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Comment · 8 months ago
I've never yet seen a linter option for assignment alignment, but would definitely use it if it were available
Comment · 9 months ago
As a parent of early-teen children I don't want a ban, I want better tools to supervise and educate my kids about using SM safely.

- Searchable history of all content that has been viewed on the app

- Age-based content/functionality restrictions, with sensible defaults

- SM account DOB set from device DOB, with no override

- Parental controls implemented consistently across all apps

- Free comprehensive public education programme for parents about using SM safety

Some of this already exists, but not widely and is rarely done well.

Comment · 9 months ago
A good (if slightly dated) book on the subject:

How the Wolf Became the Dog by Mark Derr

This is an active, and fast-moving, research area and I'd be keen to read something more up-to-date.

Comment · 11 years ago
I've got a lot of love for py.test right now. http://pytest.org/latest/

I feel I'm able to write much more concise test scripts than I could with unittest.

Comment · 11 years ago
"Most people I spoke to in Cuba work for the state and have zero incentive to deliver anything above the bare minimum. They get paid the same either way. Even the private restaurants lack the fervor of a competitive business, since the economic environment they work in is still completely controlled even if they themselves are private."

Interesting article, but this statement is completely opposed to my own experience. I went to Cuba 4 years ago and nearly everyone I met had something running on the side. One guy said that "everyone has two jobs, they job you're given and the job you love" (he was a tour guide who did photography on the side).

I a country where many (admittedly not all) basic needs are taken care of by the state, the people are able to pursue their own aspirations, as the guy featured in the article has done.

"zero incentive" = neo-liberal bollocks.

Comment · 13 years ago
My dad earned 'the equivalent of' an MSc in the air force in the 70's. Those qualifications didn't translate well in to the real world back then.
Comment · 13 years ago
I wasn't a fan of 'Strange Loop' either. I'll be buying this one though.
Comment · 13 years ago
> I don't have too much time left. My 20ies are gone.

In the first decade of life, you are who your parent want you to be.

In the second decade of life, you are who your friends want you to be.

In your third decade of life, you discover who you want to be.

In the fourth decade of life, you become who you want to be.

You've got all the time left. You've only just started.

I'm also 30, and only now do I feel that I'm emotionally and intellectually mature enough to claim my life as my own.

Good luck.

Comment · 13 years ago
So... hospitals can reject the uninsured even more quickly...?

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