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kelseyfrancis

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    Comment #19660571

    What? You have to be authenticated as a superuser or other role with a very specific privilege.

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    Comment #18379355

    > Immune response in reaction to what? Autoimmune diseases like Crohn's and colitis?

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    Comment #14589100

    > Go is type safe Functions that accept or return the interface{} type are not type-safe. These are _common_.

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    Comment #14583678

    The part of this argument I don't really understand is that it seems like the cost of bad programmers is higher, not lower, with a "simple" language where it's _normal_ to have typ…

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    Comment #14244044

    For almost all jobs at SpaceX, only permanent residency (i.e., a green card) is required, because that's what ITAR and EAR require. But, yes, of course companies have no choice but…

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    Comment #12427467

    I'm not sure what your search query is supposed to prove. That something is rare doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I have personally used this YAML feature, albeit very rarely, obviou…

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    Comment #11822113

    >it can be considered a form of vigilantism No. Vigilantism is extralegal. A lawsuit is by definition not vigilantism.

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    Comment #11616034

    It is a strange, strange world in which Uber is considered "tech" but turning around a rocket after it's boosted a payload toward orbit and then landing it back on earth exactly wh…

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    Comment #11422577

    > You're comparing a Mazda 3, which is an economy car, against an entry-level luxury sedan. This is a bad comparison. Indeed, that was my point. The claim that "'economy' cars like…

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    Comment #11420153

    > There's no reason to buy any other car. This seems beyond out-of-touch. There are plenty of good reasons. Cost, size, and the fact that you might need a car now and can't actuall…

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    Comment #11420097

    Yes, it seems pretty common to spend $35k on a vehicle, and of course people buying $35k sedans are in the Model 3 market, but I don't think that includes even new small economy ca…

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    Comment #11370929

    I think I'd resign if someone in a position to be reviewing Python code scolded me for using a list/dict/set/generator comprehension.

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    Comment #11363222

    But Go and Java are both compiled, garbage-collected languages.

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    Comment #11260060

    > As much as I absolutely detest the likes of Donald Trump, I wouldn't be surprised if even he acted in a similar way in that situation. Then I invite you to read http://www.vanity…

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    Comment #11243812

    They've literally recklessly endangered human lives. This isn't a game.

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    Comment #11002095

    And if we completely address hunger, poverty, disease, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, sectarian violence, economic inequality, etc. but then an asteroid or comet causes our exti…

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    Comment #10872072

    Agreed. This topic has always felt to me like bikeshedding at its worst.

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    Comment #10321430

    If you just call and tell them you're moving to an area that Comcast doesn't service, they don't give you any hassle at all.

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    Comment #9482300

    Plus you'd probably have to remove your shoes and there'd probably be a force sensor under your butt.

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    Comment #9482266

    > What machine? Can't I just imagine it's a Magic 8 Ball instead? I mean, measuring perspiration, pulse, breathing, and movement is perhaps a step above a Magic 8 Ball. I too am en…

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    Comment #9482192

    > He said put a thumb tack in your shoe The examiner can just require subjects to remove their shoes.

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    Comment #9433100

    > the interviewer required Heath "to read the program coding over the phone." Yeah, if that actually happened, Google should fire the interviewer. How incredibly absurd.

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    Comment #9409560

    I love Atlanta, but let's be real: the northwest side of town is getting better but it is hardly "perfectly safe". People have been held up at gunpoint on 10th Street where I walke…

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    Comment #9328163

    > The verdict seems clear (based solely on the data in the post) that ultrajson is the winner. ultrajson isn't a drop-in replacement, though, because it doesn't support sort_keys.