mcdonje

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by mcdonje 11mo ago
Lowercase "in" is a major part of their branding. Forcing usage of lowercase "in" in this scenario supports the branding even if it doesn't make sense from an engineering standpoint.
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by mcdonje 11mo ago
I can't help but interpret that as a clue as to which internal groups hold power over there.
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by mcdonje 11mo ago
Prices went up everywhere, even in places without minimum wage increases.
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by mcdonje 11mo ago
"made them quit" That's some editorializing
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by mcdonje 11mo ago
I'm sure that's contributing, but there are also politicians, business leaders, PR firms, advertisers, etc.
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by mcdonje 11mo ago
I'm blocked and I'm in the US
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Why did you share it then?
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by mcdonje 1y ago
It kinda happened with markup languages. HTML, SVG, and some other domain specific markup languages are all XML, which is a subset of SGML. The thing there is those DSLs have their own specs. Coding is a social activity. Reading code is har
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Not sure why you think I don't know that or why you think it supports your position more than mine.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Don't call it that. He didn't make it up. Descriptive names are better than memorial names anyway. Call it the known-unknown matrix, or known-unknown risk classification system.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
You got that backwards. The incentives are less perverse than what our system has. Why don't you consider letting companies leech off of us as a problem, but you roll out a boogie man word when someone proposes a situation where our mo
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Extremely naive take. Regulatory capture is very real.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
It touched on an explanation even though it didn't completely spell it out. You really think our broken healcare system is worse for rich people and corporations than single payer would be?
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Large corporations donate heavily to both parties and absolutely get their money's worth. They don't cater heavily to poor people for votes. They use lies and misinformation to get poor to vote against their interests. If the poor
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by mcdonje 1y ago
People spending more on failed presidential bids in no way undermines my argument. The Clintons writing books and giving lectures is also irrelevant.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Don't forget all the private sector jobs associated with means testing. Read "Bullshit Jobs". Also, taxes on the top are way, way too low. As evidenced by the facts that inequality is at a high point and the super rich are ab
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by mcdonje 1y ago
It's actually a good and relevant set of examples for the particular type of issue that was asked about. They didn't give any opinions for or against assisted suicide in general.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
"Kill" is another concept that has differing definitional scopes, depending on religion or legal system. Or even differing for the same religion/legal system for different contexts and/or time periods.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
I, too, am concerned about AIs not reading the docs. What happens when a new W3C spec comes out and most people are vibe coding? If AIs don't take current specs into account and just regurgitate old code patterns, then disseminating sp
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by mcdonje 1y ago
>He was Catholic, and wouldn't do assisted suicide. I thought Jain the perspective shared in this comment is valuable: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45548178 Well, not just the comment, but also the wikipedia
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Ok, fine, probably someone will get confused about anything. It was made clear to everyone because of the word choice in context. If someone didn't get it then they didn't put two and two together. I looked up the word in a few di
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by mcdonje 1y ago
The sad demise of Robin Williams made me a believer of assisted suicide. The option to go out with dignity should be available to everyone. That said, there is a problem in at least some places where assisted suicide is available where it k
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by mcdonje 1y ago
I disagree about "next". I wasn't confused by the original usage. "Next" is more associated with "subsequent" than "upcoming". The "future" component is contextually inferred. Probably
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by mcdonje 1y ago
>why it's just a bunch of American cities They said they pulled commuter data from the census and another source. They'd need to get a few datasets from other countries to pull it off that aren't in google maps.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
The "algorithm" is kinda backwards. Like, you need something besides the connection you have with a person to indicate to you the status and nature of that connection?
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Hypothetically, could tor switch to using QUIC?
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by mcdonje 1y ago
It's a security issue. Configs are user interfaces. Devs generating configs is irrelevant.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Mixed feelings. I like how there is a lot of intention about purchases and lifestyle. But then the purchases are from Amazon, and the lifestyle is airplanes. But OTOH, he doesn't own a car.
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by mcdonje 1y ago
The "problem" is that people are cancelling. That's why investors are getting upset. This isn't just any metric. It impacts their bottom line. Yes, the current impact is low, but the trend is going down when they expec
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by mcdonje 1y ago
Even though it's an Ada ad, 'C* /* C++' vs 'Ada* , * SPARK' is wild.

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