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by clnq 4y ago
Interesting, I had the same experience. When 8 and 8.1 came out, I upgraded immediately because I thought I'd need to get with the times eventually. I suppose, in retrospect, 8 wasn't that bad. It had questionable design choices,
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by clnq 4y ago
Since we’re adding new backronyms every day, I propose SIMPLE. S - Spaghetti: write tapestry of code like a chef. I - Interlinked: if the project has modules, they should all depend on each other (we are strongest when we can depend on one
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by clnq 4y ago
Solar and wind could be better alternatives in the future . Today , Germany is among the European countries with least clean power thanks to coal and natural gas use — https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE . Princip
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by clnq 4y ago
Apple should not take any action. Imposing further restrictions on macOS would be unjust for the majority of users simply because some people choose to disregard clear warnings. Decades ago, when software warned users about potential danger
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by clnq 4y ago
He will quit to get a salary he's worth elsewhere. He probably doesn't care about your wife's truth.
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by clnq 4y ago
You probably discovered why many SWEs are leaving the industry and going into things like carpentry. It’s nice to have control over the outcome of one’s work. It feels more honest than being a cog in an uncoordinated corporate (and let’s no
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by clnq 4y ago
They could probably spy on users in a GDPR-compliant way. GDPR isn't about not tracking users, it is about protecting their personal data. All that analytics providers must do in principle is make sure to never associate certain types
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by clnq 4y ago
Very true. I was specifically talking about medical arrogance as a phenomenon, but of course, arrogance and choosing to remain close-minded is common in people. Almost everyone could benefit from being more receptive, observing, and open to
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by clnq 4y ago
Yes, possibly misunderstanding or perhaps I did not communicate clearly enough. My position is not extreme and speaks of the relative minority of medics who suffer from medical arrogance. > to state that the patient does a better job dia
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by clnq 4y ago
You can have GDPR-compliant analytics, like what Fathom does. I also built my own analytics solution that simply shows me my blog article reads per day, week, month, and year (that is all I care about). It's a simple bit of JS that sen
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by clnq 4y ago
There are already lists for ad blockers that remove those cookie notices.
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by clnq 4y ago
I disagree that a good doctor needs to be skeptical of everything until they properly gathered evidence. That is more a description of what a rigorous scientist should do. There is a school of thought in medicine among some doctors (at leas
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by clnq 4y ago
Whatever is happening, it is sad to hear about yet another case where doctors are too arrogant to listen to their patients and try to understand. It might not be a spiritual experience, it might be delirium. But perhaps it is important step
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by clnq 4y ago
Google has already lost the GPT race, so I assume Bard won’t make it past three years from now. Of course, I’d like to eat my words on this in 2026. But much more innovation in GPTs and LLMs is coming from GitHub randoms than Google. I don’
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by clnq 4y ago
Big cars are seen as a status symbol even if one is being driven in them. Even modern electric cars are big. I’m not sure going driverless will change much.
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by clnq 4y ago
I hope so, but for some reason, I doubt that small cars will catch on soon, whether driverless or regular. They make a lot of sense economically and ecologically. Despite that, companies have been building things like Mircolino and Isetta f
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by clnq 4y ago
For live services, the game has to be a success. ROI for pre-release marketing is more guaranteed and cheaper.
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by clnq 4y ago
Games still do it correctly. If you buy Spacewars you'll get patches and updates for a while, but you won't get Spacewars 2. Unfortunately, it is evident that the pay-once monetization model has been corrupted too. Many AAA game c
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by clnq 4y ago
True, all three (including the Apple ID region) are not very reliable.
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by clnq 4y ago
This works around VPNs, but something similar could also be done using the Accept-Language header or JS internationalization (Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone). It's a clever find, but also very disruptive to the user w
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by clnq 4y ago
As many are guessing, I only knew their online handle and they only knew mine. That was fine, it didn't impact our friendship in any kind of negative way.
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by clnq 4y ago
Around a decade ago, I stopped asking people the basic questions, like what they do, where they're from, how old they are, or their gender and pronouns when that is unclear. I find that it's irrelevant and will bias the relationsh
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by clnq 4y ago
Yes. An important point.
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by clnq 4y ago
While I agree that adulteration of street drugs contributes significantly to them being unsafe, it is proven beyond doubt that illicit narcotics cause addiction with negative health and social outcomes: 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm
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by clnq 4y ago
Alcohol consumption is proven unsafe to health[1], but it's not controversial. Adults have the right to choose risky behaviors, just like they do in fire fighting, coal mining, underwater welding, or mountain climbing. In some cases, w
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by clnq 4y ago
I am saying exactly this. Fixing the root problem through rehabilitation can be supplemented by harm reduction efforts. But harm reduction does not by itself eliminate harm, and should not be called "safe". It could be called &quo
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by clnq 4y ago
I am not only aware of the opioid epidemic, but my family is strongly involved in rehabilitation clinic work in Europe. My proposal is to reduce use through education, rehabilitation (including tapering/MAT), and not facilitating conti
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by clnq 4y ago
There is a clear difference between harm reduction and rehabilitation, although both are beneficial to society. However, we should not use double-speak terms like "safe use", as all efforts to facilitate continuous narcotics use a
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by clnq 4y ago
I do not disagree with medication-assisted treatment (MAT) rehabilitation which involves tapering/dose reduction. I do disagree with the implementation of "safe use" Western countries have now, which is ineffective for rehabi
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by clnq 4y ago
Criminalizing street drug use and distribution will probably fail so long as there is strong and inelastic demand — the kind created by addiction. This is why it is important to remove demand by effectively rehabilitating the users, educati

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