scubbo

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"X depends on or is built up on Y" does not imply "X is Y". Concepts, laws, techniques, etc. can depend or be higher-order expressions of QM without being QM. If you started asking a QM scientist about tensile strength or the Mohs scale they would (rightly) be confused.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

With the jobmarket the way it is?

Historically awful? Don't get me wrong, the advice is still solid, but this was a weird way to preface it - it's the hardest time in my 10-year career to "just find a new job".

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Every day this place becomes more like Reddit

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

And people give Python shit for significant whitespace ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Appreciate the feedback, thanks!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That came across my recommendation queue the other day - despite my dislike for horror, it looks interesting enough that I might check it out!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Wel, I guess I'm rewatching that tonight...

(For the uninitiated: Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz, aka "the guy from Silicon Valley and Jean-Ralphio from Parks & Rec", did an improv series on Netflix - and it's great)

[โ€“] [email protected] 68 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

I would never compare, being a sex worker is obviously incredibly more honorable

But...saying that something is more honorable than something else is comparing them?

EDIT: to be clear, her point is absolutely valid. This isn't (to misquote a replier) "But I must find way for sex lady be dumb". Her actual point is spot-on. This particular linguistic evolution just feels weird to me - feels like the new "literally".

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The way the score is calculated is hidden from the public

I mean.....technically, I guess, the specific parameters are hidden? But the meaningful actions - the ways in which you can improve your score - are extremely clearly advertized.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not exactly a passionate advocate for the system - but it's nowhere near as obfuscated as people claim. And if you accept the premise that there needs to be some algorithmic way to evaluate someone's creditworthiness, "their past reliability in repaying debts" is a pretty reasonable choice.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Yes, the same EU. The fact that it's considering some poor choices doesn't detract from the fact that it's actions thus far have been positive and deserve appreciation. Real Life doesn't split people neatly into heroes and villains.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It is absolutely insane to me that people rag on the Python packing ecosystem when TypeScript exists. Sure, Python's not perfect (Rust and Go seem better, from the small amount I've dabbled with them), but way easier and more stable than any TS project I've worked on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

They're not inherently insulting - there are ways to use those phrases appropriately, but they can be (and often are) used sarcastically, when the speaker had been clear in the first place.

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