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Fixing this is not going to fix the energy crisis but as uses of fossil fuels go it is among the most egregious

I have had some good experiences with 3rd party recruiters. You obviously need to keep the fact that they will say whatever to get you to take the job they find. But equally they w…

But isn't that how they get you? By lumping in some common sense good stuff with some dystopian crap. If they really wanted to fix the issue at abortion clinics they could have don…

Up to now Twitter was a platform for watching other's carnage, now it is producing its own carnage

Guessing here but I think the implication is that courts in the US are unable/unwilling to enforce workers rights even when laid out in a contract. In a post-union US there is not …

I can see this is probably a calm point that will definitely not escalate, programmers don't really care about tabs and spaces that much, right???

In the UK very few stadiums are publicly funded. This can be done. I'd prefer my city mismanage my money into nurses hands than into a stadium.

Agreed - if Ukraine is part of NATO then there are Nato missiles there, there is mutually assured destruction in invading.

Indeed, it is always good to know the science but we should balance that against the benefits. I like this quote from David Spiegelhalter[0] "Given the pleasure presumably associat…

Can't see this and not post this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0w_pwZY3E - A message from Skype CEO

Indeed - I don't think the President is normally personally involved in safety protocols...

I think it is that Apple abuses its control over the App Store market (e.g. Apple Music vs Spotify)

Has there been evidence given why these 4 and not Microsoft are at these hearings? I understand each case is subtly different but it seems conspicuous in it's absence. In terms of …

It definitely is the 'correct' way of doing it, but it will mean you use IE when in windows, which is often/normally not the correct way

_It's not a cultural thing, it's a human thing to be impatient._ True, but certain cultures see impatience as much worse flaw than other cultures leading to significant cultural di…

If you are purchasing illegal drugs (except something someone could grow in their basement i.e. marijuana) - then you are funding some sort of organised crime

I think this is a bit of a false equivalence- at most I might pay $5 for the cobalt in my phone once a year. That is a very harmful $5 but I'd bet most drug users are on 100x that

One take away is for sprint planning - if there is a reasonable amount of uncertainty on a task, take it out, either break it down or do some investigation, and bring it back next …

*Or more likely, heavily fine

And tbh - most people would still probably download google chrome, google maps, google docs etc - it would just level the playing field

That is really interesting, and not what I had been lead to believe, but could you provide me with any reliable sources to this affect?

I regularly quote said statistic - can you link me some reliable sources supporting your claim?

Can you elaborate - what is inaccurate in the CNBC report?

38% seems insanely high. Other estimates I've seen suggest more like 10%. If a code base has an unusually large amount of bugs caught by types it feels like it is missing basics li…

As a Windows user VS Code is my favourite MS product