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The Java 8 streams library can auto parallelize things. That's the main reason it was created in fact!

You can actually use Kotlin on iOS, look at the jetbrains samples for Kotlin/Native. You still need to use the iOS frameworks of course but all the genuinely OS independent code ca…

JavaFX is fully open source, it doesn't need licensing. It also supports hardware acceleration, embedded usage on Linux, animation framework etc. Also, fits well with kotlin.

I'm not sure that refutes anything. One of the hallmarks of far left views is the intense infighting between rival factions that seems to accompany them. Far left types attacking e…

Monbiot still has a regular article there, he's as far left as it gets. Maybe a holdover from the past but the Guardian is still really keen on nationalisation, regulation, state c…

Many of their competitors have been profitable for a while now. There's no incompatibility between capitalism and "real journalism", the problem with the guardian is in fact their …

Of course, they won't be able to be consistent. Will they be shutting down people who have spent years peddling lies, hate and conspiracy theories about Russians to west coast anti…

It's very expensive. Site isolation in Chrome explodes memory pressure on the system. Language enforced confidentiality is a lot less resource intensive.

The women in question were caught lying about the charges in various ways and destroying evidence by deleting tweets and texts. There's no reason to believe them about anything rea…

That isn't "facts"! There was tons of evidence at the time that the women were lying, the charges were dropped because there was zero chance of any conviction given their behaviour…

I think with software specifically it's less dysfunctional in the tech industry.

They changed their tune since. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1073341/brexit-news-dover-...

LaGarde is obviously going to claim she was right when she was actually wrong, there's no incentive for her to change course at all. But look at the guardian article. The IMF says …

What do you think WW2 was exactly, if not a literal attempt to conquer it? You're arguing with a straw man. Nobody claims the EU had to do anything, it can ban people who live ther…

This is the first time I've encountered people using the word monopoly incorrectly like this. I'm not really minded to just roll over and accept wrong usage because a few other peo…

You didn't look, maybe? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/18/imf-says-br... The entire global establishment of "experts" united together and made a series of prediction…

Farage isn't an MP and parliament is dominated by remainers loyal to Labour or the Tories. You make my point for me.

That's an interesting description. Last year UK growth beat Germany, France and Italy in Q3 (don't know q4 figures yet I believe). It looks like the eurozone may be heading for rec…

I didn't read much into that story but from what I recall, the company in question has no ships yet because it's new, but can quickly obtain them and is run by shipping industry ve…

The idea that food and medical supplies will disappear is completely wrong and has already been debunked by, amongst other people, the head of the NHS. This is especially true beca…

It wasn't redrafted until it was acceptable. It was passed as is, but as a massive series of "amendments" that effectively rewrote the entire previous document into the new one.

So far every expert prediction about Brexit had been wrong. The UK was meant to be in a deep recession by now, remember?

Let's phrase it like this. There would be nobody in parliament or government talking about a second referendum if remain had won. In fact it'd have been taken as a mandate to immed…

Maybe there can ... in another 40 years? You seem to be ignoring the rather large difference in time being proposed here.

This Rubin story isn't about sexual harassment. Some woman dated him and then decided she was "coerced" (how?) into doing something she late regretted. Given the modern notion some…