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811.
by worik 1y ago
Oh yes. But.... 5he alternatives tell you are racist, sexist, and a failure
812.
by worik 1y ago
Whew!
813.
by worik 1y ago
I get that. But the mining cost for glass is so low. The energy difference cannot be that much different. What worries me is transporting the glass form my place to the recycler might negate all the benefit.
814.
by worik 1y ago
This is yet another reason for installing very few apps
815.
by worik 1y ago
> So why did more than half the country vote for trump? A damning indictment of the alternatives
816.
by worik 1y ago
Is glass worth it? It is the most common mineral.
817.
Kenyan software developer arrested for email tool(theguardian.com)
9 points by worik 1y ago|2 comments
818.
by worik 1y ago
This is not "All Remote" They want people close to GMT. New Zealander's not welcome.
819.
by worik 1y ago
LLMs are a tool to extend human capabilities. They are not intelligent agents that can replace humans Not very hard to understand, except it seems to be
820.
Starship: Dead End?(planetearthandbeyond.co)
30 points by worik 1y ago|23 comments
821.
by worik 1y ago
> I’ll wager that sugar is probably better for you (in moderation) than artificial sweeteners The key is "in moderation" Many people seem to get their entire liquid intake out of aluminum cans. That is too much sugar.
822.
by worik 1y ago
That is true I eat well. I spend a lot of time cooking
823.
by worik 1y ago
> At what point in the process does it stop being food? Just because you cannot see a clearly defined boundary does not mean it is not there. A corn cob is food, a processed piece of corn mixed with <insert flavoursome/col
824.
Photos taken inside musical instruments(dpreview.com)
1121 points by worik 1y ago|55 comments
825.
by worik 1y ago
> sufficient abuse[1], And `1` is?
826.
by worik 1y ago
> Here, the President did make a finding That is very interesting. It assumes that the president is truthful
827.
by worik 1y ago
Any Canadians here to comment on the milk tariff policies? I have spent ten days of my life in Canada and I learnt of the tariffs by news reports concerning people driving to USA, loading up on milk, coming home. Tariffs are not always stup
828.
by worik 1y ago
> building bridges or constructing dams. Discuss your ideas with a civil engineer You'd be surprised how similar our professions are Our shoddy work is our fault, we know how to do better, we don't We are like civil engineering
829.
by worik 1y ago
I thought that the Oslo Accords floundered when a nutty Israeli shot the Israeli Prime Minister dead in an assassination Is that not correct?
830.
by worik 1y ago
What fictions?
831.
by worik 1y ago
> I would argue that the social contract is a useful fiction, the same as 'divine right.' What argument are you making? What do you think the social contract is? E.g: I am interested if you believe that the government derives
832.
by worik 1y ago
Not just Tech CEOs
833.
by worik 1y ago
The language? I am a mere user. I have two Python based systems that worked in Debian 11 and not in Debian 12 Python 3.9 to 3.11 I think was the change. A
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M&S blames "third party" for hack(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by worik 1y ago|0 comments
835.
by worik 1y ago
> If the function is called from 37 places, you need to refactor your code, Really? I do not have to think hard before I have a counter exampl: authentication I call authenticate() is some form from every API All 37 of them
836.
by worik 1y ago
Generally Rust is the wrong choice. Generally garbage collectors are very worthwhile But whe you need it, it is so much better than C or C++
837.
by worik 1y ago
I have been badly burned, twice, by Python's cavalier attitude to backwards compatibility
838.
by worik 1y ago
> I've been trying rust for the past 2 months fulltime Rust has a horrid learning curve I've programmed for decades in many languages, and I felt the same as you Persevere. Surrender! to compile Weather the ferocious storm Yo
839.
by worik 1y ago
I am working on a code base, that among its many glories and poo balls every list is a doubly linked list. Stop! If you are using a doubly linked list you (probably) do not have to, or want to. There is almost no case where you need to trav
840.
by worik 1y ago
There is a trade off. Rust gave us fast, and safe. It did not give us "easy to learn". I think it is a very good example of why "design by committee" is good. The "Rust Committee" has done a fantastic job Th

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