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by snordgren 4y ago
It's hard work, but if you come at 18 you're missing 11-12 years of employer-relevant schooling compared to your local peers, and your parents aren't there to encourage you to value education. Refugees are at a disadvantage i
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by snordgren 4y ago
The article also quoted one researcher who said that if the baby was crying for more than 5 minutes, then it is probably not yet at a stage of development where it can learn to self-soothe. I think that is a good rule of thumb.
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by snordgren 4y ago
Unchecked exceptions need extra care. I've seen process level exceptions being logged when the underlying cause was a failure to parse an integer. The exception was being caught in an exception handler half a dozen scopes away.
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by snordgren 4y ago
Despite the tragedy in Ukraine, most people in most countries are living through an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity. Since 1950, the global population has more than tripled, while militaries have shrunk. Since 1960, military spend
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by snordgren 4y ago
Considering what a terrible year this has been for Tesla stock and their absentee CEO it would be more fitting in 2021. The brand has enough baggage by now that the second-highest comment chain is about its unsuitability as an ideal, rather
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by snordgren 4y ago
Rust has very little influence from reflection-heavy languages like Java and C#. On their list of influences ( https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/influences.html ), Java is not even mentioned, and C# is only mentioned f
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by snordgren 4y ago
Where do you find meaning in life today? What do you do on weekends and vacations? Another place to look is the financially independent. What are they doing with their time?