jrs95

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by jrs95 6y ago
At this point we need herd immunity so young people gathering and getting infected is probably a net gain. More people will die due to economic damage than the virus if we maintained quarantine until vaccination.
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by jrs95 6y ago
It's now the most popular programming language by a decent margin, there are a lot of libraries available for it, and it lacks some of the performance limitations that affect other dynamic languages. Anyone that does frontend dev knows
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by jrs95 6y ago
I still use this directory structure and it doesn't really bother me honestly. Makes it very easy to work with multiple local repositories without having to worry about any linking or installing bullshit you have to do with other syste
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by jrs95 6y ago
It makes a lot of sense IMO. They can immediately make more money in the short term, and after their competing product is ready they can negotiate more favorable terms with Hulu or not renew their agreement, which will direct a portion of p
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by jrs95 6y ago
RPA seems to be the biggest area where this is currently popular. The "citizen developer" bullshit they're pushing IMO sounds good on paper but will lead to fragile bots that end up falling apart and not being properly mainta
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by jrs95 6y ago
Also in terms of TDP and lack of a dedicated graphics card. And then with the Surface Book, not only is it more awkward as a laptop but because all but the GPU is in the screen the hardware has the same constraints as a tablet. Even with th
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by jrs95 6y ago
The funny thing is they advertised this as a feature when it was launched because it was supposed to be more aesthetically pleasing and not collect dust etc. I guess there's a reason Apple still uses rubber after all...
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by jrs95 6y ago
I think the idea is partly "I could use some help with this, but I'll get some food and drinks and we'll try to hang out and have a good time even though the work part sucks"
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by jrs95 6y ago
Especially given how Mac was at one point ahead of everyone else in terms of automation...
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by jrs95 6y ago
Not gonna lie my #1 complaint is that PHP jobs on average pay like shit in comparison to most other things. I don't want to work with it solely because it has no value on my resume. That being said the biggest argument for PHP is pro
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by jrs95 6y ago
That wasn't at all the point in my opinion. I'm pretty sure the intent was just to point out the political dysfunction of our system that's basically denying Asian Americans a voice on the issue that can actually impact polic
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by jrs95 6y ago
A lot of white Americans have a problem with this, I don't think most are aware that it also impacts Asian Americans. If they were, they'd be behind you 100%. Save a few extreme elements, most of us just have a problem with people
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by jrs95 6y ago
Are these sorts of policies really going to get any better when the rhetoric they're based on is ramping up and demographics continue to shift in favor of groups that benefit from the policies? It's already practically socially fo
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by jrs95 6y ago
There's almost no other explanation, unfortunately. Opinion on it does tend to be pretty closely tied to conventional political orientation, but I know plenty of women in tech (or other traditionally male dominated spaces like gaming)
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by jrs95 6y ago
Now that I'm working remote & holed up in my apartment all the time, none. I got some of the DOOM Eternal branded G Fuel for the game launch, and it's strong (300 mg of caffeine per serving...and it's spicy lemonade, whic
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by jrs95 6y ago
There is growing political demand to move away from China entirely though. I doubt its particularly popular with most people with influence, but if we've learned anything from 2016 it's that populism can be an unexpectedly potent
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by jrs95 6y ago
AP classes aren't really close to the same in my experience. They may technically be on par with entry level college courses but none of the content is so difficult than anyone else couldn't do it. If anything we just have low exp
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by jrs95 6y ago
Doesn't Vala compile to C and handle memory safety somehow? Obviously that depends on some GObject stuff but I think a similar approach could probably be used in this case.
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by jrs95 6y ago
Holy shit imagine this being what you're focused on right now, of all things.
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by jrs95 6y ago
A little too late now isn't it? Even if they were going to kick Hungary out of the EU, Orban would be an idiot to give up that power.
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by jrs95 6y ago
And then we seriously overvalue these "core CS skills" for a lot of positions, many of which will not involve actually using any of it at all. I can't tell you how many people I've worked with that could tell you a bunch
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by jrs95 6y ago
"Didn't save up? You lose your business. Either it goes under or you sell it at fire-sale prices to somebody who has the assets to keep it afloat until things stabilize (possibly the government)." In this scenario a wealthy p
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by jrs95 6y ago
Given that PWAs don't work particularly well with iOS anyways even if you have a PWA you're probably better off deploying it to the App Store via Cordova and prompting users to install it from there.
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by jrs95 6y ago
You're right, the problem with American capitalism is that people with wealth don't have enough of an advantage in business /s
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by jrs95 6y ago
I would argue we do use chemical weapons, but only in specific circumstances in order to generate outrage about whoever we are claiming used them to justify our own military action. The biggest value they have now is how offensive they ar
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by jrs95 6y ago
IMO touch screens should be banned as a part of safety regulations. There's simply no need from them in cars, it's a gimmick. Physical buttons are better and don't you to look at them to use them while driving.
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by jrs95 7y ago
I don't think authoritarianism intrinsically causes either of those things. It could just easily do the opposite -- it depends entirely on what the authoritarian government decides to use its power for.
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by jrs95 7y ago
It's a lower proportion than the general population so I don't know why it would be particularly surprising. You have to realize nearly half the country has a favorable opinion of him as President.
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by jrs95 7y ago
It's not like they're going to break VB.NET or drop support anytime soon. Existing software will keep working. At this point there's no real point in continuing to add to it -- new stuff should be written in C#. It's bet
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by jrs95 7y ago
Kinect was also bundled with the Xbox One at launch though, and it was mandatory

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