You might be genetically blessed, others might be genetically cursed. Some are genetically predisposed to becoming fat. Its still a fact that they are fat. And being fat comes with associated health risks.
> JVM is written in a mix of Java and C++, let me know when they start rewriting it in Kotlin. This is less relevant today. The host blessed languages do have an advantage, but I would not say it is insurmountable. It…
Both of my last 2 large bank gigs (kind of the last places you'd expect cutting edge tech) were going all in on Kotlin. New projects were Kotlin only, and there was active work on sunsetting/migrating Java applications…
> Do you really want to copy from a development computer to your production? ... > Are you really sure that everything works exactly the same on different versions of GoLang? ... He mentions he does have a build server…
I actually have family there, and they have literally transitioned from near poverty to upper middle class in 2 decades. This was pretty widespreadc, but gradually becoming forgotten as the younger generations grow up…
In the "old" days, people had to actively look for or click through to get misinformation on platforms. Facebook's algorithm now shoves posts into user's feed, which is optimized for engagement. We're all seeing now…
Are there any ethnicity statistics (or estimates) on actual applicants to yale? It's apples vs oranges when we compare to the US population.
In a your version of a free society, what happens when everyone refuses you EVERY single service because random-reason? They sure as heck aren't murdering, stealing, nor threatening you. They're just refusing to sell…
You can basically approximate a 1F change to 0.5C change (or 0.55C) for non scientific purposes. 50F -> 10C 51F -> ~10.5C 52F -> ~11C Unless you hate decimals, I don't think there's much granularity gained.
DMCA was a reaction to the digitization of media. People were sharing pirated media faster than companies could take them down. Some of these people hid behind websites that provided varying degrees of anonymity. How…
> Is the point that it's different than the rest of the world? I can see that point, but am I missing anything particularly bad about the Fahrenheit scale? Mainly that it doesn't make any sense. Why was 32F made the…
You're still assuming ALL of that remaining land area in the circle is habitable. Eg. India has 43% of it's land classified under "others" [0]. A large chunk of that 43% is not likely to be habitable. 0:…
Just taking the parent comment at face value, does it really qualify as racist / slur? Yes, it invoked a country and a race, followed by unflattering statements. Are those statements factual? Unfair generalisations or…
> Companies are giving their cash back to shareholders because each individual company thinks their shareholders can better allocate the cash, rather than the companies themselves. _This_ doesn't make any sense.…
Professional sports today are the more result of artificial selection of people that have specialized bodies for their sport. Relevant TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8COaMKbNrX0
> Banks have code from the 1960s still running The only reason "old code" still works in banks is because untold man hours are spent wrapping around it, working around it, and testing it. A long time ago, some exec saw…
> .NET Core vs. .NET Standard was a wtf? At least they named it core and standard so you know which mess you're referring to. With Apple TV you have to make up your own qualifiers. Apple's marketing team seems to…
>> C++ is one of the hardest languages to use > No. Most defenses I've seen of C++ boils down to something along the lines of "you're using it wrong (tm)". I've seen enough C++ to take the side of "the design is…
> Most non-tech businesses have no budget for that kind of tech debt work. The thing about debt is that ignoring it doesn't make it go away magically. If business relies on tech for crucial functions, it's only a matter…
A part of me feels that social media companies deserve this. For years and years, whenever the topic of meaningful regulation comes up, Facebook has always lawyered up and side stepped the question. Time after time Mark…
Not absurd. Different departments in the same company have budgets of their own. If a department wants to buy an ad from their own paper, it should affect their remaining budget, just as it should show up on the Ad…
Yes. So costs of putting up an ad are reflected in the relevant departments. Large corps do this all the time, transferring money from the left pocket to their right pocket. It's somewhat similar to net neutrality…
I grew up in Asia, and never quite understood the tipping culture. Because employers aren't paying their staff a living wage, they ask their customers to tip. It all seems completely backwards to me. These scumbag…
> Compulsory voting is great if you are running a dictatorship... That's a ridiculous reach. Not sure where you pulled that out from. > That signal is lost when you force people to vote. Many spoil votes on purpose.…
Can someone remind me what serverless does better than existing tech?
You might be genetically blessed, others might be genetically cursed. Some are genetically predisposed to becoming fat. Its still a fact that they are fat. And being fat comes with associated health risks.
> JVM is written in a mix of Java and C++, let me know when they start rewriting it in Kotlin. This is less relevant today. The host blessed languages do have an advantage, but I would not say it is insurmountable. It…
Both of my last 2 large bank gigs (kind of the last places you'd expect cutting edge tech) were going all in on Kotlin. New projects were Kotlin only, and there was active work on sunsetting/migrating Java applications…
> Do you really want to copy from a development computer to your production? ... > Are you really sure that everything works exactly the same on different versions of GoLang? ... He mentions he does have a build server…
I actually have family there, and they have literally transitioned from near poverty to upper middle class in 2 decades. This was pretty widespreadc, but gradually becoming forgotten as the younger generations grow up…
In the "old" days, people had to actively look for or click through to get misinformation on platforms. Facebook's algorithm now shoves posts into user's feed, which is optimized for engagement. We're all seeing now…
Are there any ethnicity statistics (or estimates) on actual applicants to yale? It's apples vs oranges when we compare to the US population.
In a your version of a free society, what happens when everyone refuses you EVERY single service because random-reason? They sure as heck aren't murdering, stealing, nor threatening you. They're just refusing to sell…
You can basically approximate a 1F change to 0.5C change (or 0.55C) for non scientific purposes. 50F -> 10C 51F -> ~10.5C 52F -> ~11C Unless you hate decimals, I don't think there's much granularity gained.
DMCA was a reaction to the digitization of media. People were sharing pirated media faster than companies could take them down. Some of these people hid behind websites that provided varying degrees of anonymity. How…
> Is the point that it's different than the rest of the world? I can see that point, but am I missing anything particularly bad about the Fahrenheit scale? Mainly that it doesn't make any sense. Why was 32F made the…
You're still assuming ALL of that remaining land area in the circle is habitable. Eg. India has 43% of it's land classified under "others" [0]. A large chunk of that 43% is not likely to be habitable. 0:…
Just taking the parent comment at face value, does it really qualify as racist / slur? Yes, it invoked a country and a race, followed by unflattering statements. Are those statements factual? Unfair generalisations or…
> Companies are giving their cash back to shareholders because each individual company thinks their shareholders can better allocate the cash, rather than the companies themselves. _This_ doesn't make any sense.…
Professional sports today are the more result of artificial selection of people that have specialized bodies for their sport. Relevant TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8COaMKbNrX0
> Banks have code from the 1960s still running The only reason "old code" still works in banks is because untold man hours are spent wrapping around it, working around it, and testing it. A long time ago, some exec saw…
> .NET Core vs. .NET Standard was a wtf? At least they named it core and standard so you know which mess you're referring to. With Apple TV you have to make up your own qualifiers. Apple's marketing team seems to…
>> C++ is one of the hardest languages to use > No. Most defenses I've seen of C++ boils down to something along the lines of "you're using it wrong (tm)". I've seen enough C++ to take the side of "the design is…
> Most non-tech businesses have no budget for that kind of tech debt work. The thing about debt is that ignoring it doesn't make it go away magically. If business relies on tech for crucial functions, it's only a matter…
A part of me feels that social media companies deserve this. For years and years, whenever the topic of meaningful regulation comes up, Facebook has always lawyered up and side stepped the question. Time after time Mark…
Not absurd. Different departments in the same company have budgets of their own. If a department wants to buy an ad from their own paper, it should affect their remaining budget, just as it should show up on the Ad…
Yes. So costs of putting up an ad are reflected in the relevant departments. Large corps do this all the time, transferring money from the left pocket to their right pocket. It's somewhat similar to net neutrality…
I grew up in Asia, and never quite understood the tipping culture. Because employers aren't paying their staff a living wage, they ask their customers to tip. It all seems completely backwards to me. These scumbag…
> Compulsory voting is great if you are running a dictatorship... That's a ridiculous reach. Not sure where you pulled that out from. > That signal is lost when you force people to vote. Many spoil votes on purpose.…
Can someone remind me what serverless does better than existing tech?