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Yep, and written by Guido von Rossum, no less. However, experience with it led to my sense that Python just doesn't scale (especially back then, without type annotations) past a ce…

No, Critique existed before the quick edit feature was added to Code Search. While I think the quick edits were worthwhile, it became too much too support both it and Cider (and ed…

Most of the engineers making most of the tools being praised in this thread are in Germany, so I don't think that generalization quite holds. Even if the best SWEs are better in th…

In all seriousness, no, it shows that there were at least two cases of political science in the last 400 years, not that all science is. I think there have been more, and it plays …

But that wouldn't capture how it tends to be meant -- an instruction to take things on faith without any questioning, even if it contradicts other known facts or your direct experi…

The thing is, it's not just loyalty, it's also a 'better than only mid-level believers in the cause'. There's definitely a purity / piety aspect. I do like "piety" as it captures t…

"I'm not questioning your standards; I'm denying their existence entirely."

The point is more that "the science" is too broad and vague and uncertain. The science for cancer might be that the currently best known treatment acknowledged in country X is to f…

The footage is out there, you can review it yourself, no racial epithets were yelled. The mens basketball team was there, with a good number of black people; not a single heard any…

Has your trusted friend ever said "no, that's not a good reason"? Because, if not at least few times by the 100+ people, they are probably not providing the service you think they,…

It appears to be very binary -- all or nothing. It smells to me like there's a weakness that's either being exploited or not.