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I blame the "queer" contingent to a large degree. Why? It is a political identity rather than sexual orientation and isn't about gay & lesbian civil rights and is casting a long shadow over our hard-won acceptance in society.

If you're a gay man in your 50s, "queer" is the last word you heard before you had your head bashed in.

I think everyone would be better off if the queer and the trans communities don't continue to latch onto the gay and lesbian (i.e. homosexual) community. For they splice not on sexual orientation but on something else and we do not share the same interests or concerns.

What if you used something like VSCode if you don't like Xcode?

Or one of the many many others that exist? A quick google yielded this one for example: https://stackedit.io

Be resourceful :-)

I taught myself (early 80s, pre-internet or pre-BBS). These days the resources are infinite. You don't need a "teacher".

Be curious. Take initiative. Try things.

Just use a plain text editor.

Yes.

This is a closed question (asks for yes/no answer). Better to ask open-ended questions, like "What inspiration did you get from Dune?" or "What other books did you enjoy after reading Dune?" etc.

Open-ended question lead to more curiosity and interesting conversation.

.md files are mostly (only?) used by engineers. Why build and maintain a second app when you already have something that does the job sufficiently?

> Or just don't protect trade secrets (the entire point of patents is that trade secrets are harmful to society), and require all software to come with source,

That would infringe upon my freedom as a creator of software. No thanks.

when you think words carry the same impact as actions, you get these very poor outcomes. talk is cheap. it soothes the ego but doesn't move atoms.

One of the most vocally progressive cities in the United States is the most regressive when it comes to actually improving real people's lives.

> Hamas-run health ministry says

Hamas is a right-wing terrorist organization that treats women as second-class, kills gays, etc.

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

That the BBC would elevate their voice is a disgrace.

> does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

oh yay.

> Individually, you have to accept migrants if your personal demographic is below the replacement rate.

No, you don't have to.

> The community has to pick a lane.

There isn’t one mind. We are unique individuals with different opinions. Opinions of an individual can even be contradictory!

he might be in "the flow" but he lacks taste in usability.

What has your research unveiled so far?

I think this misunderstands reading. Have you read a book this way? What did it feel like and what did you miss compared to reading in silence or to music?

Nevertheless, good luck with your idea and venture!

Sure. The rent does give you polish, however.

Also, for non-commercial use, Delphi is free.

How about building in Common Lisp instead?

> The dichotomy between female figures associated with fertility and nurturing and male figures linked to power and strength suggests that gender roles were well defined in these communities.

Of course. This is the standard outcome of anisogamy, i.e. reproduction involving two different gamete types: typically large gametes (eggs) and small gametes (sperm). This is the biological basis for the male/female sex distinction.

Culture (and science) fiddle with the biological imperatives but cannot erase them and the further you go back in time the more biology rules.

Share it when you're done! Even if it isn't complete complete.

> > 5.1. Remember to free the class instances > > The class instances have to be manually freed, otherwise you get memory leaks. > manual memory management in 2026?

Depends on compiler & runtime. If you pick Oxygene, for example, you get GC etc. https://www.remobjects.com/elements/oxygene/language

> If the current path... Seems like an oligarchy to me.

You are arguing it might, not that it is.

The good news is the ocean is vast. You don't need to be on a Titanic.

> I see kids ... discuss post-modern philosophy

Tell us more?

The issue is that you're talking in abstraction and it isn't clear what the concrete thing is you're thinking of. Bluntly: you're being obscure rather than illuminating.

For instance, with respect to this article, which is about test scores, how does dynamical systems theory describe what's going on or predict consequences?

Is your point that earth is not at a "stable point" or "stable range" but it used to be?

Or are you talking about another system like "society" or "civilization"? Or something else altogether?

restate in simple language please?

> For starters, the entire framing of AI in public discourse is based on the way that Amodei and Altman want them to be framed, with little consideration given to alternative ways of framing the current and prospective future capabilities of AI.

Assuming that is a threshold that means they are oligarchs (which seems like a huge stretch), I thought I'm seeing vigorous discourse and debate on this. Not just a single POV. You don't?

> (and then Delphi) had.

And still does. You can get the latest version of Delphi (including a free version for non-commercial use) here: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi

It rocks.

You're also not limited to Delphi. You can use Oxygene https://www.remobjects.com/elements/oxygene/language

In what way do Amodei or Altman control a country or an industry?

More websites would be more accessible if you can throw good automation at it. AI seems particularly well-suited to evaluate various dimensions of accessibility of a website.