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Speaking as someone who edits frequently, the "social structure of capitalism" argument is a bad way to put it, but the general point that employees/leadership aren't reliable sour…

The original discussion on why Debian switched from bash to dash for /bin/sh is insightful. https://lwn.net/Articles/343924/ One big factor is for performance reas…

It being on GitHub doesn't mean it's open-source. https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp?tab=License-1-ov-file#readme Looks more "source available" to me.…

The point of a PIP is to reduce legal liability for the company. It shows that someone was fired for not meeting the requirements of their role, and not for race/gender/sexuality/whistl…

Aella already has a stranglehold on the HN demographic.

People say TeX doesn't have good tooling but I can't think of any other language where I can seamlessly intermix circuit diagrams with equations and plots. It's really nice to be able t…

Discord's real user ID is a very lengthy number not visible to end-users nor used for other purposes. https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/206346498-Wher..…

> Statistically you're correct, The Central Limit Theorem (which says if we add a bunch of random numbers together they'll converge on a bell curve) only guarantees that you'll get a…

Thank you! I like the metaphors because they allow me to think about related variables. What metrics would I use to compare different technical equity options? Is there an implied valuation of my proj…

I know you're being sarcastic, but you can implement perfect crypto and still get analog holed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole If you're running a criminal o…

There's a discrepancy that the top comments here say that "some people can produce a ton of value by not caring about code quality" and "I didn't care about code quality and g…

Any intelligent criminal will just meet face-to-face to discuss their criminal activities. None of these apps protect against someone taking a photo of the screen and snitching to the authorities abou…

A common good like security should be socialized because the alternative is multiple independent groups enforcing property rights, and when they start to conflict, you get a civil war won by the perso…

I've always thought people stealing pens is just a form of advertising which is why any company offering pens puts logos on them. All this post makes me think of is what other commonly-stolen obj…

I'd love to disrupt the dating app industry with a non-profit charitable model. There are many ultra wealthy people that recognize declining birth rates and population will destroy economic growt…

> Being very good at most disciplines is about having the fundamentals absolutely nailed. > In chess for example, you will probably need to get to a reasonably high level before you will be sure…

https://timsong-cpp.github.io/cppwp/intro.object I don't think they're fully known.…

C++ has only one paradigm that is functional and object-oriented.

The best part about C++ is that it has every other programming language inside of it. The worst part about C++ is that you need to know every other programming language to understand it.

This is tangential, but quoting the Snopes story: > according to Reagan, he was at work on 12 May 2017 when a co-worker told him he saw a man attack a woman in the parking lot. Reagan said he heard…

Professor Robert Kiltgaard said corruption = monopoly + discretion - transparency. He wrote this about political systems and bribery, but it also applies here. https://globalanticorruptionb…

Bing does this as well, for free.

To use the speeding ticket analogy, this is the equivalent of just paying the fine. The government can't sue you over an unpaid speeding ticket if you pay the ticket. The reason why this might wo…

The thesis is that mortgages are not primarily a service a bank provides to a homeowner. They are a financial product that banks sell to institutional investors (as an example) that want a guaranteed …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_bunny There's a dedicated subculture of women that like hockey players called "puck bunnies".…

You're telling me that TVs really are targeting me with secret messages and listening to everything I say?

This disruption is already happening with the rise of co-operative education. Schools like the University of Waterloo have amazing job-market outcomes with 5-year degrees that alternate between educat…

In addition to what others have said, that's an accessibility concern. There are many people who have a physical inability to handwrite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgr…