otikik

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811.
by otikik 3y ago
No, it’s not “people” on both sides. Google isn’t “people”. It’s one of the biggest corporations in the world. I’m not a big fan of the EU, mostly because their rulings tend to be a bit …clueless. The specific decision of getting in the way
812.
by otikik 3y ago
I think the implication is that he could “talk to his friends”, more than doing things directly.
813.
by otikik 3y ago
I think it’s because it was translated from a Chinese expression. Probably the original had different nuances.
814.
by otikik 3y ago
Names are important. One of the most important things, perhaps. It conditions how we think. For example, the denomination “fiscal paradise” could have been “tax evasion den” instead.
815.
by otikik 3y ago
I found calling USB-A ports “legacy” a bit funny. “Less modern” perhaps.
816.
by otikik 3y ago
> ladies clubs Or lads clubs. Don't leave us out.
817.
by otikik 3y ago
> After learning today’s news, Which news is that?
818.
by otikik 3y ago
> Those costs aren't really all that high, and are easily outweighed by the dramatically lower costs in the suburbs. Everything is cheaper there, land, buildings, repairs, goods and services. He's talking about infrastructure c
819.
by otikik 3y ago
> in traffic that feels unsafe I understand that's how it is in the US, but there's many places where that is not a problem.
820.
by otikik 3y ago
My favorite one is “you should do what I am asking because it would make your project more popular”. Weee. Exposure.
821.
by otikik 3y ago
> Do you think … do you think the ransomware collective’s lawyers wrote that? Do you think they hired a former SEC enforcement lawyer to do their whistleblower submissions? My bet is: a machine wrote that. A lot of the hackers out there
822.
by otikik 3y ago
> No one who gets into such a position can be that unaware I have some stories. Unfortunately I can’t share the juicy details because there’s a microscopic possibility of them putting me in jail. But yes they exist.
823.
by otikik 3y ago
Only if you look the part.
824.
by otikik 3y ago
Hey now.
825.
by otikik 3y ago
Imagine that your watch was jinxed. Every time you looked at it, you would be either either too early to prepare for the next thing you need to do, or already too late. That’s an approximation of what the problem is.
826.
by otikik 3y ago
ADHD presents a variety of symptoms, not the same ones for everyone. The “H” (“hyperactive”) part in particular often doesn’t manifest (and that’s how many children become undiagnosed adults- hyperactivity is easier to spot). If you don’t h
827.
by otikik 3y ago
What do you think makes you remember “oh, now I have to look at the clock?
828.
by otikik 3y ago
I am no political expert, but “my opponent is harming your children’s health” seems like it can move some votes.
829.
by otikik 3y ago
Well if small businesses attack children, I attack small businesses. It doesn’t need to be complicated.
830.
by otikik 3y ago
Close their business, put them in jail.
831.
by otikik 3y ago
It is "peanuts". If that's the kind of investment it would take to make this a reality everyone and their aunt would have one.
832.
by otikik 3y ago
You have described my experience with man pages, and in general with developer-written documentation. I think part of it is simply that a lot of devs struggle to communicate what they know to people who don't already know what they kno
833.
by otikik 3y ago
Software is never finished, it can only get abandoned.
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by otikik 3y ago
> the AI-powered army that protects me Your AI pest-control drone mistook you for a raccoon and just killed you. Oops.
835.
by otikik 3y ago
My point was that scientist have known and have been warning about this for decades. They are not saying anything new "now".
836.
by otikik 3y ago
"Now"?
837.
by otikik 3y ago
Less diff noise when adding/removing lines in a commit. If you put the comma at the end, and then you need to add a line, you either: * Insert the new item "in the middle" of the list. This is often possible, but not always.
838.
by otikik 3y ago
The more code-oriented folk might like Glicol https://glicol.org/
839.
by otikik 3y ago
Well the other day on this very website there were some very opinionated voices stating that Open Source is “exclusively what OSI defines”. I am not on that camp, more like in yours. To me there’s open source and OSI-approved open source. B
840.
by otikik 3y ago
It is good that I wrote "most" and not "all", then.

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