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> Macros are a cop out of language design. They mean "everybody do what you want and create your own language, we don't care anymore". I prefer safe AST based macro than runtime re…

> I guess we need an in-browser package management like npm? It exists and it's called bower.

> Liberalism itself isn't right wing at all. Classical liberalism is considered right wing in Europe because most of the the classical liberals are also culturally conservative (ag…

Yes it's bad UX on mobile, here you go: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mvdan/talks/master/2018/go...

AFAIK Javascript does this as well.

> That's the business model of most of EU's cheap air companies. E.g. EasyJet "allows" you one piece of luggage on board, but unless you're EasyJet Plus (i.e. pay extra), good luck…

> so they did build up some trust for me (and others) let's not pretend they don't try to rip customers off with hidden or gotcha fees, because they do. Their whole business model …

> You don't need Typescript to use JSX without React. Plugging my own isomorphic-jsx project: https://github.com/TheKnarf/isomorphic-jsx Yes but since I use Typescript static analy…

I believe the point of the OP is, you don't need the verifier library at first place. This is one of these dependencies that offer very little for the cost of adding a new dependen…

If only there were some features in some computer languages or type systems that allowed to eliminate 99% of these kind of errors AT COMPILE TIME, making these kind of libraries re…

> I've used Flow in 2016 and getting it to work on code editors was a huge pain. Typescript also has support for js-doc style type declarations, at a basic level, IMHO it's less pa…

I actually use JSX without React thanks to Typescript, I wrote an HTML builder myself (anybody can write one, it's easy) and it's quite handy since I don't have to rely on any fram…

Because it has a generous free tier, that's it. As soon as one does really heavy work with these systems cost start to get extremely high. There is nothing new with this, it's just…

> Clearly the system you advocate is an abject failure at preventing crime, maybe it's time to open yourself up to new processes? It literally can't get much worse. I advocated for…

> [citation needed] Norway doesn't have a network of violent gangs sitting in their prisons. > I'm not sure you can call the Canadian Canada is mostly on the path to copy US when i…

> The US prison system and the harsh police also contribute to violence, people are more violent because you are violent with them, it works as a feedback loop. chicken and egg pro…