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This a thousand times. > And while they are the primary workhorses of research, there are large swathes of their graduate student careers where they are not particularly (or often …

So true and so sad.

Sorry, I disagree with the reference to academia: the median quality of academic conference talks is abismal in my experience. Sure they are more technical, but they are also that …

"Consumers seem to believe that products cannot become more sustainable without becoming more expensive." This unfortunately prevalent belief is extremely destructive. If people be…

I wasn't the only author on those gems, the others are (mostly) still active. Not sure how orphaned gems are handled, though.

> I think a primary issue with code is that the kind of people who like to explain it tend to think it has something to do with engineering, or an expression of a deeply objective …

I actually ended up going further and removing me as author from gems I don't actually maintain anymore, which brings down my exposure considerably. It's actually not as easy as it…

Yes it does, and I do this with my gems, but it's not widely used and I'm sure virtually none of the users of the gems I author probably take advantage of it. https://guides.rubyge…

I'm an author of gems with a total of more than 4 million downloads. I just setup 2fa now after seeing this.

I'm Canadian, I used "North America" because I wanted to include Canada. Not in reference to "arrests" but in reference to attitudes about giving children freedom, which are very s…

This is one regulation in one state. Do you think that even impacts things like dirty diapers, one of the items that was strewn over the news? Of course not. If you're thinking peo…

Sorry, we'll just have to agree to disagree. I live in Japan, so I'm speaking from direct daily experience with a local school system (not international school). But I completely d…

Thanks, and to respond to another sibling comment: this may be rare in statistical terms, but it is more than real enough to motivate a very clear pattern of behaviour among parent…

This is a common response, but I reject it. The over-protection in the U.S. goes way beyond actually protecting kids from violent crime. It's rooted in some kind of pathological pa…

> My close friends kids in Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, Shanghai and Beijing spend most of their time in extra tutoring or music or painting or dance classes or some…

No, I mean what I wrote, "as young as 5". > All of the kids I knew from that area of the world, as young as elementary school, spent every second either studying for school or prac…

Completely agree, cars are the main thing that worry me as well (in the city).

> Which I think is more of a problem than helicopter parenting in America Sorry, as a parent in Japan, I beg to disagree. The system here has lots of problems, don't get me wrong -…

> Kids need time with their friends away from parents. I'm so glad I was able to grow up in the (sadly last) "be home for dinner, be back by dark" generation. Completely agree with…

Do you have any source for that claim? Here's a quote for landfill rates: $40/ton. Do the math yourself, plastics aren't heavy. Much cheaper than sending it in a container across t…

> you get paid to accept trash shipment Why would anyone pay someone to accept a trash shipment? Why wouldn't you just dump it at source? > you get paid to accept trash shipment, y…