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by tomp 4y ago
No functional languages do that. OCaml parses a b c as ((a b) c). In case the compiler can determine that a is a function taking 2 arguments, it will optimise the code, so that it’s effectively a(b, c). But in general, that’s not possible,
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by tomp 4y ago
> Also each accident causes a major setback in peoples minds regarding nuclear safety Planes are crashing all the time and kill tons of people (way more than nuclear power plants anyways), yet flying is more popular than ever (before C
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by tomp 4y ago
Let's not argue semantics. Building new plants, extending existing ones, digging more coal or importing it from abroad. It's all the same. "Green" energy failed, even for one of its biggest proponents. https:/&#x2F
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by tomp 4y ago
> A far better plan for Europe would be to go 100% renewable asap, meaning no need for fossil fuel imports from any party. “asap” LOL Here in the real world, we have Germany, which has the strongest pro-green anti-nuclear agenda in Eur
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by tomp 4y ago
If they're gonna be murdering women and children regardless, we might as well not crash our economies... I wonder, how many people will die because of Russia (war) vs. because of Western sanctions (famine+energy crisis). So far Russi
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by tomp 4y ago
> Russians have massive amount of brain drain. Most of tech employees have left I doubt this will continue. The West has clearly demonstrated that their sanction and Russo-phobia will target not just politicians and oligarch, but normal
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by tomp 4y ago
Oops Greenland was wrong, I meant Iceland.
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by tomp 4y ago
Anyone claiming that we could be 100% non-nuclear non-CO2 is completely delusional. There are only a few tiny examples (like Greenland) that have sufficiently bizarre local sources of energy. And that’s not even taking into account plastics
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by tomp 4y ago
Putin might not be the best military strategist but he clearly is a master troll. It’s fascinating where a decade+ of policies ranging from stupid (green tech) to batshit crazy (shutting down nuclear) has led the West (US and especially the
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by tomp 4y ago
To me, saying that "you don't want to be doing it" (paraphrased as "you are upset" or "you haven't slept"), is much more of a fake bullshit than the other thing. Be an adult take responsibility for yo
851.
by tomp 4y ago
Par de course in finance (hedge funds etc.). People just "disappear" overnight. Access cut. You've had nothing on your personal computer anyways (all work & data is on company machines, accessed through Remote Desktop).
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by tomp 4y ago
My bet is that Spain will block their accession to the EU.
853.
by tomp 4y ago
I spent all my childhood (and continuing into adulthood) staring at a computer screen and I've 20/20 vision.
854.
by tomp 4y ago
In which company can non-executive/management employees interact with the board of directors?
855.
by tomp 4y ago
The thread contains much more context that the article ignores. Which is funny given that tweets (even threads) are generally much more condensed than articles. Yellow journalism at it’s finest.
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by tomp 4y ago
Nope. If you're leaking about something that's genuinely concerning (criminal, or just very bad and immoral), by all means, leak it. But this seems more of a leak to make some noise, to win an argument by public opinion. Nothing b
857.
by tomp 4y ago
clickbait title of a clickbait article better off reading the original thread https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/15353049437284147...
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by tomp 4y ago
I’m a huge advocate for private (non-socialized) healthcare. People always twist this into “you’d have to pay so much more for healthcare”. No! I never had to pay anything substantial for healthcare. I pay for insurance . But I prefer priv
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by tomp 4y ago
Um, what? In theory, free market healthcare should improve alignment. Insurance companies pay procedures and make money when people are less sick. Hospitals make money when they perform procedures. Insurance companies are therefore incent
860.
by tomp 4y ago
When I was interviewing I always hated IQ tests but liked doing interesting coding questions.
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by tomp 4y ago
> So What To Use Instead? > Deal with ambiguity, Reviewing code, understanding what it does, finding gaps, Testing, Code structure, Cleanliness, Learning new concepts Yeah, no. A lot of these are culture. I'm fairly confident I c
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by tomp 4y ago
Keeping “wrong people” from voting is essentially half of election “security”. It’s not just coercion risk. It’s the whole chain of custody.
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by tomp 4y ago
Most other democratic countries (1) require photo IDs for voting, and (2) don’t support postal voting at scale. Either (1) or (2) not being true makes elections way less secure.
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by tomp 4y ago
When you fail, double down and fail some more! It’s the German way!
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by tomp 4y ago
Is that why all PC (interoperable) laptops are inferior to MacBooks? Your statement might hold for software but definitely doesn’t hold for hardware.
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by tomp 4y ago
This argument would sound less hollow if there weren’t two existing superior (from a user experience perspective) alternatives already on the market. Apple’s Lightning (thinner than USB-C) and MagSafe (safer than USB-C for charging lap
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by tomp 4y ago
No, the tan box is similarly non-sensical and the example is 3 primes so it doesn’t explain it either. Your explanation is clear though, thanks!
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by tomp 4y ago
Because rocket launches are politically problematic as is. That’s why the US launches from Cape Canaveral (avoids all land), and Russia launches from Baikonur in Kazakhstan (avoids Chinese airspace). Now imagine not only launching rockets
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by tomp 4y ago
What a crap article. > Typically, you might associate to it all multiples of 618 whose smallest prime factor is 103. There are no multiples like that. All multiples of 618 (= 2 * 3 * 103) have 2as the smallest prime factor. Did anyon
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by tomp 4y ago
Is it really so terrible, given that every student in Denmark receives 900$ monthly stipend?

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