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Comment #48003068
Yes, it's supported. It's one of the "initialization" options when you start a new game.
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Comment #36351486
I'm kinda curious why none of the third party app developers considered selling Reddit requests as in-app purchases – just charge the rate Reddit charges.
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Comment #31114532
I think so? PostgreSQL is very well written software AFACT. I've run into version incompatibilities before, but it was my fault – they were expertly documented in the release notes…
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Comment #31114513
Sure – and fail to meet their constraints
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Comment #31114489
Is that even true? I don't think I've seen or read a direct apples-to-apples comparison of the two. There could be all kinds of reasons why that is tho (if it is in fact the case).…
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Comment #31114454
I wouldn't think using "standalone" versus whatever would make much of a difference. If you're using a hosted DB service, you're (probably) stuck in needing/wanting to rehearse usi…
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Comment #31114275
I'd think using built-in replication (e.g. PostgreSQL 'logical replication') for 'dual writing' should mostly avoid inconsistencies between the two versions of the DB, no?
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Comment #31114219
What's the structure that your custom DB uses?
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Comment #28203135
I found your comment amusing!
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Comment #28203131
Many!
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Comment #27857289
I've found, repeatedly, tho that this is the best way to really understand the common pitfalls without just receiving them as 'holy writ'.
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Comment #27788738
I'd imagine your friend(s) would care if you called them with questions frequently enough!
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Comment #27788195
Sure! I'm guessing we have different 'threat models' in mind. From my perspective, I know _I_ am a moral and ethical person and therefore won't "execute an action against the user'…
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Comment #27704613
> It requires constant effort in care and feeding. Just like all of our 'natural intelligences' (each other)!
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Comment #27704587
A 'user' can do all of the things you mentioned, e.g. "insert random HTTP headers", given that they have access to all of the stuff your code does too, so any code, of yours, that …
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Comment #27704428
> Spotting bugs in code that has been generated by a GPT-3 derivative, with all the subtle mistakes that implies, is going to be even harder . I'm kind of skeptical! I think your c…
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Comment #27704388
Even when I _do_ know "how to do the thing", I've learned, thru painful (and repeated) experience, that I can't trust myself! (But I also have no interesting in using Copilot mysel…
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Comment #27704357
> When it works most of the time, it lulls you into a false sense of security, and then when it fails, you aren't prepared and you die. That still doesn't _necessarily_ imply that …
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Comment #27704275
> That's a crazy dependency to bring into your project if your own programming skills are above that of the median github user. So, roughly half of programmers would be _better_ se…
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Comment #27704004
That's weird. I'm pretty sure routing numbers (the bank portion) in the U.S. are all public anyways. I've been routinely looking-up my bank's routing number via Google for a while!…
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Comment #27703956
I think I do that, on the off chance that a person might have multiple listings, and my general preference for precision. I probably also figured it'd be easier for them to know wh…
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Comment #27703605
I can understand (in a very vague, general sense) why spare parts might be relatively expensive – it's probably fairly expensive to make, store, and maintain a distribution network…
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Comment #27365329
He doesn't assume that "robotic life form[s]" would be more likely to perform future space exploration. He's written (before) about why he thinks that's much more likely.
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Comment #22446738
I think a lot of people, myself included, don't know the nominal value of their total compensation. If their employer pays the full costs of their health insurance plans, I don't t…
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Comment #22446635
> there's no practical way to stick an atmosphere, much less a civilization composed of life forms that depend on gravity, to the inside of the sphere Why not spin the sphere? Give…