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Doctors carry malpractice insurance.

It's a pedantic point admittedly, but I think it's important to be realistic and clear that Rust isn't a panacea.

If this could be done it seems like the ideal compromise. Everyone gets what they want. That said eventually more modern languages will be dependencies of the tools one way or anot…

to introduce certain common vulnerabilities ... not vulnerabilities in general.

Does it seem that way? It happened at least once (but could have happened many times without "taking over"), and certainly one sort of life seemed to successfully out-compete all o…

You are right: this is indeed no smoking gun (and it isn't hyped to be one). This is more like "we can't rule out life having created this, but there are alternate explanations whi…

I think the building blocks of life are so common in the universe it might be a case of "easy come, easy go". It wouldn't be surprising if simple life happened anywhere it was give…

Was lead paint as widespread in Europe as it was in North America?

Allison Hayes is another person who campaigned against lead--this time in vitamin supplements--which lead to a change in FDA rules. She was a frequent actor in Roger Corman's B-mov…

Presumably you'd follow the same regulations regarding actual animals in testing regarding inflicting pain or distress. Usually IRB's weigh whether the scientific results offset th…

Coming together to form a single object sounds like the work of a gravitational force.

Second this suggestion for anyone working through parasitic draw issues. He has a very solid, logical process for working through this (among other issues). I always enjoy watching…

Location: Atlanta Remote: Yes/only Willing to relocate: no Technologies: C/C++, Python, Embedded/Low-level Résumé/CV: BS/MS CS Georgia Tech, 15 years of experience at Veteran's Adm…

From what I recall of the last set of bank failures this is pretty much the FDIC's SOP. They swoop in on Friday with little notice, close the bank, work through the weekend and ope…

Location: Atlanta Remote: Yes/only Willing to relocate: no Technologies: C/C++, Python, Embedded/Low-level Résumé/CV: BS/MS CS Georgia Tech, 15 years of experience at Veteran's Adm…

Although it wasn't explicitly prescribed, one action that was taken was quickly delivering some truth to the stakeholders. The customer was informed the original schedule wasn't po…

The new poll has finished with "unban now" winning with 59%

And the new poll has finished with "unban now" winning with 59%

Wow...is there a big move towards it individually?

The new poll also has a 24 hour timer, so 'now' is effectively a 1 day ban. I kind of suspect the length of time has other motivations (but that's really just me being cynical).

Musk actually ran a poll already, but the people got the wrong answer (unban now). So he's running another poll. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603600001057185792

Musk is trying to walk it back because he created such an epic cluster.

He was paying a premium. Shareholders wanted their payout.

I've been using XFCE for many years now (currently though Xubuntu). It stays out of the way. I'm glad to see continued improvements without forcing a complete remake or overhaul fo…

Obligatory Manley video on the situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbK-6VkTFw8