rajin444

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by rajin444 4y ago
Thorough understanding of the problem and thorough testing prevent bugs. Static typing allows you to more succinctly express your thorough understanding of a problem, but it does not fix the root problem. Quality of life benefits are where
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> poor would work together, and remake the world their own Are you saying socio economic status has no relation to ability to organize and execute? It seems obvious that a large portion of elites are elites because they’re able to execut
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by rajin444 4y ago
How many of those 400k are solely in for possession? i.e no priors, no anything, just possession
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by rajin444 4y ago
> If you focus on creating a culture of objectivity, facts and honesty, you'll solve most of your jerk problems without having to figure out what "jerk" means. I dunno, jerk is arbitrarily defined by society. There’s no ob
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by rajin444 4y ago
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-fhfa-hou... Stuff like this is rampant right now. The left has thoroughly won the culture war.
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by rajin444 4y ago
Is your post implying being conservative is inherently bad? It seems like that’s the unspoken crux of your argument - ie you actually have an issue with a “conservative” (I hesitate to label musk as one) winning the culture war. Conservativ
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by rajin444 4y ago
> Most db systems do not actually need to be tested Is this like when people say you don't need to test functional code?
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by rajin444 4y ago
> I hear this again and again from people who have experienced it. For some reason, the message doesn't get through to the rest of society. Not a good opinion, but how do we know what the real problem is? How do we objectively asses
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by rajin444 4y ago
This comment reads like a blanket statement but I feel like it has to be context specific. There are some cases where ignoring tech debt and grinding out code is the way to go. There are some cases where it’s not. Learning how to identify t
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by rajin444 4y ago
Are you saying we need to genetically level the playing field? It makes logical sense but it’s not a world I want to live in.
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by rajin444 4y ago
> People point out disparities as evidence that there aren’t equal opportunities That’s a very low bar if you take population level disparities and assume it’s a lack of equity causing this. You’re talking about having a deep understandi
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by rajin444 4y ago
I think your point comes down to whether or not you believe we’re all blank slates. If yes, then what you says makes sense. If no, then we would expect ability to somewhat dictate socioeconomic status.
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by rajin444 4y ago
Testing is to ensure your code functions the way external users expect it to. There's a reason SQLite has an extremely robust test suite even if their code is great. Testing that the internal interfaces / abstractions in your syst
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by rajin444 4y ago
> They're about what you need I've no experience with game dev, but in other areas of development what you need is often not known ahead of time (which I believe the parent is trying to say). Operating under those conditions ma
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by rajin444 4y ago
> for them to publish this anyway means they did a pretty good job The standard shouldn’t be “we did the best we can” for the sake of publishing. It should be “is what we’re doing useful”. > I’m guessing this study will make some inst
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by rajin444 4y ago
That kind of work is hard, expensive, and likely to be fruitless. And in the case of many softer sciences it would more or less remove the need for the field (in their current forms). Sociology is a band aid until we understand biology bett
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by rajin444 4y ago
I agree we must do something! It's much more reliable to talk with individuals and assess instances of racism, discrimination, etc. on a case base case basis (taking into account other evidence). We don't have to be paralyzed.
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by rajin444 4y ago
> “institutional racism" deals with is if one race is disproportionately affected by a policy over others, which is more often than not caused by socioeconomic factors that weren't considered during the creation of the policy H
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by rajin444 4y ago
How can you look at this data and know it’s “racism”? There’s so many unexplained confounds that you can’t account for. It’s “interesting” data, but using it to definitively draw conclusions seems malicious and pseudo scientific.
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by rajin444 4y ago
> too easily obtained, to too many citizens who have not been properly indoctrinated with a sense of civic responsibility Banning guns is not the answer. Instilling that civic responsibility is - the benefits are astronomical.
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by rajin444 4y ago
US Population growth of around 100-120 mil from the 60s/70s onward due to primarily immigration has never been done before. No ruler who cares about their people would attempt such a thing - cultures must be joined slowly and carefully
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by rajin444 4y ago
The US has been an oligarchy for a good bit now. Politicians have shifted from discussing how to make our country better and replaced it with why you should hate their political opponents (both sides - ever wonder why it seems like neither
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by rajin444 4y ago
Start thinking about religion as an organic solution to the human need for community. Whatever made up stories they teach don’t matter outside of how it builds and protects the community. This will result in some individuals not being permi
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by rajin444 4y ago
The political ruling class of the US sold out their people for short term gain (starting around the 60's or so). Working hard for a high trust, tight knight community is likely the ideal state for most people. The solution isn't r
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by rajin444 4y ago
Can you point to other contexts with an equivalent level of surplus of today? Even if you could, our science is not advanced enough to control for all the confounds. You can’t point to “evidence” or “science” to prove your point because we
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by rajin444 4y ago
Yes, that’s my point. Parent is trying to “appeal to authority” essentially. We’re both arguing with no evidence, but parent is trying to act like they aren’t.
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by rajin444 4y ago
I read enough. > (1) Rates of obesity in lab rats -- whose diets haven't changed -- have also increased over the last 50 years. Do they lack willpower too? There are so many explanations for this outside of "some environmental
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by rajin444 4y ago
Even they admit that in the end CICO is correct. You cannot escape physics. That being said, the real question is: if somebody stopped eating, would their body die instead of using their fat for energy? There could definitely be cases wher
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by rajin444 4y ago
This answer is on the right track. There will always be outliers, but most humans have a fundamental need for “religion”. The west is in the process of creating a new one (modern liberal values), but as with most rewrites, you probably shou
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by rajin444 4y ago
The current push for equity combined with the technical ability to genetically engineer humans is frightening. Society has decided we have "incorrect" levels of diversity...though nobody can answer what the correct levels are. Wit

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