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Sure, we can ignore that specific example, and that software has an effect on the world, and that people have been trained to expect software to be deterministic and accurate. Or i…

One counter-example is the Horizon IT scandal. Obviously, you didn't say this directly, but "only a few people died/were affected, somehow civilization continues to function" maybe…

> Germany has a very sad and weak airport security story. The system you describe is hardly unique to Germany, so this just reads like hyperbole or inexperience travelling. > Class…

I'm a fan of the RP2040 chip. It's a good trade-off between being simple and capable. There are more powerful chips like the STM32's, but frankly there are too many variants and th…

I really like the idea... but I have to admit my first visceral reaction was "I hate this". I think it's because the tone and style is quite infantile/childish. A good experiment n…

You aren't wrong on either; Germany's tax law is insanely complex but also many people don't want to change the tax law as they can deduct a million and one things.

> Same story with rollover testing. That's for occupants. > Furthermore, the NHTSA doesn't do most testing. Which is why I quoted IIHS and other non-US testing. > NHTSA standards W…

Downvote or not, it's true: > NHTSA conducts frontal, side and rollover tests because these types account for the majority of crashes on America's roadways. > IIHS tests evaluate t…

First, you try to normalise it: > It is completely normal for staff to have to work 24/7 for critical services. > Not only is it normal, it is essential and required. Now you come …

Nice try at guilt-tripping people doing on-call, and doing it for free. But to parent's points: if you call a plumber or HVAC tech at 3am, you'll pay for the privilege. And doctors…

As far as I can tell, the author isn't claiming e.g. all of Usenet or IRC was affected. Only that this issue has been happening to communities for a long time in many different onl…

Sorry, it's not even close to Rust. Or even C# or Java. It can't provide the same "fearless refactoring". It is better than being blind/having to infer everything manually. That's …

In the US, mugshots of people are published before they have been found guilty. Comparing privacy laws by example is beyond ridiculous. And there are big cultural differences what …

> law enforcement is in a difficult situation Are they? More so than usual? This rhetorical device or similar seems to be always used, no matter the situation or time. "Criminals a…

> I feel like you're defending the system in Germany not because it's a better system as measured by some objective criteria but because it's the system that you identify with. Is …

> Taxation without representation could not be juvenile thinking, it's a founding concept of my country which seems to be lost today If by "my country" you mean the US, it's perfec…

Time and survivorship bias can explain the ultra-large MySQL usage, given it used to be the popular choice.

> Also has excellent Windows[1] support so I can take it everywhere! Nit: You mentioned it can be used "everywhere". That would be a useful feature! But while it's kinda true, ther…

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The post was edited, previously it just said roughly this part: "step 2 and 3 here: https://go.dev/tour/concurrency/1 ". Which - as far as I can tell - does not mention worker pool…

> Just feels like lots of devs will take whatever random configs they find online Well it usually isn't a mystery. Requiring a developer team to learn k8s likely with no resources,…