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affinepplan··on You should write "without bugs"
slow is smooth smooth is fast.

applies to nearly everything.

affinepplan··on UnitedHealth overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
shocked, shocked I tell you
affinepplan··on Test if a number is even
wrong. it's not any more correct than 1. that's the key part of an "equivalence" class is that the elements are "equivalent"
affinepplan··on WTF Happened in 1971? (2019)
crypto fixes this /s
affinepplan··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
I know, it was sarcasm
affinepplan··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
surely this will be the big break for bluesky
affinepplan··on Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
I guess I kind feel like yeah the person operating the heavy machinery at high speed does bear more responsibility for the damage they cause rather than their victims
affinepplan··on Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
this is a very uncharitable characterization of communities' desires for safe, quiet, and walkable/bikeable neighborhoods
affinepplan··on 43K fewer drivers on Manhattan roads after congestion pricing turned on
the people who most strongly value $9 over a drive into lower Manhattan, to be more accurate
affinepplan··on Spain proposes 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU residents
in Canada, like in the US, it's a lack of supply mostly because of draconian zoning and land-use policies. Chinese immigrants are NOT the primary cause of housing cost inflation, and are likely not even in the top 10 causes.
affinepplan··on Spain proposes 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU residents
NIMBYism making it extremely difficult and expensive to build supply as is needed.

in 1946 the US had a population of 141M and built 700k housing units

in 2024 the US had a population of 336M and built 90k housing units

affinepplan··on Spain proposes 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU residents
so is there any actual evidence that foreign home ownership is causing meaningful housing price inflation in Spain? or is this just uninformed pandering like it is in the US
affinepplan··on The Origins of Wokeness
wojack-meme levels of insight
affinepplan··on What happened when a city started accepting - not evicting - homeless camps
sucks to suck.

don't put 200% of your net worth into a depreciating asset.

affinepplan··on Zed – The Editor for What's Next
does remoting work with the REPL or notebooks yet?
affinepplan··on Optimizers need a rethink
just in case you're interested, Julia does (now) have tools similar to what you're describing, although of course there are still be lots of possible improvements to be made w.r.t. their UX to make these tools more reliable and easier to use

in particular @assert_type_stable and @assert_doesn't_error is largely provided by JET.jl and the effects system, and @assert_doesn't_allocate is (at least partially) provided in AllocCheck.jl

affinepplan··on Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
I mean obviously

wartime economies are like railing a tableful of coke. it'll be super productive for a few years, but the comedown is hard.

affinepplan··on Julia 1.11 Highlights
and 1.10 becomes LTS! exciting
affinepplan··on From Julia to Rust (2021)
I don't think this is an article about switching. The author still uses Julia --- he has just learned Rust as well! This is an article about the learning experience and some notable differences and takeaways from the adventure into Rust.
affinepplan··on Man Is First to Be Charged in New York with Wearing a Mask in Public
don't be disingenuous. they're clearly different kinds of masks.
affinepplan··on [dead]
I bought the lifetime and have not regretted it, definitely my favorite lifting app!

(not a sockpuppet, not paid to post this, just a fan)

affinepplan··on What Was Chevron Deference? (2023)
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo was brought by Ryan Mulvey and Eric Bolinder of the Americans for Prosperity, which is the primary advocacy arm of the Koch brothers to weaken various regulatory bodies.

Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce was brought by lawyers from the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is also funded by the Koch brothers

so hint: it definitely was "big" entities looking to skirt regulations

affinepplan··on Pornhub prepares to block five more states rather than check IDs
I suspect that scouring would find approximately 535 congressmen and 200 million americans.

seriously, how much "blow back" could there possibly be to revealing someone has frequented PH?

affinepplan··on Western Pennsylvania dirt is used in the infields of most MLB stadiums (2017)
the sugar content of a McDonald's bun is public knowledge

Their competitive advantage has nothing to do (or at least extremely little) with recipe trade secrets. Any professional test kitchen could reproduce any McDonald's item within weeks

affinepplan··on Nvidia takes 88% of the GPU market share
having a large market share because your product is superior to your competitors' is hardly anti-consumer
affinepplan··on Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects
this smells very much like selection bias, in that it seems pretty plausible that

* if you have a project that is Very Important To Succeed, a team might be more likely to adopt waterfall

* if you have a project you just want to trial and don't care if it fails, maybe agile practices are more likely

affinepplan··on MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Manhattan
typo
affinepplan··on MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Manhattan
maybe they can make up for it with the revenue from being able to fit in another client instead of sitting in traffic for 2 hours
affinepplan··on MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Manhattan
oh the tragedy

I would be willing to wager that the increased sales / foot traffic from one fewer car trying to make its loud and carcinogenic way through manhattan is well worth the decreased foot traffic from that car's passenger(s)

affinepplan··on MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Manhattan
> Also congestion based pricing strategies have never reduced traffic anywhere they've been implemented

this is so fragrantly incorrect I don't even know how to respond

they absolutely have, including in London

please engage with some of the published research instead of just guessing

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