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> all that socialist bullshit she produced ... what? How's that the first thing that comes to mind about her, before "neoliberal", "conservative", or "austerity"? For that matter, …

The "streaming systems" book answers your question and more: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/streaming-systems/97814... . It gives you a history of how batch processing starte…

If anything, the origin of the 5th republic under its founding president used referendums to validate the president's actions. He literally resigned after losing a referendum https…

I don't understand this point, and it's one we see very often. What would have happened if they'd been civilised? 1. We had a convention citoyenne pour le climat. Macron then mostl…

Who is "as far-right as it gets" if not these two? (in any country you want, not necessarily France)

Other variables could have been adjusted (pensions, contributions...). Independent studies showed that our retirement system is very much affordable for our government and will sti…

I’m sure everyone would agree it’s a bit of both? We’re responsible for not intentionally hurting others, and we’re responsible for not being excessively controlling or sensitive a…

> Having one neutral platform, controlled by no one, with standardized API's and immutable open programs that anyone can permissionlessly build on - is amazing. Isn't that also an …

Are you misquoting them on purpose? They said "A disappointingly large amount" not "a large amount".

Unlike the people in this comic, I'm actually making a point, which you seem to have missed: community, by necessity, doesn't work with absolute freedom. What matters is what we ag…

You're posting this on HN, a platform that has moderators and doesn't allow certain things to be said. So you implicitly agree that there is a trade-off between free speech and abi…

> "an inordinate amount of time researching [...] I usually set aside a day or two" English isn't my native language but doesn't this make it sound like you only spend "a day or tw…

Historically, I don't think we've made much progress in terms of pro-worker labor laws without said workers first having to get together to create bargaining power. By default the …

I wish we could get some info from an expert on that topic, as a French person some of my friends said they were surprised how much help they got from the government (grants, tax r…

I believe some parts of this are important: 1. Describing the problem, the business value, and the key words/definitions 2. Defining the goals _and non-goals_ for the project 3. De…