jbstjohn

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by jbstjohn 4mo ago
Yep, and written by Guido von Rossum, no less. However, experience with it led to my sense that Python just doesn't scale (especially back then, without type annotations) past a certain size of program. The Code Search team had been re
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by jbstjohn 4mo ago
No, Critique existed before the quick edit feature was added to Code Search. While I think the quick edits were worthwhile, it became too much too support both it and Cider (and edits in Critique), so it was removed to streamline things. As
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by jbstjohn 4mo ago
Most of the engineers making most of the tools being praised in this thread are in Germany, so I don't think that generalization quite holds. Even if the best SWEs are better in the Bay area, there's also a lot more competition fo
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by jbstjohn 2y ago
In all seriousness, no, it shows that there were at least two cases of political science in the last 400 years, not that all science is. I think there have been more, and it plays a role, but I don't buy that you can just dismiss the c
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by jbstjohn 2y ago
But that wouldn't capture how it tends to be meant -- an instruction to take things on faith without any questioning, even if it contradicts other known facts or your direct experience.
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by jbstjohn 2y ago
The thing is, it's not just loyalty, it's also a 'better than only mid-level believers in the cause'. There's definitely a purity / piety aspect. I do like "piety" as it captures the religious aspec
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by jbstjohn 2y ago
"I'm not questioning your standards; I'm denying their existence entirely."
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by jbstjohn 2y ago
The point is more that "the science" is too broad and vague and uncertain. The science for cancer might be that the currently best known treatment acknowledged in country X is to follow a particular treatment process. That chang
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by jbstjohn 4y ago
The footage is out there, you can review it yourself, no racial epithets were yelled. The mens basketball team was there, with a good number of black people; not a single heard anything. The entire crowd would need to be complicit, along wi
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by jbstjohn 4y ago
Has your trusted friend ever said "no, that's not a good reason"? Because, if not at least few times by the 100+ people, they are probably not providing the service you think they, but instead just agreeing with what they thi
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by jbstjohn 14y ago
It appears to be very binary -- all or nothing. It smells to me like there's a weakness that's either being exploited or not.