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Forcing kids to go to school is already limiting their freedom

> because they deal with different aspects of the human condition which haven't changed significantly. they also give a different and valid intepretation / perspective so do the ot…

I am genuinely curious why Russian literature is so popular in non-Russian speaking world. How do you wake up one day and decide to read Crime and Punishment? How do you find out a…

yep. "Formal specification layers " aka code.

> obviously AI-generated article how can you tell?

I somehow feel that it's actually the opposite. It should be "Dear kubernetes user, you have just built a shell".

How can you tell?

> At the very least we'd need to see some data that shows that most people replace batteries when it is possible to do so. I don’t understand. If we want to see the data we do need…

> One unambiguously positive development that's followed is that software professionals are writing specs again. LLMs - like many of us - do not perform well with ambiguity, and sp…

So this period last year the visits went up 300K, and this year they are down 200K. So compared to the two year ago it's still up 100K? Am I missing anything? It would be interesti…

Could you give an example? Like a specific year when the map is not accurate?

Alan Kay was right classifying most software engineering as pop culture. It's 2024 and we are still fiddling with spaces around radio buttons, a problem that should have been solve…

I personally first tried 4-day workweek about 10 years ago and still love it. That was one of the best decisions I made in my life. Especially in software industry, it's not that h…

Funny how environmental activists were powerful enough to kill the nuclear energy but not the fossil one.

Always reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

> rules that would have forced US automakers to turn EVs into their main business by 2032 8 years is plenty of time.