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by pgwhalen 4y ago
What sections? Nothing turns up on google.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
Usually I balk at the idea of of someone describing a language feature as “first class” because it seems to wishy washy. But in this thread you’ve shown me that maybe the best definition is through “proof by negation,” by patiently respondi
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
It’s downvoted because it’s a straw man, the linked article isn’t suggesting there was a single root cause.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
A huge portion of python programmers, probably more than any other language, see python (and programming in general) purely as a means to an end, not a craft to be learned. They will happily do the bare minimum of learning required in order
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
There isn’t any shortage of ICs who genuinely think those things either. It often seems outside of the HN Overton Window to acknowledge that though.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
If your CPU is at 100% for 20 minutes starting every web service, that is definitely your problem, not Java’s problem.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
I’m not sure the programming world took over the acronym, I think OP just confused them. In finance at least, the terms Front Office and Back Office are used. I’ve never heard anyone use the restaurant/entertainment variants used.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
I agree that would be a rough situation, but why would a library ever do that in the first place?
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
This is a good point, but I don’t think it’s as strong an indicator as, say, Uber selling rides below cost. I have a Quest headset which I now play a single game on, and I don’t generally game. I’ve shown an interest in the overall market.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
He’s literally living in their basement, he can’t be on that bad of terms with them.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
There is zero chance that HTML JavaDoc will be removed (or even made the default) anytime soon. That would be far too large a change for the Java ecosystem, for an already very conservative language with respect to change.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
In America, my experience is that tippers don’t like tipping, but tippees do. It’s not the variability and incentive that makes tippees like it, it’s just the extra money. It may be a hidden fee, but it results in them making more overall.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
> Name any large organization that has ever worked itself out of needing to exist. This is an interesting take, but got me wondering, what organization _period_ has ever worked itself out of needing to exist? I'd love to hear examp
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
Aren’t most apps just spreadsheets?
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
I’m no drug historian, but isn’t it safe to say that alcohol consumption is far more universal than hallucinogenic consumption, across time and space?
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
Good point, my comment was only relevant for uncollateralized loans.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
Another commenter made a good point that in many domains/systems, environment parity is by definition impossible because in production the system spends (non-trivial amounts of) money.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
How exactly would you propose the accounting be done for loans? Should a bank realize a loss equal to the amount of loan at the time the loan is made, and then consider all future payments as profit? (Clearly not)
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
I’m several weeks into owning a quest, and I use it regularly only for dance/exercise-ish games. I’m not sure how long it’ll last, but I think it has helped to have really low expectations. It’s not “a new computing paradigm”, it’s jus
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
QAnon night oversimplify a bit, but it’s worth pointing out that the “other candidate” originally (Jim Jordan) literally voted for McCarthy. It’s not about the other candidate, it’s a statement about McCarthy.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
Isn’t that just the nature of installing software period? I suppose perhaps you could read all code you use before installing it, but I expect the number of people who do that rounds down to zero.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
You say “brute forcing” in a sort of derogatory way - as someone completely ignorant in this tech, what makes that a poor solution? Is power wasted somehow? It seems to achieve what the user wants.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
No, I am mistaken. Some of the loans are collateralized with TSLA. https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/equities/elo...
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
Collateral for what loan? Twitter’s debt is unsecured and doesn’t have anything to do with Musk personally.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
You’re missing my point, or you’re reading GP in a way that I am not. Paying up front for expected energy usage does not place the risk (future price variation) on the bank. It’s just a lump sum. There’s nothing for the bank to hedge.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
Who is hedging energy cost in this scenario? As I understand if, the risk isn’t actually moving from the homeowner, it’s just an accounting trick where they pay upfront but get a tax rebate. My point being, if homeowners aren’t hedging ener
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
I hate to be the HN commenter that trivializes tech, but is that performance that impressive for a poll? Especially when there is no requirement for real time reads of the results.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
“Twitter’s debt owned by twitter” is indeed the wrong wording, but GP’s point is that twitter is on the hook for paying, and it is unsecured. That being said, because the banks are having extraordinary trouble selling the debt, they may wor
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
HN loads faster than any website on the internet though.
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by pgwhalen 4y ago
Not OP, but they’re clearly comparing it to other car companies. TSLA’s is arguably still 10x what it should be.

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