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bakatubas

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    Comment #27695375

    Well it’s hard to say at the scope of world powers. Maybe small, local governments there’s less. But let’s be honest here, and consider the atrocities of yesteryear. They span the …

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    Comment #27684913

    All forms of government no matter how big or small are fcorrupt. That’s how it works—they/them who bends the will of the masses wins. Either that’s done by manipulating folks into …

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    Comment #27683634

    > In short, what would this be used for? A stepping stone to inventing new species, or augmenting humans with super-human powers… duh!

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    Comment #27681158

    Of course each situation can be unique. I wouldn’t recommend staying at any place that overworks employees or unfairly compensates them. I am referring to tech folks arbitrarily sw…

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    Comment #27680943

    This might be true in tech world but in local economies does not make sense. How can folks “switch jobs” every two years when there may not be equivalent opportunities in many case…

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    Comment #27651690

    Nowadays everything is layers on top of layers. File systems from regular partitions and RAID to LVM then to ZFS/Btrfs. Virtualization of OS systems to KVM/Qemu to containers. Oper…

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    Comment #27076410

    And then pee on the floor and do jumping jacks, run in circles, then read a magazine, then install an upside-down lectern in the living room only to realize... you forgot the telev…

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    Comment #27019698

    Honestly all websites should support a no-script, static version to prevent 90% of the webs BS. We used to be able to view sites with JavaScript disabled and actually things would …

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    Comment #26994953

    Man—all I can say is most tech companies suck these days in that way. Bought a Samsung “smart” tv and a couple months later got an update—now it’s showing McDonalds ads. Like WTF I…

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    Comment #26994879

    I second that—memories installing gentoo on iBook G4 and getting the wireless to work felt like a nice accomplishment :) Granted, the gentoo docs are really good so that’s where I …

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    Comment #26961163

    The first computers filled up an entire room and look where we are now... This is a proof of concept and surely it will be refined to make more efficient construction processes.

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    Comment #26959310

    The web is the way for universal exposure. Regardless of speed it’s the only standardized, universal and widely used interface. WebAssembly will be the ticket there—once it’s devel…

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    Comment #26936246

    I can’t argue _for_ any particular tool—just that the concept is a really good concept. I think a lot of it comes down to folks not bothering to invest in making good tools—or deve…

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    Comment #26936210

    Absolutely! That is similar to artists doing thumbnail sketches to figure out the composition; then once things are reasonably worked out, the chosen composition can be worked onto…

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    Comment #26935269

    Honestly, I think complex architectures are best demonstrated as diagrams—and those can be developed in an agile fashion. Stable, well-thought-out architectures can’t be slapped to…

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    Comment #26935140

    I dunno I disagree—the fact is a lot of people just dive into coding and don’t spend much time with design. There’s a ton of value in the idea of diagramming code and then generati…

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    Comment #26932404

    All the more reason for folks to spend more time using the debugger; for instance, break points are only one feature. Setting up remote debugging I’ll agree is more difficult than …

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    Comment #26926043

    As a counter-point, I think there’s an argument that folks don’t spend enough time in the debugger. But there’s a lot of value there and in fact one could use a debugger environmen…

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    Comment #26913897

    It makes sense for software release versions, but I think this lacks marketing prowess. Consider; “hey man check out my new M1 machine!” Versus: “hey man check out my M1 2021.04” E…

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    Comment #26904480

    I think that is true regarding language popularity—but not their viability for intended purpose. Perl is a great example because although it has its quirks and the ecosystem shows …

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    Comment #26866805

    I found a vulnerability! ... Just kidding. :)

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    Comment #26864905

    Is that because folks are pooping in the rivers? You’d think folks could just catch rainwater. Sounds like an infrastructure issue...

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    Comment #26864866

    Or mandate 2FA and password managers.

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    Comment #26451349

    Agreed. But still, folks make it sound bad. For instance “danger” in the many context could also be reframed as “powerful”, could it not?

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    Comment #26451303

    Unfortunately, as is most always the case of negligence instead of some particular language features: “A commission attributed the primary cause to general poor software design and…