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901.
by collyw 6y ago
> This is not a useful list in any meaningful way - it's not for developers, it's for a subset of web developers. Isn't the majority of development classed as web development these days?
902.
by collyw 6y ago
If we are taking this seriously, then surely wearing some swimming goggles would have more benefit, considering that you can be infected through your eyes.
903.
by collyw 6y ago
> I strongly dislike software that will simply apply a default state when it cannot encounter a certain configuration in it's configuration file for this reason. Isn't sensible default what make certain software a lot easier to
904.
by collyw 6y ago
Switerland didn't bother with a second lockdown and coped fine. Hospitals got full (like most winters) but nothing more.
905.
by collyw 6y ago
Anti-science means that you don't follow the given narrative in this day and age. There is very little solid science behind most of the covid measures. Basically we just trusted what China told us and followed suit.
906.
by collyw 6y ago
Most people are not wearing n95 masks, and the airflow seems to come out of the side of the normal ones.
907.
by collyw 6y ago
Here is a challenge for you. Find out where the idea for lockdowns came from and the science behind those. (There is none - we just blindly copied an authoritarian regime).
908.
by collyw 6y ago
The rest of the world didn't say that. Many of the world's politicians felt the need to be seen to be doing something, so forced masks upon us despite little hard evidence.
909.
by collyw 6y ago
> In order to limit buying the CDC pushed the lie that masks would not significantly affect the chance of catching COVID in a non-hospital setting. Is it actually a lie? I don't believe there is conclusive evidence either way. (It c
910.
by collyw 6y ago
The CDC did say that masks didn't work. Then they said that they do work.
911.
by collyw 6y ago
The same as lockdown policies then.
912.
by collyw 6y ago
It's frightening how much censorship there is around non-consensual views on covid. Sure there are a few nutters blaming 5g masts, but there are plenty of legitimate criticisms of the way it is currently being handled. The Great Barrin
913.
by collyw 6y ago
it is web scale though
914.
by collyw 6y ago
That sounds even worse than the nonsense we have to put up with in this industry.
915.
by collyw 6y ago
>Think of it more like a first date and you each pay for your own meal. Reasonable point, but many companies expect you do to a reasonably substantial technical test (minimum half a days work, often more) after a quick chat with their HR
916.
by collyw 6y ago
Monzo appear to be more interested in showing of their hipster tech stack than anything else.
917.
by collyw 6y ago
As someone classed as middle aged, gender is a synonym for sex to me, as it had been for decades. If you want to introduce new concepts, it would be easier for everyone if you used new words instead of trying to take over existing words. h
918.
by collyw 6y ago
There are too many egos in this industry, probably egged on by the hiring process. After 20 years I realize that a good team player is far more use than an algorithmic whizz kid.
919.
by collyw 6y ago
It does smell like a PR attempt. But if a PR attempt is what it takes do something better than what came before I don't mind.
920.
by collyw 6y ago
How do you measure that? What do Australians do that the rest of us in Europe don't?
921.
by collyw 6y ago
How do you account for Peru? Locked down hard, locked down early. Didn't do them much good.
922.
by collyw 6y ago
Peru's was military enforced for what its worth.
923.
by collyw 6y ago
Sad that this has been flagged. We can't have science disrupting the narrative.
924.
by collyw 6y ago
We should have had some research before trying this enormously costly experiment. Considering the massive costs and suffering caused by lockdowns, it should be expected that we see some obvious benefit, not just cries of "it would have
925.
by collyw 6y ago
Stack Overflow runs what is essentially a monolithic architecture. Though they do have a few services, it isn't what I would describe as a micro-service architecture. https://stackexchange.com/performance
926.
by collyw 6y ago
Speaking as someone with 20 years in the industry, what you say is correct. Most applications would be find on a single server and a classic LAMP stack. But that ain't cool these days.
927.
by collyw 6y ago
Didn't include "lock down early, lock down hard" Peru or Argentina either.
928.
by collyw 6y ago
Seems pretty obvious by this stage that lockdowns don't bring benefits proportional to the massive costs. Just look at Peru, who "locked down hard, locked down early" and for months. The insanity needs to end. Lockdowns do ha
929.
by collyw 6y ago
I have never come across a gendered language with more than two genders. If you are referring to "gender identity", it would be a good idea to use that phrase rather than the ambiguity of "gender" which now means differe
930.
by collyw 6y ago
> People on both sides present evidence, experts, witnesses. The two sides get a hand in picking the jury. Over a twitter spat? Seems like a waste of resources.

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