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What does this mean? Runtime is the only time that Python's existing type system has an effect.

It doesn't really affect your point, but the term was "enhanced", not "extended". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_interrogation_techniq...

That comes with its own tradeoffs: increased compile time and more effort needed to create error messages that are helpful to the user.

> > QAnon is just more fun. > Citation desperately needed! You might find this take on QAnon from a game designer's perspective interesting: https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a…

It seems to me that higher visibility is all but guaranteed to lead to an increase in belief. Simple exposure is one thing: most people aren't going to concoct new conspiracy theor…

Is it possible that this is just because it's a beta and the flag will be back for the release? There doesn't seem to be anything indicating one way or the other.

That's possible; I don't remember the exact dates, just that it was at the "I really need to buy tickets" timeframe for the end of Feb.

The U.S. has NPR and PBS, but, to put it politely, they have variable amounts of trust depending on one's position on the political spectrum. They also indeed have government offic…

It was on my radar in mid January; I know this clearly because it made me choose not to buy plane tickets for a big family celebration scheduled for the end of February.

I didn't say it shouldn't be posted; just a warning to be prepared for what you're going to see.

Yes. In many cases, the only "winning" move is to say what you have to say and then step back. You can't usually "win" the argument, just your own time.

Hey, spoiler alert for people regarding that link -- there's some very strong, graphically violent language. Don't click if you're not in a good head space at the moment.

There's a similar organization in Eugene, OR called CAHOOTS: https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-07-06/eugen...

Disregarding the hyperbole, rural areas have their own set of problems that seem outrageous in turn to city dwellers. It's easy to scorn the speck in your neighbor's eye; removing …

I will never understand why pure statements of fact get downvoted on this site. At the time I looked, 4 hours ago now, this was correct.

Full text was: > These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have b…

Good question; I just looked at OAN and there is nothing, just an earlier article about Trump's speech and one from early this morning "Citizens Gather in Washington, D.C..."

> new hires start as a T3 This makes me curious about what T1 and T2 would mean.

Illuminatus! is deliberately a send-up of the kind of stuff that Dan Brown writes, though. He's sincerely trying to make thrillers; Wilson and Shea were (partly) making fun of auth…

This may be fine, but do note that you're inserting an extra layer that you have to trust compared to inspecting the source that you know is on your local disk. Should they choose …

You're right, but it's not even really an "attitude", and it's not necessarily malicious or even stemming from a power relationship. It's just a fundamental cognitive blind spot th…

Sure, but the people who are disinformed aren't the target here anyways: they don't believe anything needs to be "fixed" in the first place.