throwayay5837

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   by throwayay5837 1y ago

   > Indeed, in most indigenous languages, there is no word for prison. I think it's disingenuous to argue that a certain type of misery did not exist because it doesn't map 1:1 to our label of it. It's at least sloppy. Noble
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   by throwayay5837 1y ago

   Storing all of the highly active radioactive waste that France produced over a year takes about 47 40-foot shipping containers. Small feeder shops can contain a few hundred containers. Actual container shops contain thousands. 47 does not s
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   by throwayay5837 1y ago

   Makes me wonder if leadership will bounce back from vibe coding faster than it did from outsourcing? I wasn't around then but colleagues told me it took years for leadership to understand what's happening and to turn the ship arou
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   by throwayay5837 1y ago

   > In this case, I blame the Merkel government for putting the financial well-being of its citizens over ethical principles, Its much worse than that in terms of realpolitik: the gains were short-term, the costs will be paid for over deca
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   by throwayay5837 1y ago

   I feel a similar sense of confusion at the overall reaction from HN. Ten years ago there would have been unanimous disapproval. Has the userbase changed so much? If this is hackernews, what about the general population of developers?