thraway-burnout

This is a bit like the "Islam is a religion of peace" discourse. I'm sure it is, but:

OOP as actually implemented and found in the wild isn't about Smalltalk or message passing. It's about transforming functions into methods by unnecessarily wrapping behaviour in classes, as an example of cargo-cult programming.

OOP the idea is great. How do you actually find it in the world?

Is this article using Violet to refer to Indigo?

So there are no gay flight attendants? There isn't an overrepresentation of gay people within flight service?

I didn't say all flight attendants are gay – this is obviously not the case. But some are, and I've met quite a few of them. And if I try to average out their voice and mannerisms in my mind, it leads me to a sonic place that's close to this voice.

But it isn't "just a voice", isn't it?

It's part of a socio-cultural Zeitgeist which actively combats values which I think are worth defending.

> Bengaluru is now the official name in the English language.

Who made it official? On what authority? The name in English is the name people use in English. Maybe Bengaluru is now the name in Indian Official English?

Until today, if I read something about Bangaluru, I wouldn't even know it's Bangalore.

Or maybe because it kinda does sound like a gay flight attendant.

Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe.

I rather a female assistant voice, because mothers in human societies are women, and we're hard-wired to find motherly voices more soothing.

This is getting out of hand, it's unnatural, fits strictly in the uncanny valley, and is borderline disgusting; both in terms of sound and in terms of politico-cultural values and intentions.

> There's no reason to jump down a new user's throat. If you are annoyed by a question, move on, let others deal with it if they so want. Or improve it.

But then you're keeping them ignorant. Letting them know they're expected to do their part is a net positive in the long run, for everyone involved.

As far as I know it has to do with documentation, easier scheduling of the interviews for people who live far away from the consulate, as well as some queueing thing.

Clearly I know very little.

> It would also be completely unrealistic as millions of Brazilians would just go to the US and stay there.

Millions? I don't think so. Maybe a few thousands? I think you overestimate the amount of people in Brazil who fancy a life in the US. Furthermore, I also think you overestimate the amount of people who, fancying a life in the US, are actually able to secure financial and social resources to move there.

Brazilians have visa-free access to Europe[0] and you don't see "millions of Brazilians" just going there and staying. Why would it be different?

[0] Technically there's a visa which is granted on arrival

> whereas the U.S. consulates abroad don't allow this option.

I wouldn't know whether this is allowed or not, as I never had use for such a service, but I know a few people myself who used an expediter in Brazil ("despachante") to ease the process of getting a U.S. visa.

Brazil doesn't belong to Bolsonaro.

Also, presuming you're also not a fan of Trump, would you then advocate for all tourism to the USA to cease?

I don't think that's a rational position.

Exactly like the reverse case. What would be better for Brazil is to waive requirements both ways. This just puts Brazil in a clear position of inferiority.