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Because 'obj' is an object that was generated by a json schema and pulled in as a dependency. The pojo generator was not set up to create immutable objects.
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One of the issues of YouTube is there is "discovery" vs "what I want to watch". https://www.youtube.com is ok for discovery and pulls a lot of the "this is what I…
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One of the issues that comes up is that the "we're building a data center..." and then power in the area scales up to meet the anticipated demand. And then the data centers scale back h…
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In some code that I was working on, I had // stuff
obj.setSomeData(something);
// fifteen lines of other code
obj.setSomeData(something);
// more st…
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I think Think Geek used to have a "frayed cable" usb drive... and there have been "how to" for one such as https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/how-to-make-a-…
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That tickled a memory of a video... and I hunted it up. Adam Savage's Tested : Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5aAd8Oy84 (1 minute i…
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One of the earlier references to the 10x that I've found is in https://www.scribd.com/document/557220119/NNPP-Article > Researchers have found between a low of 5 to …
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A friend of mine back in college was a minesweeper addict - he'd play it all the time on the computer lab staff machine (where he worked) when it was quiet but the manager eventually took all the…
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https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Stack+Exchange... You can download the database for free. Trying to say "give us your payment and tax information so that we can pay…
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Not necessarily. Things like "where do pipes run" so can get tricky along with code requirements for access. There's a NYT article on the challenges about this from a few years ago: So…
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There are multiple groups on Stack Overflow with different (and sometimes conflicting) goals and desires. Corporate measured "engagement" and has been trying things to make that number go up…
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StackOverflow as built back in the days of Web 2.0 where the idea was that user generated content formed in the days of the (relatively) altruistic web. There isn't any clean way to do "cont…
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It is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_el... > During the 2024 general election campaign, allegations were made that illicit bets were placed by pol…
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> How many times Pam Bondi says the word "China" in a press conference. A classic example is the color of the Queen's hat at Royal Ascot. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News…
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https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2100 - The Naming of Hosts The Naming of Hosts is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may th…
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One of my favorite series is Nathan Lowell's Solar Clipper... in In Ashes Born, there's an bit about creating a logo for the company... He pointed to the far end of his studio. Two tin…
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My grandparents' house was this way - the chimney was in the center of the house (built sometime in the late 1800s and rebuilt in the 1950s). The fireplace had a stone chimney - and the kitchen w…
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> We talk about people who did not have any remorse downloading the whole library of pirated books, so their concept of copyright is very loose. It may be a TOS violation - but it is not a copyrigh…
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> Next 20 years is when PRC will really start cooking. In that period, PRC going to be doubling/tripling skilled workforce more than they have now The population pyramid for 2045 for China is …
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I think the suggestion is more around people like Lowell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cabot_Lowell > Despite political independence, the United States remained dep…
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Back in the height of the Atkins diet craze, I got some Larvets and put them in the break room with the sign "high protein carb free snacks - free". https://hotlix.com/produc…
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Might have been the bike share bubble? Asianometry - China's Bonkers Bike-share Bubble https://youtu.be/FQrEDq8KPiU and China Observer - bike graveyard https://youtu.b…
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> Does anyone know on which work visa do models come in then? It can’t be H1B… The H-1B1 visa is the one that we're mostly familiar with. Specialist occupations that require "[t]heoretic…
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> Benefit to the person is probably a path to citizenship As I understand it, from an O-1 visa (a temporary one that needs to be renewed every year after the third), the next step is the Employment…
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The specifics of the law are: 8 CFR 214.2(o)(3) ( https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/part-214/section-214.2#... ) Extraordinary ability in the field of arts m…
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It's the difference in difficulty for the criteria. https://www.pathlawgroup.com/o1b-visa-requirements/ For all other candidates, at least three of the following crite…
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> With online shopping and delivery, the warehouse can be a dark, cramped, hot, robot-filled pandemonium in the worst part of town. Tom Scott - How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?
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If the goal is reducing carbon emissions, making shipping emit half as much (650 Megatonne to 325 Mt) would be less of a gain than making trucking emit only 80% of its carbon (2,230 Mt to 1,830 Mt). T…
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> Not an expert though just saying it opened my eyes to how inefficient "last mile delivery" energy consumption is. One of the oddities of home shopping and delivery is that it can be mo…
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