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That's because you're trying to snarkily jump into a conversation you don't understand. User `flanked-evergl` is asking why do you need a whole new format for this instead of just …

> So your argument is that no solution could satisfy your new requirement No, read my comment again. They could do it but it would absolutely destroy the responsiveness of the app.…

Are you serious? Do you honestly think that I am talking about a schema for passing empty lists around? If you are passing around lists of structured objects, I need you to send me…

And there you go, just `[]` is no longer valid, so you need a new format.

My new requirement is NOT physically impossible. I did not mean "immediately" as in "zero milliseconds", it meant strong read-after-write consistency. It makes facebook so slow and…

Completely untrue. Every design can be destroyed by a single poorly-thought out requirement. I can take down Facebook's design just by saying "any edit must immediately be visible …

"Quick scan"? It's a few paragraphs. You can't read a few paragraphs? What's the point of replying when you don't even know what you're replying to?

Your theory is that he found "very dark stuff" that is accessible to any MIT student? Schwartz didn't "hack" anything, he connected to their student network and downloaded articles…

Nobody expects the scroll behavior to be different on a webpage, so it's always a surprise when a page does something like this. Then, you have to learn to adapt to how it expects …

Look at the HN comments and you'll see many saying they don't get the point

The broader point is that percentages can be misleading, and are often because of that. It makes things sound better. But usually, the more accurate thing to do is use odds-notatio…

There is simple correctness but there are also second order effects to consider. How does this particular implementation allow you to grow, and in which directions? What does it pr…

This is why I get worried about the hatred for income taxes. No, you want the government to want you to be richer. If all they raised was property taxes, then they don't care if yo…

The setup may be simple, but what about the maintenance?

That was the fearmongering, which made no sense because advertisers can't put a dollar value on "the AI will kind of sort of mention you", and because every conversation needs an a…

Using FizzBuzz as your proxy for "unreviewed code" is extremely misleading. It has practically no complexity, it's completely self-contained and easy to verify. In any codebase of …

No, because they are not blindly passing on the briefing to the board. It's a starting point, and presumably they're going to tweak it.

How many documents can be used to prove your citizenship? How many times do people have to go back to the DMV because they forgot something or another? Now imagine that everyone ha…

> Each board director could ask for a particular thing they require, or a briefing themself, eliminating human intermediary You are missing the point of board briefings. The CEO se…

Voter registration already requires proof of citizenship. What is the point of requiring that high bar of proof on the day of voting as well?

I didn't say that there wasn't a reason. I said it was absolute trash to use. It's so bad that the moment I need even the slightest bit of complexity, I will switch away from bash.…

Uh, reading a bash script shouldn't be as hard as doing your taxes. Bash syntax has to be simple because bash code is going to be read and reasoned by humans. Reading just a simple…

Oh lord, yeah this convinces me even more that this is a bad idea. I can't even tell at a glance if those do the same thing. Just pick one and move on, you're requiring everyone to…

Bash syntax is anything but simple or logical. Just look at the insane if-statement syntax. Or how the choice of quotes fundamentally changes behavior. Argument parsing, looping, t…