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Could you elaborate on what you mean by "frontend code can't enforce invariants" ?

I see a lot of people confused about the host (Facebook). Carmack initially posted a lot of high quality articles on AltDevBlogADay. However, that site went down. Carmack said he m…

Laptops aren't ubiquitous.

I've used vim for seven years now. My vimrc is a gargantuan 122 lines of vimL. It went from 0 lines to 300 to 750 and it's been 122 for a year now. Whenever someone asks me for tip…

It wasn't an insult as much as an observation made by another user: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19357372 And almost every view you have of India, even your most recent one…

This is getting borderline pedantic, lol. This is the first time I dropped the second sentence. I've only quoted it twice and I quoted it fully the first time. I tried to answer yo…

The "immobile incontinent patient scenario" isn't too commonplace. In my family and most of the extended families of my friends, you stay with your parents for companionship and he…

I think we're going a bit off topic here. I only ask that you don't let the plot devices of Bollywood films have a non-trivial influence on your world view. The statement of yours …

I didn't mention daughter in laws in any of my comments. You might be confusing the replies together. Your entire statement really seems to be a very pessimistic take that is certa…

Ok good we're on the same page then. So if the nursery was permanent and replaced the role of the parent completely, would that be moral? Or to equate it more fairly, if a parent p…

How was it smug in any way? I was trying to draw parallels in an attempt to understand your thought process. You asserted that as long as the quality of the care is acceptable, the…

That's a very uncharitable reply

With the recent (and by recent I mean since 1991) opening of the Indian economy, there has been a cultural shift in the Indian mindset. It might surprise you but leaving India for …

Ah okay. I think I am beginning to understand your point of view. :) Can this concept be extended to a parent-child relationship where the parent is replaced by a trained professio…

I think the key difference is that the visit from your mother-in-law was a novel or unique experience which you might not have the emotional tools to handle. It isn't exactly fair …

That's also a way of looking at it. I wouldn't agree with the part where you say "family caretaking is typically presented as a virtue" however. Being virtuous is synonymous with b…

If you're not living in absolute poverty, it's completely possible to take care of your parents as they grow old. My father took care of my grandfather until his last day and they …

Parents and siblings?

Completely agree with everything you are saying. I also immediately have to think about something else to avoid what I feel would be a mental collapse. One thing that has given me …

As an Indian, I will never ever be able to wrap my head around the concept of an old-age home that seems normal in western societies. Whenever I find myself feeling a bit envious a…

Thank you for putting into words the thoughts that I have had for quite some time. The "panicking" I experience is also similar, more accurately described as horror-fueled panic.

A good snippet to come back to whenever one needs to be humbled: Euler's work touched upon so many fields that he is often the earliest written reference on a given matter. In an e…

HN generates emotional friction[1], is filled with shallow but clever sounding dismissals[2] and is filled with low quality discussions on high quality articles[3]. [1]: https://tw…

As a software "engineer", I've always been envious of architects and the well-defined path to mastery that exists in their field. You start off as a lowly apprentice and only throu…

They did do an episode on the monocultural aspect in the latest season. Richard unintentionally "outs" a guy as being Christian and some of the programmers feel uncomfortable worki…