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drewbug01

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    Comment #48064313

    > Your "clever" coworker can't sneak a seventeen-layer abstraction into the codebase because the language won't let him. Oh boy, the author has clearly not seen some of the Go code…

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    Comment #47649847

    > but that’s part of why it is so valuable “part of” leaves a lot of room for each of us to insert our own definition of “valuable” here.

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    Comment #47639681

    There is no shortcut to art, but that’s part of why it is so valuable to society and so rewarding to create. But don’t let that discourage you. If you want to make your own art, ke…

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    Comment #47511566

    > EDIT: downvotes - why? - I think this is a good idea (I'd do it for my sites if outages were an issue). Because that's a monumental amount of work, and extraordinarily difficult …

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    Comment #46748198

    Did you come to that conclusion after watching the videos, or just after reading statements from DHS?

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    Comment #46748193

    Why do you think it’s so important to get in this guy’s head, and to give him this graceful excuse of “maybe he just panicked?” Obviously someone panicked. We can clearly see they …

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    Comment #46748021

    “secession territory” Honest question: what territory do you think we are in now that is better than “secession territory?” Honest to god question. Federal agents are executing cit…

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    Comment #46747944

    Do you know how they died? Here’s some reporting on the people who died (the ones listed on that page): https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/ice-deaths-assa... Kinda deflat…

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    Comment #46747841

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    Comment #46735704

    > If you say two different and contradictory things, and do not very explicitly resolve them, and say which one is the final answer, you will get blamed for both things you said, a…

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    Comment #46609869

    > If your metric is an LLM that can copy/paste without alterations, and never hallucinate APIs, then yeah, you'll always be disappointed with them. I struggle to take comments like…

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    Comment #46561781

    > you you can’t, they can. Important distinction.

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    Comment #46459172

    > The more surprising part is the unusual reactions of the other people getting a better picture and context of what I’m explaining without the usual back and forth - which has lan…

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    Comment #45876677

    There is a world of difference between “passing a state law that directly contradicts federal law” and “declining to proactively enforce federal laws in ways that are not required …

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    Comment #45865495

    You keep saying “nullification”. Can you explain precisely what you mean by that? Because as far as I’m aware, immigration law is not a concern of the state, and what folks typical…

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    Comment #45862023

    > But this notion that roving bands of assassins are driving down the street looking for browns is likely an exaggeration (made worse by misinformation on social media). Assassins?…

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    Comment #45861994

    In a way, the article understates how bad it is. I live in Chicago, and in my neighborhood every lamp post (and mailbox, and other surface) has a poster detailing your rights. “Fuc…

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    Comment #45838639

    > probably with the premeditated goal of trying to sue and/or buy time for the likely illegal aliens working for him My bad. Didn’t realize you already knew his heart, and that thi…

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    Comment #45826811

    We clearly aren’t watching the same video. What you see as “thrusting” sure looks to me like he was trying to stop himself from a full-on run - why did he grab a door handle on the…

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    Comment #45818098

    Here’s a letter from a Senator, asking Kristi Noem to correct the record after it came to light in court proceedings that the DHS lied: https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press…

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    Comment #45817972

    > People can and have successfully sued, winning substantial sums of money in the process. I would be quite interested to know if you can cite sources on that. > And we also live i…

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    Comment #45812272

    > Instead, you're looking more at tens to low hundreds of instances …based on what, the independent research ProPublica did? DHS doesn’t even keep statistics on how many citizens t…

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    Comment #45806553

    > Because you didn't tell it to make a "professional analytics application" for a while and then switch to nonsensical "unicorns and rainbows" at the end. You forgot to trick it in…

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    Comment #45806486

    > The chances of a citizen being targeted by ICE is low. You can’t start with this premise, though. Recent rulings allow stops based on “probable cause” such as a combination of “s…

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    Comment #45806441

    Why do you believe DHS is speaking honestly here? Available reporting indicates that judge ruled on Thursday, and that DHS deported on Friday. Moreover, available reporting also in…