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I lived a pretty “safe” childhood, and was basically addicted to video games from 5 years old (when the Nintendo Gameboy was released), but notably I still experienced plenty of bo…

In a pre-internet society I think universities rightfully earned reputations as being the closest place to a true bastion of inquiry and free speech. There were conflicts and excep…

I live in Boston and my car’s HUD displays this information (speed limit and such). Sometimes it gets it wrong despite living in a major city center. Once my car even alerted me wh…

I’ve worked on a product where half the backend (basically, the control plane but not the data plane) was completely serverless: lambda, DDB, step functions, api gateway I think it…

My understanding is that this tends to be difficult because certain really-dynamic-stuff that Ruby offers (effectively metaprogramming) are not supported by Crystal, but are heavil…

Crystal is basically taking Ruby and adding compilation and a strong static type system. I enjoy writing it but don’t think there’s any particular reason to try/learn it, unless yo…

> or maybe just dialed back the "how many gas stations are in the US" type questions, after realizing this wasn't the best predictor of good performance. These problems (known as f…

Over Christmas I flew to another city and rented a car for week. Hertz had great deals on EVs but not so great for ICE so I specifically avoided hertz and went with Avis instead. I…

Yes it’s laziness. It’s essentially equivalent to hearsay without proper citations. However it opens the door to less lazy conversation for those who care to ask for sources, and m…

> The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended 8:30 AM as a minimum start time, that's not the same as "the science" definitely saying one thing or another. This is a nitpick at …

While you’re correct that GNSS is not 100% accurate (like everything in the physical world, it comes with error bars), I think the point stands that the error is unrelated to the m…

> Be aware that most people dry their clothes the usual way - by hanging them. Does it release microplastics? From context it’s quite evident GP is referring to machine drying. Clo…

> We absolutely can. Make it straight up illegal and start applying some serious fines. I guarantee they will stop. We can ban ads in certain location/manner/topic but not blanket …

I understand why people hate advertising but if I’m honest, I don’t agree with having an “adfree city”. I personally like the aesthetic of visual overload that you find in ad-laden…

> Greed is not an explanation, because greed is everywhere in the supply chain, right down to the bottom. The question shouldn’t be why they wanted to (since why wouldn’t they?), b…

I wish someone would tell my employer, who requires me to badge into my office to sit myself and work remotely with my coworkers who operate out of another office

Yes, there exist company cultures and management styles that greatly assist remote teams

Agreed but the image of loyalty is valuable even if loyalty is never worth giving

This is exactly the tradeoff, right? By definition this is more efficient communication when you can ping someone irl, interrupt their flow, and get an immediate response. And yes,…

“Conventionally (un)attractive” aren’t well defined, but usually mean someone at the intersection of several/many beauty standards. Thin, busty, blond. Tall, dark, handsome. Pale, …

Right, I largely agree with everything you’re writing. If you see an otherwise attractive guy and then he stands up and you realize he’s under 6’ and you are instantly turned off, …

As a “woke SJW” I don’t think we’re on the same page for what it means to be “critical of the idea of a beauty standard”. For example, to me being critical of a beauty standard is …

economics have been largely unpredictable since the industrial revolution. i have no idea what the situation will look like in 1-3 generations when the largest gen dies off, declin…

Computational complexity isn’t really related here. Complexity has to do with formal languages and asymptotics, this is about natural language and fixed size data sets.

Services and infrastructure can and must grow as well. It’s one thing if you disbelieve your government is prepared to solve these problems, but the difficulties of managing a grow…