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I would say that a rule is "cheating" iff it is implied by another rule for any arbitrary N.

> I think the issue is 'could any other decision be made'. IMO, no. > In the computer analogy, if the 'run time' always arrives at the same answer, because that is the answer from …

This is two ways of saying the same thing. To use a computing metaphor, every animal has "buildtime" predispositions and "runtime" choice-making ability. That "runtime" decision ma…

It's very simple: Transit in many places is underfunded. Travel info screens cost money to install and maintain. Ads, on the other hand, make money.

Bad comparison. I am not seeking rent on any of my stuff. Now, if I hoarded a bunch of stuff that other people needed and then charged them for access to it, that'd be rent seeking…

I agree with your parallel to rent seeking. Rent seeking is indeed both (a) arguably immoral and (b) seemingly inescapable in a society which respects property rights. The theory o…

Sure, they're worse than walking or biking, but compared to an electric car battery or an ICE car?

At least scooters did something useful for the environment.

> the answer is WAY TOO MUCH, meaning the "eco friendly walkable cities" are not eco friendly AT ALL and they are also unsustainable since they can't evolve without rebuild witch c…

What? No. When you are 0, it is your first year. When you are 21, you have begun your 22nd year. In the US you are legal to drink in your 22nd year of life. You are correct that no…

But at the very least Henry George agrees with GP ;)

Spam Phishing Buggy generated code Cheating in online courses ChatBots that try to do too much and do it worse than real human service reps, like that one that wrongly assured a cu…

why?

That's all great in theory, but in practice, I see except clauses mostly used to handle particular exception classes that callees are known to throw.

Unless you're using exclusively Java-style checked exceptions, then there literally (literally!) is huge difference. That is: def main(): try: my_a = a() except ExA, ExB: my_a = No…

Ha!

Lol plain old VMs have been shipping your machine since well before Docker was around.

Except that those special cases often land on the same groups of people. Accented characters, multiple given names, multiple surnames... these are all common for people whose ances…

For open- or closed-source work? If I'm doing open source coding, whether professional or not, I'd always want that associated with my personal GH account.

If it's bipolar, then it's bipolar plus a lack of regard for other human beings. Plenty of us are bipolar, do regrettable things when we're manic, and then own up to them and pay w…

I was thinking state-administered. Public school enrollment would just be the precondition to access the program. But sure, yeah, there'd be some admin time spent managing it. As w…

Cost would be negligible compared to a teacher's salary. (1 teacher / 20 students) * ($50k / teacher-yr) = $2500 per student per year to fund teacher salary. Compare that to $40/yr…

Would be really cool if public schools provided a free domain and basic hosting for any interested middle/high school student.

Cable has always been ad-funded as far as I can tell. Big print newspapers were mostly independent and subscriber-funded, so they answered to their subs rather than advertisers. Th…