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rafi_kamal
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rafi_kamal
6y ago
I don't, and that's a good point - if the number of users remain the same (or even increases slightly) than I do see how legalizing can be beneficial. However, in my mind legalizing drugs also means easier access, and that can lea
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rafi_kamal
6y ago
That can work for drugs with low abuse potentials, like psychedelics. But why do you think drugs like heroin will benefit the society or the people who are taking them?
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rafi_kamal
6y ago
Similar argument also applies to English. English isn't phonetic which makes it hard to pronounce correctly unless you are learning from a native speaker. But I don't see written English to evolve in a way that makes it easier to
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rafi_kamal
6y ago
That's not going to work for plenty of services. Most people (if not everyone) are not going to pay for search, social network, instant messaging, maps, mail etc.
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rafi_kamal
6y ago
Google allows personal software to be installed in a corp laptop, subject to restrictions and limitations like this. It's not encouraged, though, and if something happens because you installed a third party software then it's your
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rafi_kamal
7y ago
You need to enable regular expression.
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rafi_kamal
9y ago
Interesting, I use AirBnB quite a lot and like their UI (I primarily use the desktop version, though). Why do you think their website sucks?
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rafi_kamal
9y ago
I'm 24 I'm already finding it hard to make new good friends. To me a good friend is someone whom I can reach out to without thinking twice, it could be for discussing that shower thought, ranting about the work, asking for suggest
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rafi_kamal
9y ago
Not a Go developer but bazel in Java does the same thing and it's really helpful when writing test cases. Say I am editing two test methods within a test suite of 30 test cases, it will run only those two tests. For the rest 28 it will
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rafi_kamal
9y ago
As a developer, it makes sense to break backward-compatibility if only a very small percentage of your user base is using the old version. Supporting old versions often requires extra resources that I can otherwise spend on building new fea
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rafi_kamal
9y ago
Do you have a freely accessible copy of this paper?
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rafi_kamal
9y ago
The whole conversation gives me cringe
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rafi_kamal
9y ago
“They burned houses and tried to shoot us. They killed my husband by bullet.” - I don't think this is in any way similar to the Afghanistan war.