theplague42

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by theplague42 6y ago
Why pretend that Trump _isn't_ spreading damaging misinformation during a pandemic? I don't see why HN needs to have some false sense of neutrality to be "functioning well".
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by theplague42 6y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkzqejFKbM he is clearly talking about injecting disinfectants
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by theplague42 6y ago
There have been suggestions over the years for the post office to offer banking services. They have branches literally everywhere, they're independent yet still a government agency, and have no profit motive.
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by theplague42 7y ago
That's for fuel efficiency and acceleration. You wouldn't want to constantly redline your engine.
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by theplague42 7y ago
You've only had bad tofu, then.
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by theplague42 7y ago
Which politicians?
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by theplague42 7y ago
Assignment can be confusing already. >>> locals()['a'] = 1 >>> a 1 If anything, the walrus operator allows for tightly-scoped assignment, which is good in my opinion.
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by theplague42 7y ago
I second this. F-strings make string formatting so much more concise. I'm excited about the walrus operator for the same reason.
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by theplague42 7y ago
What cultural foundation?
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by theplague42 7y ago
Most successful startup founders are in their 30s and 40s. Providing a link: https://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/research/2009/04/educati...
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by theplague42 7y ago
Sounds similar to the "deployments" functionality in JetBrains IDEs.
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by theplague42 8y ago
Political choices matter.
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by theplague42 8y ago
> The original estimate that the partial shutdown would subtract 0.1 percentage point from growth every two weeks has now been doubled to a 0.1 percentage point subtraction every week, according to an official who asked not to be named.
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by theplague42 8y ago
Define "tax cut". A tax credit would benefit those who already pay 0.
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by theplague42 8y ago
I've been using it for a few months, and it's pretty great.
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by theplague42 8y ago
Do you think it's because of their race or socioeconomic status?