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by zumu 8y ago
> You can try to transpose the Nordic model in US all you want it is not going to work because these are different societies bound by different civil contracts and cultures. The point isn't we should perfectly copy the "Nordic
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> I don't think reducing prison time would necessarily result in all of those. Closing jails perhaps, but it's possible such a thing would require more police and county court bandwidth, not fewer. Not to mention the court syst
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I do like the explicitness of marking recursive functions with 'rec', however. What would the syntax look like if it was no longer required?
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Why not just compile OCaml to wasm? Why another language?
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This sounds pretty close to my experience with Xanax.
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React + CSS modules is a good place to start. The CSS modules is to teach you how to write CSS that is tightly scoped, but something like BEM or styled components could do the same thing. Avoid global styles. I'd also learn a tiny bit
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Does anyone know if something like this exists for Ruby and or Java? Best I've found is a few libraries supporting JSON Schema.
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Me too. I really hope this catches on.
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There are plenty of parks in Japan where people hang out, lay in the grass, play instruments, practice their lines, drink socially, enjoy their lunch, walk their dogs, go for runs, etc. I suspect what is a park and what isn't might not
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> Or one billionaire with similar ambitions. I was with you until this part. I'd rather not live in a city with an 'owner'.
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This is exactly how I feel about my 2016 MacBook Pro
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What MacOS software do you miss? I use MacOS, Linux and Windows daily (less often Windows these days). The only feature I really miss on other OS's is spotlight, though I can kind of replace it with rofi in Linux world. Also, in my ex
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Is Apollo the be all end all GraphQL client these days? I tried it roughly 1.5 years ago and was turned off by all the component wrapping. Is it bad form to just fetch data via GraphQL and put it in Redux (or other store)? I'd like to
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The Chromebook 2 will always have a special place in my heart. When I was transitioning into software development, I had ~$1000 left in my bank account, but the consultancy I had just landed an internship with asked me to provide my own lap
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From what I understand, Magic and other card games are not gambling because the cards are considered to all be of equal value despite rarity. If the company that sells Magic (Wizards or the Coast / Hasbro) were to acknowledge that the
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Somewhat interesting that HN's color palette is orange, and Reddit's is teal and orange. Maybe evidence of these color trends extending beyond cinema.
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Your anecdote is valid, but there are A LOT of PDA's out there. Many of them have a grid of icons layout. For instance, consider the Sharp PDA's GUI -- it's a grid of rectangular icons broken up into pages (albeit with named
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There's also a decade or so of PDA's with grid of icon interfaces that predate the iPhone.
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The punishment isn't donating to charity. The punishment is losing money.
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What online course are you doing for category theory?
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> I typically red-flag potential employers who doesn't sufficiently validate the skillset of potential hires. I'm beginning to take this to heart.
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> TL;DR - We respect all cultures and viewpoints, except all those which we judge wrong and sexist. I don't think we "respect" other cultures. I believe there is guilt towards cultures associated with victimhood, and those
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As far as Japan's position in the 80's, they were in a massive bubble through most of the decade all the way up to '91. When the bubble burst Japan was stopped dead in it's tracks. The 90's are called the 'Glac
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My life is filled with pro salt anecdata, so I'm not convinced it's on the same level as sugar. I'd be interested in seeing your anti salt sources.
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If you use subtitles, make sure they are also in Spanish. Also as petecox points out, Spanish varies wildly from country to country, so TV may not be the best, but I wouldn't avoid it entirely -- it's also a good source of cultura
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> Tokyo offers people nice 1BR apartments for roughly $900-1000 a month I think you mean < 300sqft studios
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Most men I know aren't in it for the paycheck.
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There was also the internet. Consider this article from Tom's Hardware circa 1998 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia,87-8.html
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Try to work for a western company -- you will most likely get paid more, and the culture will be much more relaxed. Being in Japan will be enough of a culture shock, imho.
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I've always been interested in Le Guin, but never read much, outside of an Earthsea book or two as a child. From the contents of the thread I seem to be gathering The Dispossessed might be the best place to start. Is this correct? Are

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