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by revscat 9y ago
This is only true if elections are trustworthy checks on power. Given recent attacks by partisans and foreign powers, though, this is far from a certain thing.
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by revscat 9y ago
I used the Groovy shell for this. Since Groovy is Java, you can paste Java code into the Groovy REPL and it works fine.
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N.S.A. Halts Collection of Americans’ Emails About Foreign Targets(nytimes.com)
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by revscat 10y ago
You are correct about not noticing... at least until you get an automatic or an EV. Then you realize what you didn't notice you suddenly appreciate being gone.
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by revscat 10y ago
1) Can you provide any more details about how Rowfiles are structured and/or implemented? Specifically, how does it handle nested objects? Does it support `transient`? Do `writeObject` and/or `readObject` come into play? 2) Do you
636.
by revscat 10y ago
In this case, though, the flight was not overbooked. They forcibly removed an otherwise compliant passenger so that their own employees could get a ride.
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by revscat 10y ago
Which, to be fair, is a large part of why it is what it is. There are plenty of spaces where sarcasm, cynicism, and humor are not discouraged. There's something... peaceful about HN's norms.
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by revscat 10y ago
Which is interesting in itself. You seem to think that the bot usage took away from the overall importance of the effort. I'm not sure I agree.
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by revscat 10y ago
Buddhism.
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by revscat 10y ago
Yes, absolutely. And not just that, but flatly contradicted by science, history, and even a cursory understanding of current events.
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by revscat 10y ago
No, but wealthy libertarians with vast amounts of political power believe it. According to adherents of this belief system, poverty is a symptom of laziness, full stop, and government can do nothing, and more importantly must not.
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by revscat 10y ago
Have you seen who is President these days?
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by revscat 10y ago
With a functional regulatory framework, you wouldn't need private entities handling this; public ones could.
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by revscat 10y ago
Won't happen. The political reality is that America is opposed to these things, and I'm not sure which party is more to blame. Sorry, but it's true. These things come up over and over again, only to be killed root and branch
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by revscat 10y ago
No. Why is it relevant?
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by revscat 10y ago
Grubhub.
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by revscat 10y ago
There is far too much conviction in the world. One of the reasons HN is so enjoyable is that the discussions tend to avoid the heat that you can find just about anywhere else.
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by revscat 10y ago
Other developers have different styles of developing. I have a REPL open in a tmux tab all day every day, and pipe snippets to it from vim to test how stuff works. When I was working with Java there were times I wanted that: just a quick wa
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by revscat 10y ago
Suppressing facts is suppressing science.
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by revscat 10y ago
Recent events have disproven the cypherpunk-era belief that freely available, secure communications will lead to a better (read: more rational) world. I don't dismiss the desire to give access. I think its utility has been naively over
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by revscat 10y ago
Data distribution is next to meaningless if there is not the accompanying power to affect political change.
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by revscat 10y ago
> don't see how the things he discusses have to do with empathy in Silicon Valley. Driverless trucks, for instance, have nothing to do with empathy and a lot to do with simple economics. Someone is going to build them if they can m
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by revscat 10y ago
Can you recommend something for attaching cables to ceilings in a nondestructive manner? I also live in an apartment and this is a concern.
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by revscat 10y ago
You underestimate the power of partisan ideologues. Many millions will die before that comes to pass.
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by revscat 10y ago
We know quite well what it costs. I believe you are making a mistake by using "we" for "I" in your first sentence.
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by revscat 10y ago
There's no way to no for sure. We can suspect, and presume based upon our political leanings, but there is no way to know.
657.
by revscat 10y ago
Criminal justice in America is largely up to the States. Thus, having a Democratic President does not mean there will be a liberalization of policy.
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by revscat 10y ago
One note: do not rebase published branches. Do so against local branches only.
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by revscat 10y ago
I suspect that it is this (somewhat cynical) line of thinking that cost Hillary the election. Successful politics is about coalition building. Maintaining and expanding those coalitions means following through on those promises.
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by revscat 10y ago
I was asking about the articles he referred to.

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