jgwil2

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by jgwil2 4y ago
The current system only works for people who already own property in inner suburbs with low density and short commutes. Obviously that does not scale. Increasing density should both reduce commute times and lower housing costs. But ther
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Firstly, your comment completely ignores the negative externalities created by North American-style suburbs in the first place. Secondly, this is still a strawman: I've yet to hear of any policy proposal that would abolish zoning compl
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Such a tedious strawman that somehow keeps getting rolled out every time transit and density come up here... no one is saying you "shouldn't be allowed to have a yard of my own," people are saying that you should have the rig
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by jgwil2 4y ago
I suspect GP is thinking of Woody Allen quoting Groucho Marx in Annie Hall : "I wouldn't want to join any club that would have me as a member."
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Haha, I can hum that opening riff instantaneously because it's the first song on my wife's phone. Do di do di do di do di do di do di. Bum, bum, bum bum bum bum!
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by jgwil2 4y ago
> I'd argue that it's still an API, since it's still parsed, interfaced with by the system. Yes, HTML is an API that browsers can interface with. But that interface is on an entirely different level of abstraction from the
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by jgwil2 4y ago
It seems like the article is basically calling REST an architecture or set of conventions that well-designed websites should adhere to, leaving APIs in the literal sense of the term basically out of it entirely. I mean, you could write co
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Your Brain Is Not a Computer(aeon.co)
2 points by jgwil2 4y ago|1 comments
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Yes, victory is a great thrill. Especially, I'm sure, a rare victory against a powerful enemy that has invaded your homeland. That doesn't mean that in the aggregate war is great fun.
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Can Bristlecone Pines Survive Climate Change?(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Yeah feel free to skip past the debates on orthodox theology, but don't miss the grand inquisitor.
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The Holy Anarchy of Fun(commonsense.news)
2 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
I agree with you and it's unfortunate that you're being downvoted simply for trying to lower the temperature of the discussion.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
If you work until 6 then you presumably don't start until 9:30-10, so you can probably sleep until 7:30 or 8 in the morning. So do the same routine and move it back an hour or so.
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Could you elaborate on the differences?
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Writing the code is the hard part mainly inasmuch as it forces you to concretize and clarify previously vague notions. In that sense, it's hard to separate "conceiving the solution" from "writing the code," unless y
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by jgwil2 4y ago
This is correct as far as it goes. Where it starts to more closely resemble bribery is when you have the so-called "revolving door" of people who spend time working for elected officials, or perhaps holding office themselves, and
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by jgwil2 4y ago
> assumes you know how an on-off switch works. Really he explains how that works too. It's reasoning from first principles at its finest. I wish school curricula were so well-designed.
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Haha I like how the cover shifted to dark mode...
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>> also seem to be against the consequences of that speech, such as being "cancelled" > Getting shot for saying the wrong thing is also just another consequence. Is that also acceptable to you? I'm sure it's not
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Or a fez.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Can anyone explain in simple terms why it seems that it occurs relatively frequently in the centers of continents and infrequently in the middle of the ocean?
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A U.S. murder suspect fled to Mexico. The Gringo Hunters were waiting(washingtonpost.com)
12 points by jgwil2 4y ago|2 comments
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Let’s Not Pretend Planting Trees Is a Permanent Climate Solution(nytimes.com)
6 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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About 200 years ago, the world started getting rich. Why?(vox.com)
2 points by jgwil2 4y ago|1 comments
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The process of evolution is more than just the elimination of unfit specimens. That suggests that a tiger is just a tiger, and the only kind of evolution that can occur in the tiger is for it to become a better (faster, stronger) tiger. But
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Isn't "emerging in a free market as the best money" equivalent to a bunch of people collectively deciding/agreeing to use it as money?
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That's why there needs to be a sharp distinction between streets, which are for people and which should be limited to 10mph, and roads, which are for cars and should be physically separated from pedestrians.
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The Decade of Cheap Rides Is Over(slate.com)
39 points by jgwil2 4y ago|8 comments
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Irony should not really be used in technical communication at all, though. The goal of technical writing is that as many readers "get it" as possible. Therefore, any rhetorical technique for which you have to "accept that a s

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