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by pif 4y ago
> If we're not at net negative carbon emissions by 2050 we're in deep trouble That's not a given. Considering we can predict the havoc climate change will wreak, smart people will have adapted in times, while idiots will h
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by pif 4y ago
Yeah, that's what too many so-called ecologists tend to forget: if you really want to make the situation better, then you have to push for policies that may be actually accepted and implemented by the general public. And that means tha
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by pif 4y ago
Dear fellow HNers, I think we are assigning different meanings to "make people uncomfortable". What makes me uncomfortable is people blocking streets or services in order to force me to hear them. Freedom of speech is talking and
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by pif 4y ago
Her definition may be agreed upon, but she must not forget that she has not the right to make people uncomfortable. That's why it is called "freedom of speech" and not "freedom of protest". And she may be excused if
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by pif 4y ago
As far as I understand, the harvests were not much worse than "usual" bad harvests, but Europe was reaching its peak population, given the technology of the epoch, and a bad harvest had just a worse outcome than before.
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by pif 4y ago
The article title correctly talks about a "programmer". But professional software development is much more than just programming, just as sales is much more than signing contracts. Sure, signing contracts is what every sale agent
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by pif 4y ago
> If a city were to dedicate a single car lane sized lane for “micromobility” Most cities do not have a car lane sized lane to spare.
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by pif 4y ago
> Apple makes laptops, TV streamers, and tablets. Is there some reason you're avoiding them? Yes: Apple.
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by pif 4y ago
Well, there are also some of us EU citizens, born and bred in the EU, who still love the concept of having our own car, waiting for us in our garage. We also like, from time to time, to drive thousands of km during leisure trips (read: driv
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by pif 4y ago
So, you stumble on some high-quality code, very -high-quality code, that has worked flawlessly for decades (and if you don't perceive it as flawless, then convince yourself it's your fault), and you dare mature an idea about modi
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by pif 4y ago
It's not me calling Go users idiots: it's one of the Go designers! “The key point here is our programmers are Googlers, they’re not researchers. They’re typically, fairly young, fresh out of school, probably learned Java, maybe le
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by pif 4y ago
Wrong! A barber's razor is the perfect tool for the trade, together with a sharpening stone. The Go equivalent would be a blade with two dull sides.
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by pif 4y ago
Right way, according to him: Compute factorial using a function ComputeFactorial that uses AVX intrinsics.
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by pif 4y ago
Sure, as well as the right abstractions come from professionals who are not treated like stupid kids.
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by pif 4y ago
Would you mind posting a photo and enlightening us?
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by pif 4y ago
Yeah, I get your point. Poor programmers need to be kept on a leash, so off you go with dumbed-down languages.
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by pif 4y ago
> it would just drive up the starting price. And that is exactly the point! We want more realistic estimations, rather than void promises.
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by pif 4y ago
Did you ask him if the design phase had proceeded so smoothly? Writing software is the equivalent of creating the blueprints; compiling is the equivalent of pouring concrete.
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by pif 4y ago
Did you ask her what happens if the concrete truck gets stuck in an accident on the freeway?
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by pif 4y ago
Your Prius? I thought we were talking about cars, here!
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by pif 4y ago
No, you are missing the point! With a row of buttons, you can count and you do not need visual attention. With a screen, instead, you must look even to understand whether you are on a clickable object at all!
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by pif 4y ago
The problem is, we don't have laws and courts for ads. That's why we are all forced to walk around heavily armed and shoot down whoever gets less than two metres apart from us!
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by pif 4y ago
> No user tracking necessary Have that switched to "No user tracking possible ", or better still to "static images only", and no whitelist will refuse them.
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by pif 4y ago
Ethical ad-blockers exist. Do ethical advertisers exist?
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by pif 4y ago
What is sad is that ad-blockers would have never become a necessity, had advertising remained fair (as in: static images, no code execution on browser, no tracking).
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by pif 4y ago
> A growing number of scientists... Beware, getting from one to two is already a growing number!
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by pif 4y ago
Maybe you did not get the point: "once they figure their shit out" is the pain point, and no ChatGPT can ease that!
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by pif 4y ago
Visual Basic shares a fundamental truth with Internet Explorer: popular does not imply good.
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by pif 4y ago
The problem arises when a clueless manager sees your tiny custom 50-line program and makes it responsible for anything more complex than a water dispenser, with the author and his boss praising the "simplicity" and "ease of d
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by pif 4y ago
I'd say that Microsoft heard the voices of the poor souls that had to convert the buggy code from the idiots into usable applications.

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