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Just adding that JavaScript is also the best at something - running code sandboxed - especially in a web browser. Like SQL for databases, JS has no competition for web development …

However, if you expect that in the future the population will keep growing by orders of magnitude, what does that imply? A) you're just in an unlikely position B) the population wi…

What about integrating (and encouraging users to opt into) peer-to-peer distribution? If I understand correctly, this would work for Guix and Nix. I'm not using Guix, but if I was …

I would also like to know. I think "massive amount of drawbacks" is actually "one not-very-important-in-practice drawback". Which is just that when changing the behaviour of a clas…

I like to think of mutation as a performance optimisation. Correctness first, then optimisation. Unless performance is a problem, don't ever mutate state.

You're right, it's the same synchronisation/consistency problem at a different scale, which I honestly find pretty mindblowing. However there is one major difference. When you add …

This is an extremely important result, which I have seen around before. What are the implications and follow-up research?

How about this one. I think you meant to say "I couldn't imagine a more off-topic and unwelcome [...]"

Hi, this is a cool list! Your caption sounds a bit off in English. Perhaps try "A curated list of awesome repositories with few stargazers but many users". It's curated, but did yo…

This would be solved if python used an (OS-specific) cache directory for its .pyc files. I have always disliked .pyc files... here's a concrete reason! Question: what does python d…

Every beach in the world has some sort of rare creature, and locals who would state that fact in pursuit of their agenda. How many space launch sites are there in the world?? If a …

I skimmed this post and I agree with it. But I wouldn't want to actually read it.

"goh-doh" or "goh-doht" The 'o's are pronounced the same.