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New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "IntelliJ IDEA 2023.2"

Idiot_in_Vain — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:53:26 +0000

I'm only using Java and IntelliJ occasionally, but haven't noticed any slowdowns. Wonder if people who complain just have slow PCs or Macs.

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "RNA editing is common in behaviorally sophisticated coleoid cephalopods (2017)"

Idiot_in_Vain — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:03:41 +0000

Those are week tools. If you want to greatly improve your evolutionary fitness have as many kids as possible (preferably with multiple partners). E.g. sign up as a sperm donor.

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "Prigozhin's troll factories in Russia: What's next?"

Idiot_in_Vain — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:32:14 +0000

One of Putin bodygards or cooks will take over.

The power of walking: Live longer, maintain a healthy weight, boost your mood

Idiot_in_Vain — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:31:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/the-power-of-walking-live-longer-maintain-a-healthy-weight-boost-your-mood-and-banish-aches-and-pains/a1243363272.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36716275

Points: 42

# Comments: 3

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "Is ORM still an anti-pattern?"

Idiot_in_Vain — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 07:52:15 +0000

Why do physics, chemistry, biology keeps changing? Why don't scientists get it right once?

What a stupid question.

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "Is ORM still an anti-pattern?"

Idiot_in_Vain — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:42:01 +0000

Of course everyone is free to have their own opinion, but for good reasons the opinions of the people who create new ORMs, frameworks, languages, OSs, lead big complex projects at big corp are generally valued more that the opinions of those who see dev work as nothing more than a way to make a buck.

And yes ORMs and other tools used in software industry often look over engineered if one doesn't want to understand in depth the problems they are solving, but wants to quickly solve a business problem.

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "Is ORM still an anti-pattern?"

Idiot_in_Vain — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:57:17 +0000

Or maybe you haven't taken the time to learn those tools and techniques and this is why you think they are anti-patterns. The people who set the trends in the development industry are extremely smart.

Take for example ORMs - people already know SQL and are often too lazy or un-motivated to learn their ORM of choice in depth. So for them the ORM is confusing and SQl just works. But an ORM eliminates a ton of code that needs to be written and maintained. Boilerplate code to read a row from DB than map it to an object or a map. Boilerplate code to do DB inserts and updates. Optionally boileplate code to track changes. Any decent ORM allows one to bypass it's mechanisms and in the edge cases write SQL directly.

It's essentially the same argument people used countless times in the past - e.g. why learn a higher level language, if they never work and I can do anything in C.

Ukraine updates: Focus moves to Russia amid Wagner rebellion

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 14:32:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-focus-moves-to-russia-amid-wagner-rebellion/a-66019165

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36459002

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

Cory Doctorow, science fiction as a weapon against the metaverse:We are not free

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 14:31:07 +0000

Article URL: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-06-21/cory-doctorow-science-fiction-as-a-weapon-against-the-metaverse-we-are-not-free-and-we-dont-know-it.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36458994

Points: 12

# Comments: 5

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "[dead]"

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 14:05:43 +0000

Interesting who and why is doing the flagging.

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "The Cheapest Crypto Tax Software on the Net"

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 12:58:00 +0000

What exactly does it do?

I live in UK, would it be able to work out how much tax I need to pay on crypto gains?

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief blames war on defence minister"

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 10:52:00 +0000

No way. No one rose in Putin Russia because of cracking down on corruption - it's the life blood of the regime.

For a long time Shouigu was a minister of emergencies and had very good PR strategy - there were always TV crews following his every move, that were paid from his ministry budget.

Urgent: Putin orders neutralization of Wagner rebellion organizers

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:54:16 +0000

Article URL: https://english.news.cn/20230624/d6bce09e1e5c4e69a55a15cba18542a7/c.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36456848

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Wagner chief vows to topple Russia’s top military leadership

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:26:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/23/russian-authorities-launch-criminal-probe-into-wagner-group

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36456693

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "Rostov, Russian logistics/C2 hub, occupied by Wagner"

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:20:51 +0000

Rostov and Voronej now both occupied by Wagner.

Putin vows to punish Wagner mercenaries accused of Russia mutany

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 07:54:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-66006142

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36456558

Points: 21

# Comments: 0

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "The rule says, “No vehicles in the park”"

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 07:53:37 +0000

Prigozhin rolls his tanks through the park on his way to Moscow. Does he violate the rule?

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief blames war on defence minister

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 07:42:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-65996531

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36456488

Points: 35

# Comments: 6

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "BlackRock and JPMorgan help set up Ukraine reconstruction bank"

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 03:21:12 +0000

BlackRock and JPMorgan are going to make huge profits on the reconstructions. Hopefully the money goes into really rebuilding the country and doesn't get stolend by corrupted officials and banksters.

New comment by Idiot_in_Vain in "[dead]"

Idiot_in_Vain — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 03:15:07 +0000

Why would the Russians care, if it's all over the news?