jononomo

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by jononomo 3y ago
I like the Brave browser, but it is based on Chromium -- how badly is it affected? Should I just restrict myself to Safari now? I don't really like Firefox for some reason.
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God writes DNA.
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That's because sushi doesn't exist in any other language
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You can turn on lockdown mode on your iPhone and then specifically exclude certain apps and websites from being impacted by it -- this seems like a reasonable middle ground for most people.
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All the vultures suddenly died because farmers began treating their animals with a new drug that was harmless to the animals, but which was deadly to vultures that ate animals who had been treated with it. After all the vultures died there
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by jononomo 3y ago
What is your hourly rate? I currently bill at $58/hour.
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I would even go so far as to say that if someone says they are trying to be like Boeing, but their business does not involve manufacturing jumbo jets, they do not understand and will not become like Boeing.
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I think you're taking it too seriously. They're just great comics to curl up with on the couch.
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by jononomo 3y ago
I think I meant "the goal ought to be to never have to think about, let alone use, Javascript again."
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by jononomo 3y ago
I think the goal is to never have to use or think about Javascript again.
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Nevertheless, Calvin and Hobbes is indisputably the greatest comic strip of all time.
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I was just talking to someone about this exact same thing yesterday and I also made the comment "I'm not sure if they changed or I did". For twenty years I consumed hours of NPR content per day and was even a contributor, but
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That is why the movement is slowly but surely winning over adherents.
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Shouldn't Dart be merged with Flutter and be thought of as a single animal? There doesn't seem to be any point in thinking up scenarios for Dart that don't relate to Flutter.
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"Darwin on Trial" by Phillip Johnson is an eye-opening and surprising read. I recommend it. You can also read "Signature in the Cell" and "Darwin's Doubt" by Meyer. The argument is the "argument fro
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by jononomo 3y ago
Dart was built for Flutter -- why would anyone use Dart other than for Flutter development?
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by jononomo 3y ago
Think of it the other way around: Dart was created for the sake of Flutter. You seem to think that the framework designers at Google just decided to pick a niche language called "Dart" to write Flutter in when they could have pick
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by jononomo 3y ago
Think of it the other way around: Dart was created for the sake of Flutter. You seem to think that the framework designers at Google just decided to pick a niche language called Dart to write Flutter in when they could have picked Javascrip
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by jononomo 3y ago
> use whatever [JS] framework you want I don't want to have an opinion about which JS framework I should use. I want to worry about the client's requirements and build the software. Having 20 frameworks to evaluate and choose
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by jononomo 3y ago
> but sorry you need to learn Dart At this point in my career I'm definitely not intimidated by having to pick up some new syntax -- especially if it is straightforward and sensible.
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Now that I'm working from home I voluntarily go to a co-working space. Interestingly, it has an open-office plan for the basic membership (although you can pay 6x and get a private office if you want). I find that I really like going
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by jononomo 3y ago
There is no scientific movement that is more "cancelled" than the Intelligent Design movement. I am of the opninion that they have the far better argument, but they have absolutely been silenced.
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I think once a schools endowment goes over a certain amount they should simply be required to educate more students -- I think Harvard should just admit 10x the number of students that they currently admit.
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by jononomo 3y ago
I literally did exactly this for the five best years of my life in my late 30s, early 40s. It was absolutely soul-destroying.
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Erling Haaland is younger than Mbappe.
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by jononomo 3y ago
How much help did you get from GPT-4?
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I think collaboration between software engineers is more effective if everyone works remotely because the screen-sharing and video chatting technology is so powerful and inexpensive. So it's a double win: more flexibility and more pro
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If it is not replicated it shouldn't be published, other than as a provisional draft. I don't care if it hurts your feelings.
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Okay, so you have posted an excellent reply. It is clear that you have at least given the matter a cursory amount of thought. I object to the materialist story on many levels that seem so clear and obvious to me that it is sometimes diffic
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by jononomo 3y ago
Thank you for a perceptive and well-stated comment.

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