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Agreed. What has happened in the last 75 years is historically new: 1. The growth of information/knowledge (the Information Age) jobs, which are now the majority of all jobs in the…

.. except there will probably be more pandemics within the next 50 years. Given that we've had multiple localized epidemics or global pandemics in the last two decades alone (SARS,…

> Android is code.. Actually, the situation is exactly the same for Chrome/Chromium: Chrome is code, which anybody can use for free. Making it into a separate entity would cause it…

> This is really bad. Families are going to get told to leave. I’m surprised that there is no discussion on this thread about the impact to people who haven’t done anything wrong. …

I sit in a recliner and project 1080p onto the living room wall from two projectors. Previously, I did the same thing with three 4k 55" TV's. Both setups are relatively inexpensive…

I agree, but I actually do appreciate the titles, since the videos actually deliver (unlike many Youtubers). That one did cover the changes in her brain and behavior until the poin…

Well, obviously, but nearly all compounds containing mercury are toxic, and in many cases highly so, even if there are a (very) few consumer products where there is insufficient da…

A scientist spilled two drops of organic mercury on her gloves. This is what happened to her brain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7M01jV058

> Ideally you'd deploy to a virtualenv in a container The whole point of a container is to isolate dependencies. The whole point of a virtualenv is also to isolate dependencies. If…

but but CPAN usually worked and didn't throw away an entire previous language in favor of a new and entirely incompatible rewrite! ... oh, wait.

> .. standard practice .. when developing with Python development != deployment.

This must be part of Mozilla's new focus on profit.

> No! The obvious and simple pip invocation is as follows: > [complex commands to set up a venv follows] "All you have to do is... recompile your kernel... check your version depen…

You are replying to a point that the GP didn't make. This was the precursor for the might-as-well-go-for-letsencrypt statement: "What if they can register a very similar / regional…

> I’m surprised none of the engineers either knew about You'll probably also be surprised to learn that the original article not only specified that link but also that they chose t…

People shouldn't be allowed to develop on devices they can't afford?

Why couldn't the OS simply surface a push notification of its own, that app X is consuming lots of CPU?

ah, completely unrelated!