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I don't see the difference. You are describing the adoption curve (a logistic function) for almost anything. As with IPv4/IPv6, with Python 2.7/3 you had, even at the very end, a g…

This feels a lot like the arguing that went on during the transition to Python 3. The Python 2.7 hangers-on were so preoccupied with themselves that they didn't notice that the poo…

I put it in the text field when I made the submission. I assumed it would go in a summary block beneath the link (and it's not made clear what the function of the text field is, ap…

There are alternatives. Loads of them. But using them requires thinking about what office software you use, which is too much for the vast majority.

Checked luggage gets opened legally without the owner present all the time.

With the release of OpenAI’s latest model o3, there is renewed debate about whether Artificial General Intelligence has already been achieved. The standard skeptic’s response to th…

"Everything was great until they told us we couldn't take all the money."

As a Canadian, I applaud this. And I hope the government sticks to its guns. This is not just about "big Canadian media", it affects a lot of small outlets who draw from the journa…

Theatrics are a part of politics. Do you think you're the only one who sees through them? Who cares what they call it?

"A Post-It’s easy unstickability is its biggest feature and its downfall. When you yank a note from the bottom, it curls. That curling is just enough force to lift the note off the…

This is not consistent with my experience in Germany at all. Companies everywhere are looking for educated people. The demand for people with programming skills borders on desperat…

Is it that you feel that the posters are doing the trivializing, or society as a whole? My impression is that nobody treats these layoffs as trivial. Recessions, downturns and the …

PFAS is in so many common consumer products you might well say "it is in everything." That outdoor jacket you're wearing? Coated in PFAS. Your stain-resistant couch? PFAS. All text…

An environmental cause appears likely, since this trend is being observed in many countries. Both the increase in IQ to 1975 and the drop thereafter could have environmental causes…