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fergie
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  1. I feel like the "I'm a 16 year old high school senior" thing is some kind of social engineering- his knowledge seems a bit too broad.

    But who knows.

  2. Surely for debugging and auditing it's always better to write libs in JavaScript? Also, given that much of TypeScripts utilty is for improving the developer experience- is it still as relevant for machine-generated code?
  3. > A lot of people leave their self-hosted runners running 24/7

    Don't they generally only kick in when you push or merge?

  4. I think youre mixing up two seperate concerns: functionality and standards. It seems to me that there could absolutely be a "dumb browser" that sticks to (and develops) web standards and is also relatively popular
  5. > Modern HTML/CSS with Web Components and JSDoc is underrated.

    I've been a front end developer for 25 years. This is also my opinion.

  6. This article is actually a veiled, but sensible argument for less income tax and more wealth tax.
  7. Such a good game- very ahead of its time, great look and feel. Weird that it was allowed to wither and die.
  8. Is there some sort of example exploit somewhere?
  9. I did some contract work for Microsoft a few years ago (2011-2013). It was striking how much pressure was put on you to dogfood Microsoft stuff at the expense of basically everything. I can only imagine what it must be like at the moment.
  10. > "It is unbelievable a private consultancy was paid $78 million to redesign the website," Mr Littleproud said.

    This is the crux of the issue. If you have outsourced software engineering competency, yet one of your core missions is maintaining a large pile of software, then this is the inevitable result.

  11. Is it possible for hobbyists to set a hard cut off for spending? Like, "SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN IF COSTS EXCEED $50"
  12. This line also gave me that vibe
  13. I’m 25 years in and still firmly in the beginner zone
  14. Emacs is probably the most user-friendly editor. Its just not very beginner-friendly.
  15. "Collaboration as it stands today is considered alpha, and for the time being, is free for all to use!"

    This doesn't fill me with confidence.

  16. Your informative, water-tight argument has convinced me.
  17. Yes. This was literally a case study for my Sociology degree in the '90s.

    (I would also mindfully say that there is a lot of subtle political propaganda in the UK around this issue- the powers that be want the public to blame train drivers for the failures of privatisation)

  18. > They are expensive, but that is partly because rail workers are well paid

    This is in fact an interesting by-product of privatisation: train drivers became rarer due to shareholder reluctance to train and recruit them. They consequently became more expensive. A somewhat fun side effect of the free market, especially given the prevailing assumption that moving public sector employees into the private sector would drive down their pay and conditions.

  19. > It is supposed to be an answering machine, not some emotional support system.

    Many people would beg to differ.

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