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New comment by venomsnake in "There are no open issues or pull requests on Flask"

venomsnake — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 07:21:20 +0000

The larger the codebase, the greater the need for stronger typing.

When dealing with JS this typing should be in the head of the developer. Too hard and too unreliable.

Typescript seems to be having it's heart in the right place though.

New comment by venomsnake in "SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 is heavily mutated and evades vaccine-induced antibodies"

venomsnake — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:28:08 +0000

The question is are outcomes in vaccinated people comparable to flu - if yes - we can freely ignore it. Or people that have natural immunity. Or unvaccinated.

I have a bad feeling that with focus just on antibodies we're ignoring the important metrics. Which is outcomes.

New comment by venomsnake in "Tesla crash in September showed similarities to fatal Mountain View accident"

venomsnake — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:09:13 +0000

I think you misunderstand the GP - he is stating that - even if pilots with their rigorous training can make such disastrous mistakes, with car autopilots it will be way worse.

New comment by venomsnake in "The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’"

venomsnake — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 06:27:20 +0000

The recipe is the easy part. The execution and getting the right ingredients is all important.

Granma X was awesome not because of the recipe but because she practiced her whole life making it.

New comment by venomsnake in "The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track"

venomsnake — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 06:08:50 +0000

Boring itself is highly optimized - the oil industry likes their holes long, stable and cheap. So the tech is there. It is the other stuff that bogs down a project.

New comment by venomsnake in "What People Think You Can’t Say in Silicon Valley"

venomsnake — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 08:14:28 +0000

I can think of one taboo opinion - supporting prop 8. Results - being fired. Also it was made effective with back date. The firing of Brendan Eich was as chilling effect as possible.

In the current climate you could get a pitchfork mob after you extremely easy for even stuff perceived as homophobic - as the recent suicide of August Ames showed.

New comment by venomsnake in "German military kicks off heavy lift helicopter competition"

venomsnake — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:04:30 +0000

The laws of physics have progressed even less since 1965

New comment by venomsnake in "Tails 3.0 Released"

venomsnake — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:21:22 +0000

Has there been any pure x86 processor in the last 10 year at all?

New comment by venomsnake in "What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border?"

venomsnake — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:58:05 +0000

They were definitely welcome in Bulgaria and the Balkans

New comment by venomsnake in "For the First Time, Wind on the Plains Supplied More Than Half Region's Power"

venomsnake — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:21:46 +0000

Real investment usually means lots of real jobs. So win win.

New comment by venomsnake in "Encrypted email is still a pain"

venomsnake — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:58:28 +0000

All of those are controlled by a single company. A single point of failure. Untill there is good enough protocol anyone can run a server of and it is - pgp stays the least worst option.

All of those messingers are terrible - in email you cannhave multiple conversations with the same person by design. In thoae you can't. There is no messinger with decent history search.

New comment by venomsnake in "Considerations on Cost Disease"

venomsnake — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:58:31 +0000

Different culture. People like, use, and depend on subways so they like the extensions and expect their governments to get shit done. And in Europe the power of a single individual to block major project is limited.

New comment by venomsnake in "Considerations on Cost Disease"

venomsnake — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:31:08 +0000

I think I can explain the subway costs - the construction itself is relatively cheap - tunneling and excavating is something mine companies do regularly on a bigger scale.

It is the NIMBY, regulations and not breaking anything. Unlike China you cannot rule by decree - there be subway here - dig.

New comment by venomsnake in "Considerations on Cost Disease"

venomsnake — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:21:33 +0000

> Is there any reason to not adjust for inflation?

Lies, damned lies and statistics. It is easier to mislead if you don't adjust.

New comment by venomsnake in "Anyone Can Become a Troll: Causes of Trolling Behavior in Online Discussions [pdf]"

venomsnake — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:19:03 +0000

Politics doesn't get flagged because people on general love to fight about it. We love to humiliate, mock, gotcha, and insult the adversaries, and banning them deprives us of that pleasure.

New comment by venomsnake in "The Parachute Generation"

venomsnake — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 21:58:31 +0000

240 is also on the low side. I would prefer 480 to keep the amps on the low side. Buuut that is what happens when nobody future proofs fundamental standards.

New comment by venomsnake in "Saudi Arabia builds 600-mile border wall equipped with Airbus radar and helipads"

venomsnake — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:22:11 +0000

It it is fast and lightweight and cheap shooting it down also won't be hard. you don't need a missile, you need a bullet.

New comment by venomsnake in "I'm Loyal to Nothing Except the Dream"

venomsnake — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:22:20 +0000

The reapolitik is the only valid view in international relations (outside of one pole empire, but it is impossible on the current scale of the planet with current state). We live in realpolitik world currently - case in point Saudi Arabia on the human rights council. This is possible only in realpolitik world. In any other type of world relations it will be impossible.

Also - any US leaning dictator getting a pass. Like Saddam, Noriega, Pinochett. Which met their demise after refusing to obey their CIA overlords.

For Iran - if Iran us enemy - which the current administration thinks so, giving their citizens education is bad unless you ban them from exiting US after getting said education. And prevent them from taking the know how there.

If Iranian people had the means to overthrow the theocracy they would have already done it.

New comment by venomsnake in "Saudi Arabia builds 600-mile border wall equipped with Airbus radar and helipads"

venomsnake — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:49:16 +0000

Something ends, something begins. We are at a time in history which the textbooks describe with maps with arrows on them.

New comment by venomsnake in "I'm Loyal to Nothing Except the Dream"

venomsnake — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:45:41 +0000

In the world of realpolitik humanitarian is not a valid reason.

Educating the citizens of a country that you may have to go war with soon is also not a way to further your national interest - if we define US interest as unchallenged US might.

It all depends on the perspective in which you view the other countries.