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wavy-dingo

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    Comment #34700961

    It sounds like you scoped the requirements tightly. Kept the code simple by minimizing LoC. likely you have no interest in writing and re-writing the product to maximize or increas…

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    Comment #34700896

    Inversely correlated? As in, more beans is less cancer?

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    Comment #34689424

    I think comparing unit tests to a robust type system is a good way to think about typed languages. In my experience, unit tests most often catch NPEs, which a type system also does…

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    Comment #34626797

    Honestly, taking some of the power out of mod’s hands might improve Reddit. Changes like this are big and scary, but we have seen how mods control discourse to a point that the thr…

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    Comment #34606644

    Technically, search isn’t free. It’s paid for by monetizing your data and ads. You also pay by having worse search results to support Google’s other monetization strategies through…

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    Comment #34575522

    A credible threat to the monopoly status of homegrown social media in the US? A credible threat to end user’s privacy? Will they ban the other apps that have found to do similar sc…

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    Comment #34565174

    I really question how impressive it would be for generating new, unknown programs. ML is based on prior knowledge, and if it hasn’t been invented before, it would get lost real qui…

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    Comment #34540106

    Realistically, the cloud is just too expensive compared to most other solutions. AWS, Azure, and G Compute are all easily 10x the cost of hiring a good team of sysadmins. When you …

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    Ask HN: What orgs have a good track record stopping abuse by the US Government?

    I was thinking about it, and most everyone that has criticized the US government have quietly disappeared after the news cycle is over. Every whistleblower gets arrested or escapes…

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    Ask HN: What orgs have a good track record stopping abuse by the US Government?

    I was thinking about it, and most everyone that has criticized the US government have quietly disappeared after the news cycle is over. Every whistleblower gets arrested or escapes…

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    Comment #34243363

    This seems like a clear cut case. I opted out and you are still sending data? That’s a lawsuit They definitely have enough even with the people opted out.

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    Comment #34155117

    Plumbers, garbage men, the cooks, the doctors. The people who take care of our land and skies. The people who protect us. The scientists solving harder problems. So many people sho…

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    Comment #31968559

    Meditation is an experience. If you have the experience and enjoy it, you will keep doing it. Some people are drawn to the spiritual and it isn’t if I do this X amount then I get Y…