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541.
by mcphage 1y ago
In our defense (slightly), it was never really possible before, so we didn't previously have an opportunity to learn what a civilization-shatteringly bad idea it was.
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by mcphage 1y ago
The source for the source of funding is also mentioned in the article.
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by mcphage 1y ago
It shouldn’t, but it does. As a civilization, we’ve eliminated resilience wherever we could, because it’s more cost-effective. Resilience is expensive. So everything is resting on a giant pile of single point of failures. Maybe this is t
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by mcphage 1y ago
I’m sure that there’s a ton of things out there that look like biblical references but are actually just quoting Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction :-)
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by mcphage 1y ago
If it’s something important I’ll hear it from a news agency, and they can filter out the videos of Trump dumping shit on his own country.
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by mcphage 1y ago
People retweet and quote tweet things, and honestly, why would I ever want their brand of toxic garbage in my life? Even if accidentally?
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by mcphage 1y ago
> A judge needs to remain calm and neutral. Behaving like an angry child means they aren’t fit for the job. If you applied that standard, the entire current administration would be gone.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> It's only more readable if you already understand it. Otherwise it is not, it requires the same kind of hand waving that happened at the start. Yes, but it’s a core language feature, so if you spend any time programming Ruby, you’
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by mcphage 1y ago
> So this whole thing stems from a dislike of DHH? I don't believe this has anything to do with DHH.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> If matz were to say "jump from the bridge", people would do it, because matz is nice? As always, there's a relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1170/ ...but seriously, what on earth do you think you&#x27
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by mcphage 1y ago
You know what would be great for refactoring the code? Some way to easily see what parts reference the variable you’re trying to refactor.
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by mcphage 1y ago
That’s a tiny box that draws 240 watts… what does it use for cooling?
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by mcphage 1y ago
> Bukele has 91% approval. If that doesn't meet the formal academic definition of people feeling like they are living under the rule of law, then the academic definition was wrong I'd love to hear what you think "living un
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by mcphage 1y ago
This article is a weird mix of things. Early on we see: > States were given latitude to spend their funds as they saw fit, which, it seems, was a mistake. Instead of funding high-quality tutoring programs or other programs that benefite
555.
by mcphage 1y ago
Years of alcoholism does damage to your entire body.
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by mcphage 1y ago
You mean a socialist credit union?
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by mcphage 1y ago
> It seems like you’re making the same faulty assumption that a lot of libertarians do, which is assuming that just because that is possible and perhaps even economically incentivized, it will happen automatically and immediately to meet
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by mcphage 1y ago
Maybe they forgot, maybe the banks wouldn’t extend them loans to open the stores.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> one could say about Walmart that Walmart didn’t destroy small-town American main streets, consumer preferences did Except that’s not even true—Walmart doesn’t merely sell products, it does plenty of anticompetitive tactics itself, like
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by mcphage 1y ago
What does, these days?
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by mcphage 1y ago
> But then there are dozens of impoverished and unjust places on earth. They only give out one prize, which means that no matter which they pick, there will be dozes of impoverished and unjust places that don't get recognized by it.
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by mcphage 1y ago
It reads like marketing fluff, it doesn't read like a person. I agree it's probably AI. It's really frustrating to read something that says "I want you to see me like a person", when it's clear there's n
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by mcphage 1y ago
We have examples of cuneiform as it developed from pre-writing symbols, so that’s not necessarily the case.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> Such is the reason why so many are deserting the left, they’ve drifted way too far left. As the country rapidly descends into a right wing totalitarian state, it's great that you identified the real culprit: people who complained
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by mcphage 1y ago
As long as I'm imagining, I'd also like a pony.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> you have to grant people agency and accept that things spend money and time on things that are valuable to them We're talking about companies here, not people. And yet, it is kinda true—companies spend time and money on things th
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by mcphage 1y ago
Because one of those wishes has a chance of being acted upon, and the other doesn't.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> Joachim's campaign is blocking more traditional lobbyists and campaigners, too, they said. Mieke Schuurman, director at child rights group Eurochild, said the group’s messages are no longer reaching policymakers, who “increasingly
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by mcphage 1y ago
> "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." In this situation, who's the person unable to sit quietly in a room—the person who is receiving unsolicited artificial vide
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by mcphage 1y ago
> it's just an algorithm, like any other algorithm Can you bubble sort your way into a video resembling Robin Williams?

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