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Literally anything not done directly on the CPU - anything reliant on an external system - should be considered IO. If it requires talking with an external device/network/etc. it's…

I've done the startup thing twice and that was enough to make me realize it just isn't worth it. There's a 99% chance that in 2-3 years the startup will implode and you're going to…

I don't put a hard cap on screen time with my 2 year old, and he spends a ton of time playing by himself. Watching him do the pretend play thing is pretty fascinating, to be honest…

Your dad would spend hundreds of dollars on a TV set every year and then throw it in the trash after a couple of weeks??? That sounds insane.

The “pay less for remote workers” thing will only work if all employees follow suit. If Apple decides to cut pay for remote workers, but google doesn’t, you’re going to see a lot m…

My wife is lifelong vegetarian, and I'm a big fan of keto. We've basically adapted to a "I make food for myself, she makes food for herself and we split responsibility for making f…

I know it's a personal anecdote, but 100% of the devs I've worked with who refused to use an IDE ranged from below average to flat out bad at software development.

The person who wrote this is my spirit animal.

A variant can be more dangerous even if it’s not technically more deadly simply because it’s more contagious.If a virus is 10x as transmissible, and a lot more people get infected …

Congrats on having a spouse who makes decent money. Shoes for my toddler are $30-$40, and while it’s not a burden for me, it certainly would be if I was only bringing home $1200/mo…

No fast food jobs have flexible hours. You’re lucky if you have any say in your hours at all.

No lockdowns are going to happen, but I expect to be masking up for at least another 6 months. Not a big deal, definitely better than it was last August, that’s for sure.

The numbers don’t lie, .001% of vaccinated people end up dying from covid, which is an order of magnitude less than folks who aren’t vaccinated.

It's so sad to even think that's a possibility :(

I doubt they would have given a 1 year old water from a stream.

I assume they do this because they are uber paranoid about product leaks.

I read Mistborn after I read the first 3 books of Stormlight and it's very noticeable how his writing style has evolved/improved over time.

A Long Way to an Angry Small Planet is really good, too.

Because we, as a society, have decided we want/need a large government. It's not complicated. You don't have to like it, but don't pretend we didn't make a conscious choice as a so…

No one is saying the government should start producing chips, but they can offer financial incentives to encourage chip manufacturers to build fabs here instead of overseas.

I wonder how many of these people rant about how bad the government is while using GPS to navigate their way to work on government funded roadways.

We're in this mess due to our never ending quest for more "efficiency" The government needs to recognize the fact that semiconductors are essential to national security and ensure …

I point out that there have been multiple audits, already, and no proof of fraud was found. Doing a third audit, with zero oversight/accountability, is not a serious attempt to det…

The vast majority of Republicans think the election was stolen - https://www.prri.org/spotlight/the-big-lie-most-republicans-... That number is likely even higher, now, after the c…