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Not to take a position in this debate as a whole, but I just want to interject that there is research suggesting that you actually are more likely to be affected if you are aware o…

The point I was making by comparing to a pilot, which I realise I could have expressed a lot more clearly, is that it is perfectly possible to mitigate risks through proper trainin…

So here is the thing: It was presumably relatively easy for you to come up with that scenario, which you called "not-unlikely". Then what you do is you put that scenario into your …

It's not tethered to the ground. It's a group of rotating "wings" tethered to each other in the centre, wherein the centrifugal force of the rotation give structural stability. Tha…

You're right that the feet deform significantly when you stand on them. For that reason you usually measure them load-bearing (i.e. you stand up with even weight distribution on yo…

That method is actually used by many shoemakers when you order a pair of bespoke shoes (in combination with a series of tape measurements). It's not accurate enough to produce a fi…

It's still very relevant for a couple of reasons. Perhaps most obviously, you just can't try a shoe on if you buy online. You can if you buy five pairs and return four, as some do,…

Not only are there technologies that could be used for this, there are working products in the market that do it already. I work for one of the technology providers in this area. H…

Several well-known brands are working on this in various ways. Adidas has a cooperation with Carbon 3D to produce individualised soles for shoes you order, as one example[1]. Robot…

Technologies for mass scale customisation is being developed by several big players in the market. However, also consider that there are already hundreds of thousands of different …

Well, you should have "avoid eating meat" on that safety list anyway, so that is almost helpful.

> No one uses SMS because it's primitive and limited compared to regular messengers. You also have to take into account that SMS is 5-10 times more expensive almost everywhere outs…

That is not a very helpful comment. Anyway, the quote from the article I was responding to above was talking about using swap to handle a situation where you have insufficient RAM,…

> As a last resort, the Kernel will deploy OOM killer to nuke high-memory process(es) Yes! That is exactly what I want to happen! When the system runs out of RAM, things will gener…

From the article: GDPR applies to all companies storing information on EU citizens. Those citizens should be allowed to know what data is held, where it is being stored and who has…

The irradiance is determined by the aperture, which is measured relative to the focal length. So with e.g. f/2 you get the same heating of a given area of the sensor regardless of …

My "most" claim was more generic, in that they are situational, triggered by emotions (and lack of emotional control), and most often between people that know each other. Him makin…

Most likely for the same reasons almost all crimes of this sort happen. He made a pass on her that wasn't well received, things got out of hand, emotions took over and at some poin…

> being forced to give your competitors more prominence No, they are being forced to give their competitors equal prominence. The press release literally says: "the Decision orders…

If you want to understand the reasonings the Go maintainers have about generics, there is a GitHub issue[1] on it that is probably a better place to start than to argue with me. Th…

But Go does have polymorphism. It is achieved through the "interface" concept, which allows dynamic binding of any statically typed objects that match a given set of function signa…

The Go people don't have an aversion for generics, just a very conservative approach to adding language features. To quote their FAQ: "Generics may well be added at some point. We …

I would assume that there is otherwise generally information asymmetry in the labour market, in the sense that employers usually have more knowledge of salaries than employees. Mak…