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Sometimes it's used to uncover crimes, but very often it's used to invent crimes that never actually happened, or used to deceive a courtroom when they don't actually have evidence…

Those are rocks, which are not made from the same stuff as satellites. (Also, the article says it's 44 tons, and other sources suggest around 50 at most.) In any case, I don't thin…

This kind of thinking is exactly what led to the ozone hole in the first place. Let's actually investigate our assumptions this time.

The USA opioid epidemic was caused by gross government negligence and corruption. Is it really a stretch to think that a policy solution could have prevented the majority of the ha…

That is not a reliable source at all.

Incorrect. Seems like you haven't really investigated this topic at all. https://www.newsweek.com/map-data-centers-built-drought-hit-...

That source says data centers use a lot of water. Less than all almond farms combined, sure, but it doesn't support the parent argument. It's also 3 years out of date, and not rele…

Who is "we"?? Some places do have water shortages. And regardless of whether the power goes out or not, more power consumption = higher prices + more pollution.

Source on that water claim? Everything I've seen suggests the opposite.

I don't want any of those things, really (besides solar panels I suppose). I avoid plastic as much as I can. But, let's take your boots example. I recently went looking for a pair …

There are so many low-hanging fruit to choose from if you want to protect children online, so it makes zero sense to start with the option that deprives every adult of their rights…

> But aren't we glad it happened? No. Or rather, I wish it happened very differently, and much slower. The rush to make every new city and development "car-friendly" had negative c…

Sure, it could be positive in some distant future utopia. But the short-term impacts here and now are really, really bad. People are getting hurt (through water consumption, vibe-c…

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Is this sarcasm? I thought C didn't fix the size of int because they were trying to make C programs "portable" between architectures with different natural word sizes. It was a mis…

I don't think it's in bad faith. The distinction between a language and its standard library gets blurry even in theory, and in practice they're nearly inseparable. If a language's…

Apple markets to a very different customer base.

Why do you keep sponsoring Rails World and giving laptops to David Heinemeier Hansson? After the community reaction last time, don't you understand the message you're sending with …

I don't think the level of reliability necessary for a file manager is achievable with vibe coding. This is an area where small bugs can cause immediate and catastrophic data loss.…

It would certainly help . And how does that additional spending compare to the defense budget, or the cost of going to war?

I'm wondering the same. There are some master&dynamic models that are mostly made from metal/leather, but they're above my usual price range. I'm not really an audiophile, I'll set…

Neato introduction, but the text reeks of LLMs so I stopped reading.

I guess so, but if you have to keep lifting weights at home to stay competent at your job, then lifting weights is part of your job, and you should be paid for those hours.