paddyoloughlin

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by paddyoloughlin 8y ago
Corporations are people. https://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-...
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by paddyoloughlin 9y ago
pipenv is like npm for python and Pipfile works similar to package.json. There's even a Pipfile.lock
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by paddyoloughlin 9y ago
when you want to run a command 'inside' the pipenv of the current directory, do: > pipenv run {command} This mirrors how npm works. There's also: > pipenv shell to give you a shell in which the environ
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by paddyoloughlin 9y ago
My issue with 3D Touch is that there doesn't appear to be any language for when you can use it or what it will do if you can. 90% of the time, I forget it's there. A specific case of where it was a problem for me is that tapping t
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by paddyoloughlin 9y ago
I have shared the Monty Hall problem with people many times, and have always made explicit that the host knows which door the prize is behind and thus always intentionally choses a 'losing' door. It has not yet stopped anyone I ha
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
Apple doesn't need to change mathematical facts, they just don't let you publish on their AppStore.
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
Could you share any links that show "There have been explicit attempts to apply pain to Python 2.7 users"? I don't think you are lying, but it seems extraordinary to me, so I'm interested in seeing some context and I&#x2
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
> Wouldn't be nice to have requests in the main library? Yes, but changes are still made to it, it might not be updated for a long time then. As they say modules go to the standard library to die. In fact, the plan is for there to b
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
First, my post said 'essentially meaningless', which is to say 'possibly not completely, but for the most part, meaningless'. Second, the context here is whether or not the type system of a language is strong or it is we
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
If you go to the great*5 grandparent of this post, you asked for the statement "I find Guantanamo morally indefensible" to be defended. You were the one, in that very post, who started confusing morality with law, leading to the j
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
Strong vs weak is essentially meaningless. There is no generally agreed upon definition of what the distinction means.
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
No claim was made about the motivation for the creation of Sunday trading laws.
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
I have always assumed that that statement was supposed to directly contrast with TIMTOWTDI.
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by paddyoloughlin 10y ago
Is the semi-repository thing you are talking about the index? If so, I would describe the index as a sort of staging area for preparing your commit. You might not necessarily want to include every single change in your workspace in your nex
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
And homebrew isn't the only package manager on OSX. I actually see this as an argument in favour of OSX, as it is much more straightforward to change package manager than on Linux, where the sane way to change package manager is to cha
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
Nowhere in my posts did I seek to reject UBI. In fact, I am excited at the possibilities it may bring. The claims made by davidgay are flawed and if UBI is a good policy, it should work despite those claims. Making weak, unsubstantiated cla
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
#1 Less fraud, but not no fraud. #2 The system you describe is also bureaucracy.
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
I don't see how this will get rid of the need to enforce fraud. Such a system will still require systems to prevent multiple claims, ensure people aren't claiming for others and making sure people aren't claiming on behalf of
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
Gzip uses DEFLATE, which uses Huffman coding. Huffman coding works by replacing common symbols with shorter codes and uncommon symbols with longer codes. The codes used are therefore variable-length. The codes are created in such a way that
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
Yeah, we're not any more progressive on that front at all. There's plenty of pro-choice activism here, but sadly, I believe Ireland still a long way from a civilised, non-hypocritical policy on abortion. I would love to be proven
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
Some of my favourites: Watch out! There's a politician about [1] Whatever you do: DON'T [2] Thought policy [3] [1] http://scarfolk.blogspot.it/2015/05/watch-out-theres-politic... [2] http://sc
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
Only one thing in this entire post is not wildly inaccurate: there is a lot of rural to urban migration amongst young people in Ireland, but this is something which happens in every country in the world. If it is any stronger in Ireland, it
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
WildUtah, I have no idea where you are getting your information, but I am Irish, I have lived in Ireland my whole life. I'm in Ireland, looking out at Ireland as I write this message. Your assessment is extraordinarily inaccurate. &
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
Is it the Python language or the Python ecosystem you are referring to? The statement in question is from The Zen of Python and is more of a guiding principle for the design of Python than a rule. The usual observation with Python is that i
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by paddyoloughlin 11y ago
> The complaints about the abstractions and everything honestly remind me of the complaints about Java, and look how that turned out over the same time period. I don't think that supports your argument that poor performance is the d
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by paddyoloughlin 12y ago
An alternate take: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/08/guardia... TLDR: the decision of what a media outlet should publish belongs with that outlet and fear of violent reprisals is very
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by paddyoloughlin 12y ago
The point is that such applications have no use for privacy, so why should it be forced? (NB: I am not asking this question, just explaining the point)
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by paddyoloughlin 12y ago
How would communities around anything come to exist if everyone had the same attitude?
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by paddyoloughlin 12y ago
This is the part I meant: > What’s even more troubling than the abuse, however, is that so many people are oblivious to these issues. Even after Kathy was brave enough to post her personal story, people think she’s a statistical abnormal
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by paddyoloughlin 12y ago
That's a very generous description of the zoe post. If Eron wanted to only accuse Zoe of cheating on him, he could have done that and left it there.

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