branperr

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   by branperr 1y ago

   Is there any good reason why preferred stock exists? It just seems like another tool to screw people over in favor of investors.
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   by branperr 1y ago

   I would say type signatures that don't really describe the state of the program. Especially when someone has objects with a bunch of optional fields that either shouldn't be optional or should be represented in a different way, li
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   by branperr 1y ago

   Keep in mind some people can't afford to make bad financial decisions.
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   by branperr 1y ago

   Caesar cypher +7 Zv tf buklyzahukpun, ha slhza pu QZ dolyl P't mhtpsphy, pz aoha pa dvbsk il. Ylhzvu ilpun pz aoha Zla jhu lzzluaphssf il hu Hyyhf, dopjo pz h mbujavy: jvuza zlaThw = (zla) => (mu) => uld Zla(zla.rlfz().thw(mu))
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   by branperr 2y ago

   Nothings going to change until consequences for this behavior is established.
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   by branperr 3y ago

   I believe this is related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_proble...
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   by branperr 3y ago

   Sources on it being “climate denying”?
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   by branperr 3y ago

   The thing I’m confused about from the article is that, if I read it correctly, the temple was found a few miles from the coast. Did the Nike delta use to extend that far? Or what? That seems to be pretty far.
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   by branperr 3y ago

   Did the website only give you all the option to agree to their privacy policy, and not decline? If so that seems very disingenuous.
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    by branperr 3y ago

    Have you heard of this new db called dev/null? It’s super fast and web scale!
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    by branperr 3y ago

    There are definitely UI tricks used by pretty much everyone when applicable. For example, infinite scrolling is used to keep people’s attention. There are other dark patterns that exist as well
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    by branperr 3y ago

    Same, all hail Google's new AI god (plz don't kill me)
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    by branperr 4y ago

    I don't think the class of problems talked about in here are necessarily the biggest problems. Rather, it's politically motivated decision-making. Not in the sense of insert your pet US politics issue , but rather about capturing
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    by branperr 5y ago

    Thanks! I loved playing this game growing up. I had heard later on that it was a technical achievement, but didn't realize they made their own dialect of Lisp.
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    by branperr 5y ago

    Can someone explain the significance of this to me? I'm not caught up on this topic.