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by kogus 3y ago
I once again am reminded of this bet: https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-2030-self-driving-car-bet/
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by kogus 3y ago
This code is surprisingly readable. For a Gameboy Advance, I expected piles of assembler. Many years ago, early in my career, I implemented a Minesweeper clone in Delphi. It's still there, a testament to how terrible code can be, an
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by kogus 3y ago
I guess you are right; I kind of fly off the handle when I see this kind of topic come up. But the underlying premise of the research in question is that Facebook should be an unbiased, moderated forum for open public discourse. I just do
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by kogus 3y ago
All government action is, by definition, an act of violence-backed force. I think that should be minimized. I don't share your cynical view that people only behave with kindness because they are forced to at gunpoint. I also try to re
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by kogus 3y ago
I disagree with this sentiment: At some point our governing body, which exists to shape society according to our collective wishes, needs to step in and hold the hands of these companies and make them behave in accordance with Ame
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by kogus 3y ago
The surprise to me is that anyone would ever expect companies like X or Facebook to pay more than lip service to the idea of being an open public platform. These are private companies who want to 1) Attract a lot of eyeballs 2) Sell
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by kogus 3y ago
I don't know if I have ever read a more generic, boilerplate quasi-condolence paragraph than this one: This isn’t a decision the leadership team came to quickly; it was the result of extensive considerations and road mapping for
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by kogus 3y ago
I'm not sure if overall literacy rates were as high in the past (in the sense of "what percentage of people can read"), but among those who could read, the level of reading and writing skill was dramatically higher. Consid
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by kogus 3y ago
This sounds like a colossal waste of time, and a lot of fun. The “repeat” key is a cool idea though.
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by kogus 3y ago
Your comment made me curious to look up their leadership page. As of this post, Katalin Karikó is featured very prominently on the president's page, above even the president herself. That's a pretty big mea culpa. https:/&#
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by kogus 3y ago
I agree 100% with what you are saying, but I don't think you need a human connection to have good content. The encyclopedia Brittanica didn't establish a human connection, but it was a valuable resource. An ugly problem with an
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by kogus 3y ago
I half expected this article to essentially say "we wouldn't know life if it hit us in the face", but happily the conclusion was that yes, we could see strong evidence for the presence of life on earth from Galileo. Life in o
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by kogus 3y ago
The V.C. Sumner site has been a multi-decade slow motion financial and management catastrophe on many fronts[1][2][3]. It does not surprise me that the rot that apparently existed (and maybe still exists) at the top has filtered down into
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by kogus 3y ago
Making public colleges free isn't... free. The perception is often that public universities are already getting most of their money from the state or federal government, so why not just close the gap. But the typical funding level is
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by kogus 3y ago
The related WSJ article is here: https://www.wsj.com/business/a-futuristic-plan-to-make-steel... ) or, at the archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20230927135925/https://www.wsj.c...
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by kogus 3y ago
The first card image is interesting to me because of how many animal-related injuries it features, hinting at the much more rural life that most people had at that time. Three horses, a cow and a dog - I think a modern equivalent would inc
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Nucor and Helion to Develop 500 MW Fusion Power Plant by 2030(nucor.com)
52 points by kogus 3y ago|52 comments
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by kogus 3y ago
OK, so is it like this: BEFORE: We remove 99%, the other 1% metastasizes, you live for six months AFTER: We remove 99%, this medicine stops the other 1% in its tracks, you live out the course of your life ?
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by kogus 3y ago
This part confuses me: Twelve days after he was given the immunotherapy drugs, Professor Scolyer had surgery to have the bulk of his tumour removed. If they were able to remove the tumor, was it incurable? Afterwards, they were a
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by kogus 3y ago
This is changing the subject. My point was that 1) corruption exists and 2) it is not (in my opinion) a dominant factor in the justice system. Regarding drug use: I do not think I have a right to tell other people what to put in their mo
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by kogus 3y ago
Police corruption and abuse are real. Failures of the justice system are real. We must also acknowledge that the system often works correctly, even in high profile cases. As I write this, there is a real chance the former president will
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by kogus 3y ago
Now I get the character of Vice Principal Nero in the Series of Unfortunate Events a little bit better.
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by kogus 3y ago
You are right - but because each hire is less risky, a US company can afford to take the risk of hiring for an "experimental" role that may not work out. I think this additional risk is what they were referring to.
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by kogus 3y ago
Presumably the creator created with purpose. If I make a chair, it fulfills its purpose when it serves as a place to sit. It does not serve its purpose if someone uses it to awkwardly dig a hole. Likewise if God made me to, say, love and fo
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by kogus 3y ago
As it says: It's actually no more of a purpose than a tautology. It just happens that a species that survives and reproduces will continue to live. Without a creator, there is no real “purpose” at all. Everything came from nothing, wil
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by kogus 3y ago
Answering questions from the White Clown ala Fahrenheit 451 will finally be possible...
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by kogus 3y ago
The article says "The U.S. government on July 3 said it had fulfilled its requirements under the agreement." But the article detailing that "fulfillment" is behind a paywall. Does anyone know what changes the US made?
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by kogus 3y ago
“5” might be the key for a thousand different records in your database. A uuid is a key for exactly one. Integer keys permit wrong joins to have the appearance of working.
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by kogus 3y ago
I believe the Windows equivalent is to click on the Calendar in the Taskbar, and select the "Focus" triangle Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-use-focus... Amusingly, the firs
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by kogus 3y ago
It is very patronizing to think that these Kenyans have those kinds of opportunities, and have foolishly traded them in for a job writing essays. This is the best opportunity available to them at this time, and it is being taken away from

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