleet of aircraft with frequent weight and balance errors.” Such incorrect information was “frequently” communicated to pilots, which can “greatly affect” a plane’s safety and performance, t
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by chopin 7y ago
Strangely enough, all your points are required under GDPR.
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by chopin 7y ago
Not if corporations do it.
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by chopin 7y ago
This would end quickly if every honest athlete abstained (being part of the game). Or even a majority. Professional sports is corrupted so far that the best move is not to play.
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by chopin 7y ago
As long as they keep Firefox available they can waste my money as much as they want. Why should they owe me anything? I am taking their browser.
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by chopin 7y ago
I could do this in my spare time yet I play piano.
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by chopin 7y ago
Which would be? I am living in Germany and I am pretty disappointed so far. GDPR has (intentionally?) a huge loophole: It is up to national agencies to enforce it, with no individual right to sue. These are heavily underfunded thus enforcem
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by chopin 7y ago
I just checked in Java, it is: 1. increment x, then take the value of x 2. take the value of x, then increment x Both are expressions in Java returning a value. My C is very rusty but I remember it being the same in C.
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by chopin 7y ago
There is no possible way this can go wrong...
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by chopin 7y ago
It's unbelievable to which lengths people can go in order to NOT work.
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by chopin 7y ago
Yeah, but why is it better form (I am coming from Java where it shouldn't make any difference)?
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by chopin 7y ago
TCAS doesn't help with terrain it's designed to avoid collisions with other planes. GPWS or its equivalents does this.
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by chopin 7y ago
There will be safeguards for influential people but not for us.
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by chopin 7y ago
Any specific reason to use ++i over i++ ? I always use the latter but only out of habit. I've rarely seen code with the former (your idiom).
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Linux on Laptops: Ubuntu 19.10 on the HP Dragonfly Elite G1(arstechnica.com)
3 points by chopin 7y ago|0 comments
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Wuhan coronavirus: Travel bans for diseases like this don’t work(vox.com)
2 points by chopin 7y ago|0 comments
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by chopin 7y ago
Afaik the iron age depended on charcoal, not on fossil fuels. Europe has seen a wide deforestation due to it. Industrialization might depend on fossil fuels but not an iron age per se.
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by chopin 7y ago
The same people who are buying property at 40 times the yearly rent, though. I am sure this will work out well.

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