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wmiel

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    Comment #45899231

    Surprising to see how many commenters are in favour and supportive towards policy of prioritising short term profits vs. Long-term research. I understand Meta's not academia nor ch…

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    Comment #42791942

    Interesting, it seems that extremely rich americans are discovering what scandinavian countries solve through taxation and effective government. They used to have it in some form w…

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    Comment #37583274

    I'm not sure I understand why they're using java if they avoid GC? Doesn't sound like the best fit, especially the foreign memory in java isn't too pleasant to work with.

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    Comment #30329546

    If Facebook is supposed to be a pillar of modernity then call me an Amish.

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    Comment #29827159

    The Spanish flu largely overlapped with the WW1, and since its 2nd wave had a high toll among people with strong immune system (ex. young male) the perception was to a large degree…

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    Comment #28809378

    Sun isn't shining at night and it's not always windy, hence other sources, mainly natural gas is used to balance the grid, but it's deepening our dependance on fossil fuels. Nuclea…

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    Comment #28665012

    Also, there's a strong trend of Belarusian IT moving to Poland because of said elephant.

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    Comment #27416051

    You can checkout Swagger and OpenAPI, there are libraries to annotate the endpoints in the code and then generate interactive docs out of that.

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    Comment #27098386

    Even if there was, you need to be aware that the DNA has much more personal information than your name and surname, there can be multiple Joe Does, but probably just you with your …

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    Comment #26925165

    Wind and solar do not work on demand. It's a huge difference. It's not always sunny nor windy. Only coal, natural gas or hydro in some cases can be a viable baseline energy sources…

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    Comment #26435128

    1) From Russian perspective the biggest risk of having Poland and Ukraine as transit countries is that it limits the political costs of aggression towards Eastern European countrie…

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    Comment #26428413

    You're saying about 'US propaganda' and 'the leash', which pretty much explains clearly why your perspective is a bit distorted, but let me mention a couple of facts: 1. Cost of bu…

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    Comment #26424455

    What is more, the Nord Stream I and II pipes were put under the Baltic Sea to bypass Poland and Ukraine and avoid extending existing pipes, not because it was economically viable. …

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    Comment #26424278

    There are victims of coal / natural gas pollution and climate change as well, it's just not that spectacular. Nuclear kills when there's unlikely accident, fossil fuels kill when e…

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    Comment #26423868

    On the other hand phasing out the existing nuclear in favour of natural gas doesn't seem to solve the problem either.

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    Comment #26423760

    It can be and is controlled. It's not that easy to use the civilian reactor to get a bomb, otherwise Iran would already have it long time ago.

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    Comment #26423726

    1. Renewables receive huge subsidies as well, especially in Europe. It is rarely being taken into account, but that's essentially what allowed it to become that cheap. The Nuclear …

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    Comment #21736048

    Yet, even in the Nordic countries you have McDonalds and BurgerKing, the sheer definitions of cheap junk food.

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    Comment #16293530

    Here's also a cool example of a game written in go, although using JS to display GUI: http://blog.u2i.com/we-made-a-multiplayer-browser-game-in-go...

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