orangepanda

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Comment · 17 days ago
Dividends are part of the total returns and cant just be ignored. Taking them into account, the break-even point is non-insignificantly earlier.

It’s the total returns that matter, not just stock price.

Comment · 2 months ago
Counterpoint: Anglerfish
Comment · 2 months ago
I’d prefer anyone else over an athlete or a celebrity, regardless of height. Humans are allowed to have different preferences.
Comment · 2 months ago
How could it be defined behaviour, when the result is different on ARM and x86?
Comment · 3 months ago
> A byte order mark is a special use of the zero width no-break space character U+FEFF at the beginning of a text file

Isnt BOM allowed to appear anywhere in the file, because of file concatenation?

Comment · 3 months ago
The one from Black Mirror?
Comment · 4 months ago
The dots do help a little, but not much. I wouldnt use my phone for long while in a vehicle, though at the very least I no longer dread having to briefly read a text message if I have to.

I found your note on bad drivers interesting. For me, it's the quick acceleration, braking and turning that's the worst. A bit anecdotal, but I also experience car sickness less with women drivers. Maybe because they're usually easier on the acceleration and brakes?

Comment · 5 months ago
What everyone actually cares about — new emojis!

* Cracking face

* Left/Right thumb sign

* Monarch butterfly

* Pickle

* Lighthouse

* Meteor

* Eraser

* Net with handle

Comment · 6 months ago
The double space after a period, with the added effort to avoid browser whitespace condensing, is an interesting style choice. Is it meant to mimic old academic publications?

While present in some of their previous articles sparingly, this is the first one to use it consistently.

Comment · 6 months ago
Is this meant to be a poor explanation of sixth normal form?
Comment · 6 months ago
Is that what they call visiting private islands these days?
Comment · 7 months ago
> Nobody likes throwing away work they've done

I like throwing away work I've done. Frees up my mental capacity for other work to throw away.

Comment · 8 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
> What should this function be named? I didn't care. Where should this config live? I didn't care. My brain was full. Not from writing code - from judging code.

Does it matter anymore? Most good engineering principles are to ensure code is easy to read and maintain by humans. When we no longer are the target audience for that, many such decisions are no longer relevant.

Comment · 9 months ago
> they need to fire their marketing staff

Sounds like they did just that. Ereyesterday.

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