humanrebar

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811.
by humanrebar 7y ago
There are other implications, but binary linking is fraught. Minor errors corrupt entire executables, systems, and data stores, including entirely unrelated subsystems. Often statically typed systems use (at the binary level!) type informat
812.
by humanrebar 7y ago
> ...nobody is reading it. I'm questioning the value of just shipping docs without following up that they meet their purpose(s). That's what I mean by empathy.
813.
by humanrebar 7y ago
My point is actually that it's not possible to do that meaningfully past a certain (rather modest) level of complexity and reuse. How does a library like openssl meaningfully and thoroughly notify all it's downstream users in Debi
814.
by humanrebar 7y ago
> I'm convinced that change control is 99% pointless. 99% of the time their packaging and/or deployment systems can't track changes to the degree their change control setup claims anyway. Thought experiment: run an "u
815.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Specs, reference docs, how-tos, tutorials, and explanations are all different types of documentation. They have different tones, amounts of detail, structures, and purposes. It's impossible to do all of the above in one document except
816.
by humanrebar 7y ago
The lowest income counties are generally rural: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lowest-income_counties... Though I don't know why it needs to be a competition. The content in the article is good for people t
817.
by humanrebar 7y ago
You are comparing average (or worse) internet content to the best books out there. That's basically a straw man argument. The question "Are any books worth it?" is an obvious "yes" and not worth discussion. I submit
818.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Almost all books are written to be sold. Especially the ones that are for sale. Regarding books as somehow less commercial is an odd critique. Also, what's wrong with being commercial? We all have to work for a living, right? Just beca
819.
by humanrebar 7y ago
There are plenty of boys stuck in intergenerational poverty and dysfunction all across the spectrum of genetic attributes. You can't tell a neglected boy that statistically he is well nurtured and has good role models.
820.
by humanrebar 7y ago
> The point of an argument is to convince the other person of something. If what you're doing is not working, then do something else. That's not the point of most arguments. Most arguments have an audience, and often that audie
821.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Your opinion is valid, but your reasoning is circular. You're basically saying there's no way there is a hell, so there isn't a good reason to avoid hell. The argument is that a life fully wasted on false assumptions is still
822.
by humanrebar 7y ago
If you limit the model to source code diagnostics, you have a good point. But statically typed languages also use the types for other things: optimization, generic code instantiation, symbol resolution, and even certain kinds of metaprogram
823.
by humanrebar 7y ago
> Of course we know that's not how it plays out. Do we? I find his reasoning perhaps a little incomplete but still compelling. We don't have to benefit of his presence to fill in gaps in his reasoning, but a lot of the supposed
824.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Generally the hard part about programming is communication, both with machines and with all sorts of stakeholders. That's why "naming" is one of the hardest problems in programming. I expect good communicators fluent in the s
825.
by humanrebar 7y ago
> Of course, high salaries will attract more supply over time, which will put pressure back down on salaries. It's not clear to me that there aren't soft and hard caps on supply, even if everyone wanted to be a programmer bec
826.
by humanrebar 7y ago
What about non-violent protests? Seems like they often exist to expose systemic violence that is underappreciated, undocumented, forgotten, etc. That is, show what the violent are really willing to do to get them to alienate themselves.
827.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Right. It's better to offer the candidate what the company is prepared to offer, both in terms of position and compensation. Let the candidate decline. At least some candidates will like the company enough to try working their way back
828.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Slavery is unambiguous in retrospect. I find the mental gymnastics of the slaveholders to be fascinating and disturbing. The most barbaric things we do now are probably closely guarded by people as legitimate traditions or rights.
829.
by humanrebar 7y ago
I just think full term fetuses deserve at least as much legal protection as a pet dog. It's pretty awful to kill a pet when animal shelters are a thing. I understand the desire to group that opinion along with PizzaGate or some other t
830.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Let's not attack straw men. It's also barbaric to ban medically necessary procedures. Besides, frequency of an event isn't a defense against charges of barbarism. Lobotomies, the Tuskegee Experiment, and eugenic sterilization
831.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Dunno. Paw Patrol demonstrates a lot of teamwork and proactive attitudes.
832.
by humanrebar 7y ago
And software skills will still be handy in the next career if worse comes to worse. There is great job security in being able to spreadsheet, for instance.
833.
by humanrebar 7y ago
The relevant question is whether it protects Mike Bloomberg, who presumably has better lawyers.
834.
by humanrebar 7y ago
That was since added.
835.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Eh. The original philosophy, liberalism, is European in origin, including some notable French contributions.
836.
by humanrebar 7y ago
The headline probably needs qualification that the fine was in Europe, not the U.S. I was shocked that any U.S. regulator would attempt to push against the First Amendment in this way. It's a different story with more context.
837.
by humanrebar 7y ago
This opinion presumes anything can adequately solve the problem without significant downsides.
838.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Because some bully will decide that his opponents are all liars, revoke their credentials, and ban their speech. This happens all the time around the world.
839.
by humanrebar 7y ago
That sounds like trouble for the urban way of life, too. Where do all the young urban types come from? Not from downtown. Where do all the older folks go when their savings or mobility dwindle? Not downtown.
840.
by humanrebar 7y ago
Impacts: American standup culture, the Apollo, Madison Square Garden, major sports town, U.S. Open, haute cuisine, hipster cuisine, disproportionately popular setting for American stories, Sesame Street, fashion, Brooklyn, hip hop, punk, ar

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