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Comment · 5 months ago
I think a astronomically better example would be programs in the Netherlands, Denmark or Switzerland, where people heavily addicted to heroine can get into programs that will provide them with pharmaceutical heroine. Still prescribed by doctors (although specialized ones), but not just for pulling a wisdom tooth with huge margins for the Sacklers...
Comment · 5 months ago
I believe OP wanted to make the point that one of the most important things for people profiting from the illegal sale of drugs (meth or heroin/opiates) is to minimize the amount that has to be trafficked (1kg of 10% meth vs 100g of pure meth or 1kg of heroin vs 10g of fentanyl).

I believe this explanation is too simplistic...

Comment · 8 months ago
Normally the risk of airborne spores taking over your growing material is much more likely than your (most of the time very selected and in no way adapted to the "normal" surroundings you try to grow them in) taking over your home. Keep in mind that almost all fungi like similar conditions and there are already loads of spores of fungi that are more adapted to your living conditions in the air.
Comment · 11 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Yup. Got my own domain(s) and use a different address for all my services (like with Gmail where you could append +service to your email but with a completely distinct email per service like [email protected]). Helped my several times to identify spam & phishing without even having to check the E-Mail itself.
Comment · 1 year ago
That's kind of how you do it in go. Either:

1. Bubble up error (as is/wrapped/different error. 2. Handle error & have a (possibly complex) new code path.

There's also the panic/recover that sometimes is misused to emulate exceptions.

Comment · 2 years ago
My girlfriend (who has quite severe ADHD) is exactly like you. Before she can get any work done in our office everything needs to be put away/organized/in it's place or she'll get detracted all the time.
Comment · 2 years ago
Didn't you encounter the problems because you tried to simplify reality by using an abstraction?
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Or just going to a concert hall and having your coat hung right next to the bank robber or somebody who visited the bank-robber etc.
Comment · 2 years ago
Hasn’t the percentage an average person spends on housing significantly increased in the past 50 (or 20) years?

Additionally I can’t follow your second thought: are you saying that the inflation rate is directly correlated with the rate of the value of innovation dispersement? E.g. a high inflation should eventually lead to a high dispersion of innovations/a more innovative culture?

Comment · 2 years ago
Not arguing for the OPs argument but observing a pattern over a longer timespan doesn’t mean that the pattern can be observed during the whole timespan.

At the same time IMHO you’re right in pointing out that gold is a poor measurement of the true cost of a house.

Comment · 2 years ago
I think you mistyped J code. I don't know any J but what I understood from your comment that it should be something like

  </ +. >/ *.
Comment · 2 years ago
Doesn't the device need satellite connectivity?
Comment · 3 years ago

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