lucianbr

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811.
by lucianbr 3y ago
> An entire season of characters just talking about what happened instead of actually showing what happened would be painfully boring to watch. Is this an argument that the series is the same as the books? "Any changes that are nece
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by lucianbr 3y ago
If Musk donated money to a nonprofit and now the nonprofit is using the money to make profit, that sounds like he was defrauded to me. They took his money under false pretenses. Not a lawyer either, so it may turn out technically he does no
813.
by lucianbr 3y ago
> it's not exactly like the book It's very, _very_ far from the books. There's no point calling it "The Foundation". It's not even the same genre - how much action is in Asimov? It's fine to judge it on
814.
by lucianbr 3y ago
The Foundation tv show shares nothing but the name with Asimov's books. That doesn't mean it's bad, but it's a strange "adaptation". They should have called it something else. If they do this the same way, the
815.
by lucianbr 3y ago
> The corporation is the legal embodiment of our joint interests. Would you stand by this statement when the corporation is caught doing some illegal evil thing, like denying employers their rights, or damaging the environment? Even if y
816.
by lucianbr 3y ago
If you implemented some changes so the mistake is caught before disastrous consequences, you're already doing better. Well enough to let the 2nd one slide. Even the 3rd. After that, action seems reasonable. It's no longer a mistak
817.
by lucianbr 3y ago
Seems like nobody hired him as CEO. Him and some buddies tried to start something, and it didn't get anywhere, and they lost money with it. Sounds quite reasonable to me :) https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boe
818.
by lucianbr 3y ago
I thought he was put CEO of an existing company that did something. This was just him and some buddies starting a new venture that didn't go anywhere, and they only lost money with it. I mean, it's far less paradoxical than it sou
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by lucianbr 3y ago
What company did he become CEO of? Couldn't find anything on Google.
820.
by lucianbr 3y ago
> Companies with lower parasite load operate more efficiently, allowing higher production of goods and services for lower price, leading to a wealthier society. This may be true. But I think it would be wise to consider an alternative: C
821.
by lucianbr 3y ago
If you think democracy is a system for obtaining good outcomes, then yes, it doesn't work too well. Actually I think we don't have any system for obtaining good outcomes consistently. If you think democracy is a system for getting
822.
by lucianbr 3y ago
On the other hand, increasing oil prices would help Russia and other petro-states which are pretty horrible.
823.
by lucianbr 3y ago
> they didn't have the guts, being voted in again was more important Isn't this how democracy is supposed to work? Isn't it, as a general rule, preferable that politicians fear being voted out, and so do the things that th
824.
by lucianbr 3y ago
I think the point is that "indexes are overall superior to stock picking, and always go up over long periods of time" is disproved by the history of Nikkei. Sure, at a given time and place, an index may be better. At other times o
825.
by lucianbr 3y ago
As an employee of a corporation, I often speak my mind. The most I risk is being fired, and I believe I can find another job relatively easy. I sometimes do keep my mouth shut, because saying the truth would get me some sour looks, and I do
826.
by lucianbr 3y ago
I live in Romania. I have to wonder if any of the infrastructure, public transport or schooling are really better here than in Germany. It would be something, if it were true. Hopefully you can agree we are in Europe. So're Bulgaria an
827.
by lucianbr 3y ago
Look at all the comments insisting that the way Microsoft does it is the correct, superior way. How could we do away with it then?
828.
by lucianbr 3y ago
Nothing Chen wrote motivates me to use the API correctly, that's the whole point. "Just don't do the bad thing" is naive. People will use APIs incorrectly, despite your admonition.
829.
by lucianbr 3y ago
So would a US tax payer. Just he would be incentivised to trigger a US fine on Apple instead of a EU fine. So would a Japanese, or any tax payer, really. How did you come up with the idea that this is EU specific?
830.
by lucianbr 3y ago
I am european, I live in Europe and I much prefer the EU approach to the US approach. I still feel that the EU drags its feet on enforcing rules on large european companies, like the automakers, while moving slightly better on US companies.
831.
by lucianbr 3y ago
Don't get me started on string constants. OK_LABEL_TEXT = "OK". GET_METHOD = "GET". Bonus points if this is only used in exactly one place. Is it really difficult to see that these are pointless? If you actually thi
832.
by lucianbr 3y ago
Romania has universal healthcare, if pathetic, and health care data is likely not stored at all, and in any case not at a centralized place. And we're definitely in Europe, the EU even. Admittedly, this may be a bit besides the point.
833.
by lucianbr 3y ago
> There may be times where you need to make an API do nothing. It’s important to have it do nothing in the correct way. > For example, Windows has an extensive printing infrastructure. But that infrastructure does not exist on Xbox. W
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by lucianbr 3y ago
That every single behavior that attempts to guess the users's intent becomes a relied upon part of the software, and this over time grows to an impossible amount of cruft. See this, hilariously hosted also by microsoft: https:/&#
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by lucianbr 3y ago
Once upon a time it was considered a great strategy for browsers to make the best effort to display a page, even if the html code had errors. Just try to guess the author's intention as well as you can, and go ahead. Errors are bad. Us
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by lucianbr 3y ago
Maybe the difficulty is not for the kids, but for the parents to allocate time to do the activity the kids like. Maybe kids doing math by themselves without any adult support would not work? Don't know which problems to choose, don&#x2
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by lucianbr 3y ago
> the moment we fell off the streak, it broke completely This sounds strange to me. I used the streak method for several physical activities. At first I was worried I would not keep it up, so it was very important to not miss any single
838.
by lucianbr 3y ago
Writing a law without loopholes has the same chances of happening as writing a program without bugs. And continuing with the analogy, a "well-written" law just means the loopholes require more resources to find, thus being availab
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by lucianbr 3y ago
> Our legal system, like our society, places great emphasis on the value of equality. Is this satire? Must be satire, right?
840.
by lucianbr 3y ago
Un-maximize your browser window, then resize it to 9 inches wide.

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