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    Comment #22270699

    While economy and consumerism are destroying our planet, we are complaining about the UX of an emergency call.. In other news stories I see participants of Extinction Rebellion bei…

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    Comment #22265629

    Especially the tests should prove it. In almost none of the comments I see thorough testing is taken into consideration. No IDE can replace good tests today AFAIK.

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    Comment #22264758

    > I’m prevented from ever achieving a fluid coding style because the coding is not coming entirely from my head. My coding has become a constant dialog with IntelliSense. This. Cod…

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    Comment #22245662

    I assume the amount of HN articles per day has increased over the years since 2007 along with the growth of HN popularity. So, when I see a trend in some subject would it take that…

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    Comment #22209822

    Whatever words you use, it simply conflicts with basic JS and is a serious flaw. const cat = new Cat(); if (cat instanceof Dog) console.log('this should never be possible!'); What …

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    Comment #22209758

    > TypeScript crew have managed to build something that can get traction where other efforts have not. You mean Microsoft managed to get traction? It seems most TS proponents don't …

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    Comment #22183376

    Because the UX suffers from UI design that is driven by marketing. UI design should be driven by a passion to create the best UX, but that's almost impossible in this $$$ world..

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    Comment #22145869

    2 things come to mind here: A leopard cannot change its spots. Confidence comes on foot but goes on horseback I moved to FF + Duckduckgo engine a while ago, it will be extremely ha…

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    Comment #22128402

    I moved back to linux (fedora) a while ago, what a relief and what a joy it is compared to Windows. I use Firefox with duckduckgo search engine, no pages full of ad results like wi…

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    Comment #21135698

    Problem? There is a solution though: https://www.sulapac.com/

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    Comment #21135008

    > Without ego humanity may not have made it this far. This far? You mean on the road to our complete extinction due to our incomparable stupidity? I sometimes feel truly ashamed to…

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    Comment #21134959

    > False confidence may be the route to happiness or at least optimism. For many indeed this leads to some kind of 'happiness'. Buffering our inabilities with lying to ourselves abo…

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    Comment #21134819

    > But tbh our school system just teaches a baseline of abilities we think our youths should know. Just teaches? You mean forces upon children maybe? So what about being punished fo…

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    Comment #21134532

    > The star of the show in optional chaining is the new ?. operator for optional property accesses. Wow, that took a while! For already about 9 years this feature is in Coffeescript…

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    Comment #21134460

    Our school system.. We don't dare to be honest we do not know stuff. For our entire youth we are punished for that with bad figures and bullying. Therefore the picture at the top o…

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    Comment #21116185

    Planting trees is good, but it won't solve our problems. It would be nice if governments first halt and prohibit the destruction of our existing forests in case that happens for a …

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    Comment #21113280

    Totally second this. I see novice web developers writing in Typescript in an effort to be more type save and at the same time using hundreds of npm packages that are often written …

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    Comment #21103515

    No, not by their actions of course. It happens because of the lack of appropriate actions by them. Governments should anticipate on future events pointed out by science. And that i…

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    Comment #21103428

    > The 2019 heat was directly implicated in the deaths of at least 15 people. Five died in France, That is not correct whoever wrote it. just do a google search: heatwave 2019 total…

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    Comment #21102239

    The keeping safe argument from government is indeed preposterous. As if that was their mission to keep us safe. Why are they allowing our nature to be destroyed in favor of money/e…

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    Comment #21095598

    You are right about the Whales. I think regulation should prevent massive mining factories, which would also greatly reduce the risk for a 50% attack. Mining should only be allowed…

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    Comment #21095455

    > On the other hand, the reality will be one or two mega-currencies, FB, Amazon, Google etc. When you stick with the government this statement indeed could become a reality. And th…

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    Comment #21090452

    Is that surprising? As if a just born baby cannot have consciousness because it doesn't know a language yet. Makes me think of mindfulness, the practice of putting consciousness fi…

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    Comment #21089592

    I would do the 6 hour test, but not if they told me the following: Finally, we would all vote again, and this time, a “hire” decision needed to be unanimous to move forward. Maybe …