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Very disturbing comment and not something you should joke about, especially number 3.

Ewing Theory, but for trillion dollar corporations.

I just read this one. The other thing that's going on is that Stephen has a secret mission that requires him to be put on shore in France, so he wants to do that during a new moon.…

None of his personal failures leak through into his books. It's not like reading someone who injects their abhorrent philosophy or ideology into their book and you're worried it wi…

I think it's a mistake to dismiss them just for that reason. He's been dead for 26 years, and you can get the books second-hand, so it's easy to acquire them while ensuring no mone…

The issue is that most "hello world" programs are not correct.

iOS

Not sure about op but if I post here from my phone I get those. Example: “quoted string”

That’s a common trope I see in “old” books (most recently for me in _Old Mortality_) that I can’t recall ever seeing in modern ones - deliberately obscured words intended to convey…

So what are the good Australian boot/shoe brands now?

"US jurisdiction" also includes foreign heads of state residing in, and present in, their own country. I don't think a theoretical definition of jurisdiction is tenable; only a rea…

Is this a very obscure Norm Macdonald reference?

How does that work when you don't have enough assets to cover the cost of the thing you broke or stole?

I bought my 8 year old daughter the hardcover box set for Christmas. When she opened it her initial reaction was definitely "oh...thanks" (she was clearly not excited about it but …

There are some absolutely fantastic web comics out there but none of them have had the cultural impact of Calvin and Hobbes. I don't see how any of them could, to be honest. Even t…

IIRC that is how Uber implemented their "Greyball" system, which was designed to prevent government employees from actually hailing rides, without completely locking them out of th…

Martin Amis level prose is neither possible nor desirable for a technical blog post.

How much liability coverage are you getting for ~ $100/month? In other words if you injure or kill someone with your vehicle how much of that cost will be covered by your insurance…

I've never lived in Los Angeles but the one that gets you in San Francisco if you do street parking is the street cleaning, and the random vandalizations.

Vibe coding is the breakthrough. There's always been "no-code" solutions to problems in various business domains, but they were invariably janky, underpowered, and/or overpriced. N…

Pale Fire is one of my favorite books of all time. BTW the crown jewels can be found in the book, if you know where to look :)

I used exactly what you posted; should I make an empty hello-world type of file instead?

> Just creating a file with dummy test like > if (2 * 2 != 5) { @panic("fail"); } > And running `zig test file.zig -OReleaseSafe` takes a couple seconds on my computer. What kind o…

I love Zig and I am generally very happy with Andrew's benevolent dictatorship and the benefits of having one single smart tasteful person in charge of decisions, but the unused va…

Multiple people in this thread have mentioned the Seattle real estate market going to shit (for sellers) - is that related to tech layoffs or is something else going on? San Franci…