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by ethbr0 3y ago
Gag orders.
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Python is awesome because they built what people wanted. Python is terrible because they built what people wanted.
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> So, the exercise conducted by the journalist appears to not qualify for a reward, even though in at least one of the cases it produced a collection. The journalist (Jeff Ernsthausen) was able to bargain their way into non-public tour
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by ethbr0 3y ago
This is the greatest travesty of closed/open models, IMHO. I get exactly what happens -- devs are shipping their sprint pipeline internally, and pull requests or issues from the current open source head never make it onto their radar.
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> fuzzy, flat search for launching applications (I mean we basically do the same on the CLI right? The first time we each had to debug a $PATH search order issue makes this a yes&no answer from me. There's still a hierarchy an
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> everything is folders and files idea of the start menu Your comment is Ribbon/magic-search-bar vs hierarchical-organization preference in a nutshell. I've decided there are two mutually-exclusive sorts of people: (a) those
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The PRC has only had a blue water navy in the last couple decades. We see what their first impulse to do with that is in the militarization and claiming of the South China Sea. We'll see what their use of naval power is in the next few
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The central problem with the UK is that they've never fully embraced, or taken the time to understand, an inherent, universal, unconditional right to freedom of speech by all of their citizens. Kings respected it... when it was conveni
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Encryption respects no authority... ... which is why they continue to come for encryption.
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"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the
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From the US perspective, SE Asia's population demographics make economic access a key determinant of the future. If China can credibly restrict shipping in the south of the South China sea, then that accrues substantial economic power
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Australia exports a huge amount of iron ore and coal [0]. Out of all Australian exports, about 1/3 go to China. I'd assume even higher for the bulk materials. Australia has a lot of the world's iron ore deposits [1]. Russia
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I'd point to the biggest change being the destruction of extended family living in developed countries, and consequently shifting child care costs directly onto working age parents. Historically, countries got it both ways: - Working a
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The sad irony is there are many places with Mexican immigrants, working in kitchens of non-Mexican restaurants, without any Mexican restaurants around. (Looking at you, Connecticut)
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I wouldn't say I've seen aversion, more lack of awareness. And what aversion there is seems to be a missing distinction between the military organization and military outcomes. There are 1.3m active duty US DoD uniformed personnel
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I desperately wish there was more awareness of military writing styles in the civilian world. - They're organizations that have existed for as long as their countries. - They're incredibly large. - They have to communicate critica
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by ethbr0 3y ago
Paris felt extremely different than New York to me. Firstly, much cleaner. Just in terms of trash/litter on your average street. Secondly, the integration of metro into the regional train network. Amtrak tries, but it's a sad co
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by ethbr0 3y ago
I chalked it up to increasing globalization. My memory of France in the 90s was that it was way more French. Now, it seems like American, Japanese, et al. cultures have penetrated a bit, and there's more awareness that there are other-
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I've spent more time in Paris than Tokyo, but my memory of Tokyo is that people had no problem being extremely close when necessary. But they were also exceedingly polite, especially when in close physical proximity and with verbal vol
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by ethbr0 3y ago
Shipping features that only work in a first party hardware ecosystem simplifies development a lot. Of those, only Apple Pay has a touch point with non-Apple products, no? And enabling it was more business bludgeon than software feature.
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That echoes my general experience everytime I try the Apple ecosystem again: it's fine until it's not fine. I suppose it's equal parts {stricter locks} + {smaller number of devices} + {fewer dev resources?} Last time for me,
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The dichotomy to me is in the hardware vs software divide. Apple mobile devices are absolutely luxury hardware . Apple mobile OS/software is... functional to a most generous description.
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Hell, I'll even put Taco Bueno up against any other pan-US cheap quasi-taco chain. It's bad Tex-Mex, but at least it's recognizable.
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100% agreed. Starting with bad French + a self-deprecating expression = much more helpful Parisians The kids and I joked about how pleasantly lyrical all French greetings are. You have to try to make "Bonjour" not sound nice.
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I noticed there were French tacos (TINOs), but it seemed like the "taco" popularity was leading to a few closer-to-Tex-Mex taco places as well. This was around the Bastille, so maybe hipster culture? Overall, a decent attempt, but
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> (on Paris Syndrome uniquely afflicting Japanese tourists) Or it could be the jarring confrontation of the a priori ideal of Paris as exotic and friendly with the rather more abrasive nature of the city’s inhabitants. Having visited T
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I switched to prepaid MVNO because I didn't want to do research everytime I made a billing decision with Verizon / ATT. Give me a monthly price. Give me a monthly data number. Then stop talking.
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I'm sure they could, but it's probably not efficient at web scale, so I'd hazard "No."
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It's nice to see something that speaks to the other half of tech revenue. This seems pretty general purpose, but props for not shying away from the obvious!
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> Today when I see an undated blog entry it seriously affects my perception of the writers integrity. Yes, but you see it. The canonical reasoning I've heard for missing dates is that it avoids SEO penalties for old content.

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