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Cerealkiller050··on Python type hints may not be not for me in practice
Dealing with this currently in a giant old legacy python 2.7 codebase that was migrated to 3.10 in the past year. I do see the requirement @ 3.12, is there a specific reason for this that wouldn't be available to 3.10?
Cerealkiller050··on Nexx garage door controllers use a universal password
From Nexx's contact us page:

"All Nexx products are protected with the latest encryption technology running on US-based cloud servers and backed by an American company. Nexx Home App is developed by our US engineers and is updated regularly to conform with the latest security standards for IoT devices."

Cerealkiller050··on PhD students face cash crisis with wages that don’t cover living costs
Then you look at the revenue college football brings in to the rest of the university, the coach salaries looks like a bargain.

Not only that, for most universities college football (some men's basketball) cover all the other men's and women's sports that hemorrhage money.

Cerealkiller050··on I got a computer science degree in 3 months for less than $5000 (2020)
Just as a data point, I did just this

2 years community college: 4 semesters, ~$1,400

2 years university: 9 quarters (took 1 summer), ~$12,500

These are early 2010's numbers in California, not a private university.

I look back and I am pleased with the education I received for the most part, especially in my major (CS)

Cerealkiller050··on New York's largest healthcare provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated workers
This is the one thing I just don't get. I check the news everyday to see if the U.S. government has clarified the natural immunity part. The amount of research on it seems good, and other countries already acknowledge it and use it.

Why??

Cerealkiller050··on Storm Chaser Spots Rare Quadruple Microburst in Texas
Grew up in Blythe, and during the monsoon season (going on right now, actually), had the pleasure of enduring 2 of these microbursts. They are INTENSE.

My favorite video of one of these is here: https://youtu.be/dOSIjoZnHwI

Cerealkiller050··on Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine
I remember seeing and playing this on a cruise ship.

It was a dollar per try, and I shoved in 5 bucks. By the 4th try it was NOTICEABLE that if you press the button at the "right time", there was a lag before it overshot it and you failed. I pretty much could guess that something like the article discusses was at work, and was simply more a game of luck.

Obviously I stopped after that, as a pure luck game is not as fun. If I had known that the default was 700 losses before payout as a default, I would have had a nice drink or 3 and counted the many people that tried it throughout the day

As a side note, saw one winner at the machine get a wrapped stack of 500, 1 dollar bills

Cerealkiller050··on Monetizing Stupid
"consider yourself superior to people who believe in astrology"

I mean...at some point a spade HAS to be a spade for this type of thing

Cerealkiller050··on Branch predictor: How many “if”s are too many?
This jives with the overall point of the article of keep it simple and readable. The semi fancy indexing caused 2 errors and the upside is negligible after the compiler gets done with it.
Cerealkiller050··on ‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the world’s democracies
This post is gonna be a good litmus test to see how many people read this comment to the end before they start attacking their keyboards
Cerealkiller050··on Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke
This is a good point.

Unsure if that index referenced, or any other studies/reports on this subject, account for this in terms WHY the donation happened or motive.

It does include willingness to help a stranger and volunteerism too, and those are ranked top 3 as well and doesn't reduce tax bills.

Cerealkiller050··on Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke
"Especially being an American"

I have always heard the complete opposite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Giving_Index

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/28/the_ge...