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> SQL And, not to put too fine a point on it, being extremely proficient will give you a massive competitive edge in the industry.

I also think a lot of programmers could get a sort of enlightenment by getting very proficient in SQL. (To the point where you can do general programming in it using recursive CTEs…

And, by the way, if you think it might not be related then _you_ are the racist. Gotcha!!

What's your plausible scientific reason that blocking droplets doesn't reduce the chance of spreading the virus? My prior is, it does, based on my experience of the mask getting we…

So how does it not work? I talk, mask gets wet. Doesn't it mean it's blocking some of the droplets from spraying out? Why not?

> You cannot win against true believers I'm a true believer in the drug's seventy year safety record when given as a prophylactic for malaria prevention millions of times and over …

> In some cases, for some people, wearing a mask can be neutral or even net-negative. If you don't wear it on your face.

> There is no scientific evidence they are effective in reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission It's a disease spread by exhaled droplets. How the heck could masks _not_ work?…

In terms of purity, sure, but pragmatically, meh. You do need to round to cents in ui and after every calculation though. Exercise: how large do amounts need to be before losing a …

> In my experience it always ends up a jumble where indentation is screwed up and no particular tab setting makes things right. Consider linting tools in your build.

Fair enough, but nothing about eating 50kg of meat per person per year suggests not treating it as primary or essential.

> The US in particular is wedded to the notion that meat is essential and primary food, and it set up its entire agriculture industry to making that cheap Nothing is particular abo…

Numbers like 8088 vs 80286 vs 80386DX vs 80386SX (which was basically a 286 iirc) were confusing to people back then too. :) Then you had the 486SX and DX and Cyrix introducing thi…

> The immediate retort is that John Deere's approach is maximally profitable-- but is it? If your profit has to come from sales, but a lot of theirs comes from locking you into a m…

Some of them are complicated crud web apps.

Consciousness :trollface:

> We only need one set of gendered pronouns Which set do you think would suffice?

> So, why are you troubled that you can't debate this particular thing, when I'm sure there are things you shouldn't debate about your colleagues? I'm troubled by the top-down natu…

I'm not interested in debating it here, because it could damage my career, which is my point. In fact, even debating whether I should be able to debate it could damage my career. I…

I'm saying the establishment, including tech, doesn't permit open critical discussion on the topic of gender.

And any sort of diversion from that approved narrative, like suggesting that some of this is going a little too far, will make you a pariah in the industry. This is what I'm gettin…

> the establishment only permits fervent discussion about gender and skin color. Do they? Try making a case that we don't need more than two sets of gendered pronouns in your tech …

> a single metric for adversity is completely ridiculous What about a single metric for scholastic aptitude, though? :)

The trouble is, making sacrifices for yourself, as a voluntary moral choice, and just expecting other people to do the same is not going to be a successful strategy, because you're…