CapstanRoller

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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Please don't troll.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
>I can't find any evidence that anyone has ever died from bisphenol-A poisoning.

That's like talking about cigarettes and claiming people don't die from nicotine, therefore smoking isn't a problem. Missing the point terribly.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
A quantum leap is actually a tiny event e.g. an electron energy level transition
Comment · 2 years ago
There are always downsides:

your personal card can get fraud-flagged, which is a huge pain to fix.

It can also get banned by Stripe/Braintree/etc, which will really mess things up until your bank issues you a new card number.

Never use a personal card for testing, maybe with the exception of being the sole proprietor of the business or if it's a hobby project.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Any job that asks you to buy your own equipment, especially a computer, is a scam (unless you are a freelancer, in which case you should already have equipment)
Comment · 2 years ago
>Many people don't know that you have to milk a dairy cow twice a day because they produce so much milk.

Why? This doesn't seem natural (or ethical)

>In today's world, farmers need to have more cows than they could ever milk by hand.

Why? This doesn't seem sustainable (or ethical)

Comment · 2 years ago
>Ask (pressure) the developers into buying some cheap stuff from your shop with their own credit cards

This is illegal. I've always refused such "requests" and asked for a company expense card.

Comment · 2 years ago
Anarchism isn't a belief, but rather a political-philosophical framework with some very specifically-defined foundational aspects.

Imagine discussing math and programming with someone who insists that pi=3 and GOTO is the best control flow mechanism.

Comment · 2 years ago
It is possible to decrease entropy locally, but not globally. You can only push entropy somewhere else, and that pushing creates even more entropy.

This is why refrigerators keep food cold but heat up the room, and why it's impossible to "air-condition the outdoors"

Comment · 2 years ago
>For example, you're leaving your home computer and going to work. Save a link and see what's going on there.

Doesn't this require leaving the computer unlocked?

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