"Delete" should always be taken to mean "remove from this list I'm looking at right here" and never assumed to mean "actually really for real delete", unless regulations require hard deletion. (And even then, mostly…
> they're the kind of person who deeply analyzes this sort of question Clearly they didn't deeply analyze the question in the relevant context. Answering "yes" to this is high school level "edginess". One needn't…
Is the implication that some but not all kinds of capitalist societies would encourage or cause people to view many "normal" things (not just inherently or clearly transactional things) as transactional? What would be…
I signed up for https://infrequent.app/ when it was a Show HN just to try it out and it actually worked (probably about as well as a "non-busy" TODO in my calendar app with an alert). Enough to remind me to call 1 or 2…
My understanding is that this is a ~5% decrease in employees? Pretty easy to imagine losing 1 person in your 20 person department. Really depends on the "who", which tends to get lost in headlines consisting of large…
Is it neoliberalism specifically, or even just generally living in a capitalist society? (Which hey, I'm happy enough to live in a capitalist society, it has been good to me, but I definitely notice myself evaluating…
Always "launch" as early as possible. Do your marketing push whenever you think it will be most impactful, but get into production immediately.
> verifying software is correct implies solving the halting problem. No, producing a program that can verify that all correct programs are correct implies solving the halting problem. Verifying a particular piece of…
If you compose SQL with subqueries you tend to do less composition in general (because you are restricted in what you can compose), and you are more at the mercy of the query planner, which is its own black box. I'd…
Sure, this is a simple example -- and you are right, if you are just writing a few selects, you may not find any value. ORMs (or query-builders, as some like to draw a distinction there) become more valuable as you use…
> Am I missing something? Yes, the rest of the article.
My understanding is that while there were substantial "land bridges" at the time Australia was initially colonized, nevertheless sea crossings were still required. But it's a bit tough to follow honestly, do you have a…
"Delete" should always be taken to mean "remove from this list I'm looking at right here" and never assumed to mean "actually really for real delete", unless regulations require hard deletion. (And even then, mostly…
> they're the kind of person who deeply analyzes this sort of question Clearly they didn't deeply analyze the question in the relevant context. Answering "yes" to this is high school level "edginess". One needn't…
Is the implication that some but not all kinds of capitalist societies would encourage or cause people to view many "normal" things (not just inherently or clearly transactional things) as transactional? What would be…
I signed up for https://infrequent.app/ when it was a Show HN just to try it out and it actually worked (probably about as well as a "non-busy" TODO in my calendar app with an alert). Enough to remind me to call 1 or 2…
My understanding is that this is a ~5% decrease in employees? Pretty easy to imagine losing 1 person in your 20 person department. Really depends on the "who", which tends to get lost in headlines consisting of large…
Is it neoliberalism specifically, or even just generally living in a capitalist society? (Which hey, I'm happy enough to live in a capitalist society, it has been good to me, but I definitely notice myself evaluating…
Always "launch" as early as possible. Do your marketing push whenever you think it will be most impactful, but get into production immediately.
> verifying software is correct implies solving the halting problem. No, producing a program that can verify that all correct programs are correct implies solving the halting problem. Verifying a particular piece of…
If you compose SQL with subqueries you tend to do less composition in general (because you are restricted in what you can compose), and you are more at the mercy of the query planner, which is its own black box. I'd…
Sure, this is a simple example -- and you are right, if you are just writing a few selects, you may not find any value. ORMs (or query-builders, as some like to draw a distinction there) become more valuable as you use…
> Am I missing something? Yes, the rest of the article.
My understanding is that while there were substantial "land bridges" at the time Australia was initially colonized, nevertheless sea crossings were still required. But it's a bit tough to follow honestly, do you have a…