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Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
That seems a bit counter-evidenced by the fact that he reached an audience much larger than his chosen fields. He had an unique ability to explain complex matters in a very concise manner, which is an awesome presentation skill in its own right.
Comment · 3 years ago
Yes. What's the use of having standards for document handling and guaranteeing their correctness if we then feed them through a black box and accept its interpretation at face value.
Comment · 3 years ago
Considering we have no real way to audit ChatGPT's correctness or security, I find this worrisome at best.
Comment · 3 years ago
Not necessarily. It's common practice to built structure to control and redirect rivers around developments. That doesn't stop it from being a river.
Comment · 3 years ago
Being "naturally formed" isn't a requirement to be a river. Being gravity fed and naturally flowing is. A canal doesn't have significant flow.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I think OP's meaning was clear as it is. No need to put someone down over a small grammar mistake.
Comment · 3 years ago
So, "gangsters and other career criminals" stick to marijuana possession? That doesn't sound like a bad deal...
Comment · 3 years ago
OP isn't citing murder rates, they're citing "violent crime (total)" as mentioned in the linked article.
Comment · 3 years ago
I'm having a hard time coming up with a non-nefarious use case for this.
Comment · 3 years ago
I'm not sure that's quite true. I like many others are by no way a Bash expert, and will generally reach for Python if I have to build anything of reasonable complexity.

I (and many, many like me) have however had enough Bash exposure to do day to day maintenance on Bash scripts.

Comment · 3 years ago
I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.
Comment · 4 years ago

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