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I'm not sure you can call what is in Central America actual functioning capitalism. A random individual in that area can't easily raise capital and start a business. They are subje…

Complexity often masks a lack of search for simplicity. Or was "let" the simplest answer?

I don't agree with "unusable" but "academic" probably has some justification. The fact that it has a "let" keyword does make it "academic" to me. I'm fairly sure we can now have co…

I've worked in such places. Kissing on cheek etc is also a thing. It will be interesting to see where that leads in the long tail of the #metoo change. I've already seen a lot of p…

How does this compare to just using Postgres? Is this a networked version of sqlite?

You did what? Can you show an example? Webpage perhaps?

Python, Lua, Perl, and oddly enough C. Embedding these in C also works well. Interpret "Embedding C in C" as writing a dynamic linked library for an existing executable rather than…

Companies often complain about taxation and various costs of doing business eg salaries. Yet they also use open source software and don't contribute back. A lot are making source c…

Maybe forcing google devs / management to use 4gb ram machines would incentise them? Requiring 16gb or more for email is excessive.

Names have the power to guide perception about what they identify. "Quantum teleportation" is as easily misused as that of "dark matter". Is it actually matter? If the answer isn't…

I've been assigned tasks and simply essentially ignored them after any of my initial questions were ignored by those who assigned the task. Reasons include: task not assigned by my…

Let's explore religion for a moment and why it tends to hate atheism so much. 1. People who believe are threatened by those who do not. It is disconcerting to have belief systems a…

Definitely seen the divides it's created in the communities. The CoC discussion is likely a positive thing as it is bringing up issues that need light in them. I'd like to see some…

sudo change behaviour didn't work. Maybe you used the wrong option?

The Amish have industrial strength belief in the power of forgiveness. The mind boggles at the power of their belief. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/02/amish-shooti..…

Like Microsoft did with their windows 10 technical preview? Or like Microsoft still does with machines with handwriting / touchscreens? https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-to…

I'm not sure an apology for murdering my family would be heard without a lot of anger and resentment. Other concepts such as revenge, retribution and other sentiments would likely …

Apologies are hard for governments and corporations as they can't usually die like a natural citizen so there is no "at least it's in the past" aspect. The "person" who did the atr…

Chromium suddenly starts downloading a binary blob https://lwn.net/Articles/648392/

Yes. Depending on how you approach it. Get legal advice. Various courts operating at local level can do surprising things. Like impose small fines or settlements, as well as pass j…

This sets a bad precedent. I’m not convinced this is good for anyone regardless of how innocuous it seems. Apple wouldn’t tolerate this if it was done to them. It would be like Dis…

Even the fruit is trying to kill you.

It’s this kind of revelation which makes HN worth reading.

If no one votes or too many idiots are voting then you could say the process has become incompetent. People forget that by not voting they are actually agreeing with every policy g…

Two things to consider: - Identify cause(s) of stress. Operate on that cause. Address symptoms but work on the underlying cause. - Depression is not simple but consider if your dep…