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> A being with no time is unable to act. This assumes a single linear timestream. If you're the "being", and you're running a simulation of some system, you can absolutely create m…

Foley is just not practical for live performance, especially fast reactive stuff like metal clashing.

If the market was aware of them they'd have been picked up already.

Hendrix knew his tools intimately. The comparison proves a point other than that which you make.

What if an unsupported claim is actually harmful to society, if believed? 15% of people believe the US government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks[1]. 42% of Britons believe th…

Is wikipedia wrong? I'm not sure what argument you're trying to make.

"Runaway" is a term of art here. Redefining it for this conversation is unhelpful.

That's often a big "if".

Leave. Job-hopping is a pattern, not a single event. If I get a candidate with a good track record but one three-month stint, sure I'll query it, but "it wasn't a good fit for me" …

Different supported features make it easier to maintain such a client. Example: Some filesystems notify observers on file change, some don't.

This is often true, but far from universal. Oftentimes there are differences in verb and noun (as with "lead" and "lead"), or transitive vs. intransitive verbs ("seconded"), but oc…

Agree completely about it being invasive to ask. My point is that if my directs trust me with (volunteered) info about their most treasured non-work priorities, then they'll be mor…

6-monthly is nowhere near enough to build the sort of trusting relationship that 1-1s are so good for. If you don't know the names of your directs' (or manager's) spouse and kids t…

Assuming "management above greg" are competent (not a stretch in a successful company) then they likely measure Greg on important things like effectiveness and retention. Not being…

Not in the dark ages. Many folks lived in the shadows of ruins made by much more advanced cultures.

This assumes that we don't create such elements as a by-product of fusion or other processes that we develop in parallel with the technology advances required to bring significant …

So what's the difference? Distribution. Screen readers apply their transform to source content. By becoming that source (regardless of transform) you are distributing it with contr…

Probably user flags. This article fits the definition of "off topic" per https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

Yeah but bear in mind the maintenance became a significant part of the experience (motorcycle maintenance is not just in the title for decoration). Some people prefer not to do tha…

that's a pretty long list that touches on nearly every level of governance This isn't even close to true. It doesn't cover: - National security - Healthcare policy and resourcing -…

The EU courts can declare any bit of UK Parliamentary action 'unconstitutional'. Only in areas where the EU has competence, and these are explicitly enumerated in various treaties;…

Dupe, discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13522044

It's nothing at all like that. Rumsfeld (much as it pains me to support anything he said) was categorizing knowledge in a way that's actually quite useful. Example: In education it…