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My first programming project was a tic-tac-toe game with a computer opponent. I painstakingly copy-pasted about a hundred nested `if` statements to check for a winner & decide the …

Additionally, question 2 amounts to "what is the usage of python's queue class", question 4 requires knowing whether array indexes start at 0 or 1 in python, and question 8 amounts…

Not that this greatly affects your counterpoint, but your calculation is off by three orders of magnitude: 151,000,000 calls/year ÷ (365 days/year * 10,000,000,000 calls/day) ~= 0.…

> To my mind if someone creates something of value, the creator should have a say over how that something is consumed. To use something without the permission of the owner feels a …

I'm glad you understand what that price is and are happy to pay it. I personally have a hard time evaluating the price because the _whats_ and _hows_ of a site's tracking seldom ar…

> position:fixed (auto-replace to position:static) I've gotten pretty good results from a bookmarklet that converts `position: fixed` elements to `display: none`.

I understand this rationale, but I think most developers will encounter commit messages written by bozos who don't press enter after every 72 characters, far more frequently than c…

This is a good point, but the developer also can deploy AI tools to help analyze the behavior.

If leaked-but-redacted documents were of interest for a prosecution, couldn’t the originals be obtained by subpoena, either to WikiLeaks or (preferably) their original source?

> If you want to be private, don't use a social network where you are the product. That's all well and good, until someone posts a photo of you, tags you in a message, or embeds it…

Not the TSA in that case, either.

> Or, better yet, eliminate payroll deductions entirely and ensure everyone has a liability come April. Pretty hard to defraud a liability. Much easier to not pay a liability -- es…

> I do not believe governments (especially ones engaged in clandestine surveillance operations) have an obligation to share security vulnerabilities with companies. Is this view pa…