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Most ABIs are complex and only partially specified; you're playing with fire if you use bitfields or other ill-defined features in public APIs.

Most systems don't merit reading the documentation; if it doesn't look markedly better, I'm moving on.

Taking money from the West doesn't keep you alive; if I were a Russian would-be defector I'd be worried about ending up like Alexander Litvinenko ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al…

The linked Mozilla bug report provides an excellent reason to drop P-521. If you look at the telemetry for last actual Firefox release, only 8 (yes, eight!) out of 1.67 BILLION han…

Lead poisoning lowers your IQ; blacks are more likely to be exposed to it. ( https://www.dw.com/en/lead-poisoning-reveals-environmental-r... )

The Griggs v. Duke Power Co. decision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co .) makes them legally problematic.

Here are some package counts( http://www.modulecounts.com/ ) for different platforms: * npm - (1,916,619) * Maven - (465,713) * NuGet - (299,957) npm has about 2.5 times the number…

I'm reminded of this cartoon - Introduce them to identity politics ( https://imgur.com/gallery/KdeMOdA ).

Be thankful it's just marijuana; here in Seattle, we're so enlightened that addicts using fentanyl and meth on buses ( https://komonews.com/news/local/king-county-metro-drivers-fr.…

It's cronyism, pure and simple. Certificate authorities like Camerfirma[1] were revoked from all browsers because of numerous policy violations. This legislation is intended to for…

Prior art only applies if the USPTO agrees to review the patent and the examiner considers it prior art; neither of these are guaranteed.

Software development managers don't need to be technical; soft skills are more important. Avoid engineering practices from Facebook or Google. Both companies have monopolies, an ar…

The same as Crimea; Putin thinks he can get away with it.

lobste.rs has a public log of moderator actions. It's a fraction of the size of HN, though and requires an invitation to join.

Here's the complete list. Maus by Art Spiegelman 1984 by George Orwell The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland…

Job descriptions are forward looking statements; the position may be entirely different. Here are some of the many possibilities: The service has poor uptime and you're on call eve…

> It's fascinating that Google, the stewards of Android, have refused to solve any of those problems. The most successful operating system in history is managed by a company who re…

> Home ownership is a way to keep people busy fixing the house, working or risk losing a basic need, and living at the edge of their means. Also invested in their own property and …

Many of the people who complain about undefined behavior effectively want a #pragma dwim .

How so? Casinos routinely ban card counters; if psychic powers existed then psychics would also be banned from casinos.

Yellow journalism ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism ) has been a thing since at least the 1890s.

> I'm almost afraid to ask since it's such a given, but do employees actually get fired for choosing the wrong vendor? I've heard it repeated in quite a few contexts, and I'm unsur…

They could buy directly from the seller; that's how I got my condo.

Our normal start time is before 9 am and many people start work much earlier; the company is on the Fortune 100 Best Places to work list.