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Reminds me of this 20Q toy I had as a kid: https://youtu.be/2C1No7cv84o?si=xAFibiv9LeVxM-rF

When you say "bag semantics" are you just referring to Set Theory? Is there a formal distinction between bags and sets?

Just say immigrant. No need to make sure people know you're talking about the white kind.

Michael Pollan has an interesting take on being addicted to Coffee. He suspects most of the modern world is thanks to caffeine and coffee breaks. His conclusion is: although there are some 'negative' side effects, those effects are minimal and the positive effects outweighs them considerably.

There are many embellished, hand wavy statements in this comment.

Could you give real world examples of:

  * "In reality, components have complex interactions far outside of what is captured in the component interfaces"
  * How template metaprogramming "precisely express[es] behavioral contracts... that are difficult to do in other languages" 

I think you contradict your poetry with "Any non-trivial software system has to be reasoned about as a monolith at some level to correctly address complexity". If _any_ non-trivial software system _can_ be reasoned about as a monolith then it is true there exists some model with sufficient simplicity that there are well-defined discrete components.

Walmart Canada has used blockchain [1] to better their supply chains systems. I suspect when you say you "haven't found one legitimate use case for blockchain" you're referring to the consumer space based on current offerings. I would argue that "blockchain" just as an idea and technology has plenty of use cases.

[1] https://hbr.org/2022/01/how-walmart-canada-uses-blockchain-t...

Would still be constrained to head-of-line blocking which HTTP/3 aims to solve.

To add to this I believe the fundamental issue is intent. Deterministic feeds and "organic" virality is trusting purely human intent. Modern algorithms muddy the network of intent and my tin foil hat take is that we're hard-wired to perceive everything as intent from some other human.

I don't have much of an opinion on generational living, but could you elaborate on how it guarantees women disproportionately end up with kin work? Also I find it interesting that the institution of motherhood is completely removed from the modern day narrative of empowerment. As long as it is fairly left up to the woman to choose, why would choosing motherhood not be empowering?

This mindset is exactly why these assistants are bad. Start with the UX then work backwards from there and make it happen.

I would ammend the last two points and say Chemistry is Physics applied to physical primitives and Biology is Chemistry applied to organic phenomena or something like that.

He asked for alternative websites. You gave him the same kind of response he's getting on Stack Overflow that's prompting him to seek alternatives in the first place.