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> This blog post doesn't appear to say anything. It's not an apology, it's not an explanation, it doesn't say what they're going to do in response.

On the advice of any good lawyer.

Isn't that the opposite of concerning? It shows that the virus has been in Spain for some time now without noticeable impact.

We're testing people who would ordinarily not be tested already. That doesn't mean the diagnosis is wrong, or that COVID-19 isn't widespread.

Coronavirus has been circulating for months now. Many of us have already beaten it. That's why spread is linear and not gripping the world like it should be at this point: The "spread" is a measurement of panic and vigilant diagnosis. This is most carefully observed cold of all time.

I was stocking up on dry goods and such like everybody else. After the past few days I feel like a panicked fool. Almost every single death report: "Had underlying health conditions."

Different strokes I guess. Getting into/out of the position is my top priority and I see more downside in failing to fill the order than in failing to shave a penny or two.

Unrelated but usually you should place a market order usually, not limit. Limit orders take longer to fill, your idea of limits is probably wrong and will lose money compared to a fair market match, it's not worth taking the risk that your order won't be filled, etc.

Trading with < $1000 is an utter waste of your time. Interactive Brokers has a $10k lower account limit for your own good.

OP talks about getting no response, so I don't think avoiding the 90% of hiring companies relates to their goals.

I'll grant you the families part.

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We have no idea what's happening[1] so maybe paranoia is a reasonable default?

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/politics/us-coronaviru...

> families with four kids

We're talking about San Francisco here.

Yes, and also some companies may be affected more by their own fortunes, or the fortunes of their particular industry, than by the mood of a monolithic "market."

You're forgetting that the stock of more than one company is traded.

The US economy has avoided recession at all costs also, the Trump administration shamelessly so, with the DJIA ATHs his signature accomplishment. It's crazy to think about but I felt much safer with even the Bush administration handling things in 2008, less pride involved.

It's been ten years of kicking the can down the road, sort of obvious when the stock market flies but there's no change in the average person's life. The hangover's going to be really bad.

100% agree, if traders had any understanding of Elliot Waves this never would happen.

I thought we were talking about code though.

Most of the components are multi-platform, partly or fully POSIX-standardized, battle-tested, blazing, fast, etc. It's some of the most widely-used and arguably greatest software ever written.

Worth pointing out that Reddit up/downvotes have been heavily monitored for as long as Reddit fought voting rings. At least ten years. Any "suspicious" account has its voting rights neutered: The arrows become placebo buttons. I've observed this with every Reddit account I've owned (another certain website does this).

Just like apples and oranges can be compared as foods (and fruits), bespoke vs. reused solutions can be compared so software. The reused parts are of higher quality than their corresponding bespoke implementations and can be composed to accomplish the same task as well as many others. It's a powerful lesson.

> But it strikes me as very insensitive.

And here I am pondering if the generational time bomb's been defused. Parent's downright warm'n'fuzzy.

It's probably because engineers are not good at dealing with customers.

Edit: Apparently nobody gets this reference anymore, and I'm old.

> If you want to be liked, just be nice.

If only it worked that way.

That's not silent, it's screaming in the code.

Ignoring errors silently, regardless of intention, can't be done with exceptions.

Often it's not you who's deciding on buy vs. build. The choice can be: Build, or be forced to use whatever trash some PHB was sold.

It isn't that bad.

Maybe he likes writing blog posts about how goroutines behave at scale ;)

You can ignore an error in Go simply by ignoring its return value. Sometimes it's difficult to tell a foot-gun and land-mine apart.

Maybe those goals are more mainstream than you think (such thoughts don't lead to top comments, however).