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by jtdev 6y ago
So doesn't FP make similar claims about mutation, i.e., "make state manipulation safe" through mechanisms like closures? How/why are closures considered more palatable?
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by jtdev 6y ago
How do you “know the requirements around it” if you can’t code? Imagine managing a team of diamond cutters and not being able to cut diamonds yourself... you would only recognize poorly cut diamonds after they had been cut and you would hav
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by jtdev 6y ago
Don’t closures effectively break down this FP facade of local scope only mutability?
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by jtdev 6y ago
You’re points assume that OOP programs consist of a single god class stuffed full of nothing but mutable properties... which is obviously not sound OOP design.
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by jtdev 6y ago
Yes! Every functional codebase I see seems to be littered with the artifacts of an effort to escape the reality that the known universe and everything that happens within it is stateful... including our code. It’s inescapable, so why does t
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by jtdev 6y ago
Not sure on any ownership stake by the CCP, but it does seem that U.S. social media companies in general have zero loyalty to the U.S., its people, or the principles that the U.S. was founded on and stands for. I get the impression that U.S
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by jtdev 6y ago
Yes, if pedestrians want to slow the flow of traffic and create a hazard on the road then they should have a license plate attached to their backs and should be expected to register, take safety courses, maintain a license, and pay taxes fo
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by jtdev 6y ago
There’s another obvious choice here: stay out of the road, or accept that it’s a dangerous place to be.
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by jtdev 6y ago
I constantly see cyclists fail to stop at stop signs/signals, dart into oncoming traffic, ride multiple riders abreast across roads, etc. Cyclists need to take some responsibility here. Also, do cyclists register their bikes within the
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by jtdev 6y ago
Maybe the problem is that more pedestrians are occupying space in roads intended for large, heavy, dangerous, automobiles than in previous years? I have hundreds of miles of bike trails within minutes of my residence (as do most Americans),
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by jtdev 6y ago
And node.js approach to concurrency is a mountain of accumulated error.
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by jtdev 6y ago
Yeah, but the effect of this “human-clumsiness” is millions dead... it’s not a simple matter to excuse such clumsiness if this is in fact a lab leak.
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by jtdev 6y ago
I can't believe that Mr. Daszak is on the origins team... nothing like letting the accused do the investigation.
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by jtdev 6y ago
My apologies, I was simply trying to make a sarcastic observation regarding the ridiculousness of one of the CCP's bogus explanations for the virus origin.
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by jtdev 6y ago
That’s curious. I wonder if the frozen seafood origin hypothesis holds any merit, or if it’s just an attempt by the CCP to divert attention from what seems to be the far more likely lab leak hypothesis... I’m inclined to believe that the CC
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by jtdev 6y ago
The general public must be protected from this threat - through censorship and moderation of information by the technocrats, the state approved media, and the intelligentcia... maybe “thought police” should also be considered.
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by jtdev 6y ago
Twitter/HN is not an apples/apples comparison... but sure, Twitter is completely within their _current_ lawful rights to moderate and censor whatever content they want. But I would posit that they are actually causing more harm th
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by jtdev 6y ago
If the speech is legal it should not be censored or moderated in any way. Any deviation from that results in the technocrats interfering with the flow of legal information and manipulation of social, economic, and political processes - whic
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by jtdev 6y ago
That would fall into the "illegal" [0] category if people are in fact calling for violence. [0] https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim...
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by jtdev 6y ago
If it's not illegal, don't censor or moderate it in any way. More speech is better than less speech; Uncensored speech is in fact the antidote to the supposed problems that Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc. disengenuously claim to b
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by jtdev 6y ago
Who defines what is “trusted” in this scenario? I think your entire assertion here is problematic... the “trusted” sources that you mention have for years shown an inability to report without injecting their biases and agendas.
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by jtdev 6y ago
Simple answer to this entire issue: If it’s not illegal, don’t censor or moderate it in any way. Social media companies like Twitter realize that this is the most reasonable approach, but it effectively removes their ability to manipulate..
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by jtdev 6y ago
Are you dismissing the potential for this to be abused because (we assume) the technology doesn't support mass biometric identification surveillance today? If so, you should know that technology has shown a propensity for rapid evoluti
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by jtdev 6y ago
I sense that you may fall into one of these categories and you don't like that...
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by jtdev 6y ago
This coaching fallacy is actually quite toxic in my experience... many/most people in the workplace don't want to change, and they don't want constructive criticism. Every ineffective manager that I've ever known thinks
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by jtdev 6y ago
> "years of seeing free software be attacked and assaulted by supposedly "friendly" companies, who are constantly trying to take away my power to control my machine"
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by jtdev 6y ago
Please explain what you mean by this.
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by jtdev 6y ago
That seems like a completely valid point: Can we still use the terms master/slave when actually discussing the atrocious history of slavery in America? Why are these words considered hateful? They are useful words that describe a conce
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by jtdev 6y ago
Buying direct from producers, Costco, Costco.com, and I'm consciously buying less stuff that I don't actually need (stuff that I would have previously purchased from Amazon).
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by jtdev 6y ago
coctco.com has actually been a good alternative for me. Less selection, sure, but I can usually find everything I actually need. Plus, they seem to treat employees well and aren’t trying to monetize my face/sleep schedule/words&#x

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