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Corporations are people. https://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-...

pipenv is like npm for python and Pipfile works similar to package.json. There's even a Pipfile.lock

when you want to run a command 'inside' the pipenv of the current directory, do: > pipenv run {command} This mirrors how npm works. There's also: > pipenv shell to give you a shell…

My issue with 3D Touch is that there doesn't appear to be any language for when you can use it or what it will do if you can. 90% of the time, I forget it's there. A specific case …

I have shared the Monty Hall problem with people many times, and have always made explicit that the host knows which door the prize is behind and thus always intentionally choses a…

Apple doesn't need to change mathematical facts, they just don't let you publish on their AppStore.

Could you share any links that show "There have been explicit attempts to apply pain to Python 2.7 users"? I don't think you are lying, but it seems extraordinary to me, so I'm int…

> Wouldn't be nice to have requests in the main library? Yes, but changes are still made to it, it might not be updated for a long time then. As they say modules go to the standard…

First, my post said 'essentially meaningless', which is to say 'possibly not completely, but for the most part, meaningless'. Second, the context here is whether or not the type sy…

If you go to the great*5 grandparent of this post, you asked for the statement "I find Guantanamo morally indefensible" to be defended. You were the one, in that very post, who sta…

Strong vs weak is essentially meaningless. There is no generally agreed upon definition of what the distinction means.

No claim was made about the motivation for the creation of Sunday trading laws.

I have always assumed that that statement was supposed to directly contrast with TIMTOWTDI.

Is the semi-repository thing you are talking about the index? If so, I would describe the index as a sort of staging area for preparing your commit. You might not necessarily want …

And homebrew isn't the only package manager on OSX. I actually see this as an argument in favour of OSX, as it is much more straightforward to change package manager than on Linux,…

Nowhere in my posts did I seek to reject UBI. In fact, I am excited at the possibilities it may bring. The claims made by davidgay are flawed and if UBI is a good policy, it should…

#1 Less fraud, but not no fraud. #2 The system you describe is also bureaucracy.

I don't see how this will get rid of the need to enforce fraud. Such a system will still require systems to prevent multiple claims, ensure people aren't claiming for others and ma…

Gzip uses DEFLATE, which uses Huffman coding. Huffman coding works by replacing common symbols with shorter codes and uncommon symbols with longer codes. The codes used are therefo…

Yeah, we're not any more progressive on that front at all. There's plenty of pro-choice activism here, but sadly, I believe Ireland still a long way from a civilised, non-hypocriti…

Some of my favourites: Watch out! There's a politician about [1] Whatever you do: DON'T [2] Thought policy [3] [1] http://scarfolk.blogspot.it/2015/05/watch-out-theres-politic... […

Only one thing in this entire post is not wildly inaccurate: there is a lot of rural to urban migration amongst young people in Ireland, but this is something which happens in ever…

WildUtah, I have no idea where you are getting your information, but I am Irish, I have lived in Ireland my whole life. I'm in Ireland, looking out at Ireland as I write this messa…

Is it the Python language or the Python ecosystem you are referring to? The statement in question is from The Zen of Python and is more of a guiding principle for the design of Pyt…