isitmadeofglass

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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
It’s great to see Matt Levine chime in, he often has an incredible well thought out and informed view that is also just incredibly funny to read. That said I am disappointed that he latched on the the entirely imagined idea that this was “p
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
> it became apparent that the dependencies I was relying on—or considering for use—simply didn't meet the necessary standards Basically didn’t he just raise money with promises of features, then go to the underlying libs authors wit
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
Probably not going to generate more ethanol than you already get in your morning cup of orange juice
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
> These mRNA fragments are also heavily engineered in a way sashimi mRNA isn’t. Could you point to the difference you believe is important? What on earth is “heavily engineered” supposed to mean in the context of mRNA?
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
> In my template for radical reform of those laws I would like it if any IP is owned by its original creator for up to twenty years from the point of first publication I’ve always said that I find it wrong that someone who dedicated thei
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
They can’t be skipped because the players who will skip them are the ones who need them and will then complain about the game as a result bringing down the average score and hurting the games financials.
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
> The guy is on video eating skin off his goddam toes while lecturing CS. If that dude or any of his followers are antidiversity, they need to look themself in the mirror. He is a white male who’s in power despite eating toe gunk, while
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
It’s not a negotiation if the law dictates that you have to sign and that you are forced to accept a significant discount, which seems to be the core of the case: > once HHS unilaterally selects a drug for inclusion in the program, its m
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
> “We are just normal people,” Mr. Coutts told the Sun, “so we’d like to sell it and make something back on it.” The normal people approach to vandalism is to just paint it over and continue your life. These people are gamblers who are
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
If I say someone had many of something, then I know for certain that they must have either an even amount or an odd amount. Same goes for few.
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by isitmadeofglass 3y ago
Because it isn’t similar to this case at all.
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
That’s an odd use of notation. Typically P(A|B) is used to denote probabilities of outcomes.
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
> It's been almost 3 years since I created PlantUML [1] and got a lot of fun I assume you meant to write that you created collabUML 3 years ago, and not accidentally take credit for creating PlantUML itself, which is 14 years old an
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
> In finance or medicine, it's often illegal[0] to delete customer information before the end of an expiration period (minimum several years). There are also laws that require you to delete customer information. For instance patient
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
You’d think that this was the way to carry out a typical crypto scam yes. But then we have cases where the shell cracks like FTX and we can see inside and it turns out the scams are completely devoid of any sophistication. FTT wasn’t a clev
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
> Silent phone usage doesn't impact the class, it impacts the individual using the phone. That’s just not true. You decided to attend class, you are taking up a seat. You count toward the outcome for the class and what you do and do
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
It sounds a bit like you would like to reserve the privilege of parking in disabled parking but don’t want to be identified by the blue badge as someone disabled. Sorry, but that’s just not something that the system should be designed to ca
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
The golden age of board games seems to have started around 1995 with the release of settlers of Catan, and has only gotten more golden since then. We’re probably in the diamond age of board games by now.
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
I really doubt the claim that this is independent of the phrasing of the question. I assume strongly that if you phrase the question as “how might your life be worse or better” people will also thing of negative alternatives. The thing is w
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
Might not grasp the full context here, but it’s trivial to lazily import modules in your own code. I know every beginners guide will advice you not to do that, but that’s just because it’s an easy footgun for new programmers. If you have so
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
Your misrepresenting the actual content of the guide.
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
> As for false rape accusations… I think this is one of those things that gets talked about so much that it seems more common than it is Yes, I fully agree. The fraternities have a ton more true rape cases than they have false allegation
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
> This spirit of self-organization, slightly transgressive but organized fun taught students how to organize things like the 2000s tech revolution. Looking from the other side of the “party” that very same culture of no consequences and
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
> These lyrics always bothered me for their apparent vacuousness. Christ was born on Christmas Day – well, yeah. Christmas just is the day that Christ was born, right? Isn’t the reason that the church makes such a big deal of repeating t
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
> who wasn't a major contributor or decision maker for it. Per definition an executive is a major contributor and decision maker.
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
Trust me, I harbor no hate towards the people who every year scream that Christian’s are being suppressed and that “the establishment” is trying to kill Christmas. I just think it’s hilarious. Christmas is probably the biggest religious eve
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
That’s the spirit. Get it all out your system, and look, HN now has the christmas banner up, just like it always has, on Christmas Day. But you sure got a good bit of raging before that didn’t you. Next year maybe you can start complaining
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
Those to examples are not at all comparable. The problem with having to keep completely separate facilities for products made with, and products made without sesame is a real problem. And if the law requires that food that is not labeled to
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
> Software can be so exciting and fun, and this “careerist” perspective really sucks the joy out of it. This reminds me of people arguing that scientists miss life’s beauty because they attempt to analysis it. You can enjoy the wonders
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by isitmadeofglass 4y ago
That explains it. Obviously the did nothing write. “Judge, when we illegally marketed this drug to make a fortune while knowing it was actually hurting the patients, we were in fact doing nothing wrong because you see, it’s difficult to set

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