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People here are just very dramatic. I think I need to not read (or write) HN comments for a long time, there is some serious distorted reality about.

I'm not really sure what your point is in criticizing "farming" to C.

> This is that culture thing I'm talking about.

You made a false claim. You referred to Python iteration as not generic, when what you really meant is that Python lacks first class monad support.

If you want a monadic programming model, you're not going to be a happy camper in the Python world. But I doubt that comes as a surprise.

> I don't like how its list comprehensions aren't generic.

Python iteration is generic.

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__...

Please don't spread FUD.

Well that sounds like a personal problem and it has nothing to do with the language. As a counter-anecdote, I've been working on Python projects for over a decade and have yet to experience the draconian linter settings you described.

I read this earlier and was sort of speechless.

Now I can't help myself, and must point out that a grave digger in no way contributes to the death of the buried.

Beware the acute and chronic cognitive effects of alcohol abuse.

There's quite a class divide between corner pub and brew-pub clientele. It feels like for every trendy brewery thriving, a few anonymous bars are failing. I'm not saying it's wrong, but it is different, and I'm not sure that a popular brew-pub is a useful counterexample to the general decline of dive bars.

And you've gotten to the root of the decline of places like pubs: Inflation with mostly stagnant wages. Sure, you can have a "cheap" burger and beer, but more often than not you'll end up eating roadkill and drinking chemicals.

Most people just can't afford to hang out the bar all the time anymore.

> I for one never trust anyone who doesn't drink.

And if they can't drink for medical reasons?

Agreed, it takes a special kind of asshole to run a bar while "[his] own family has been afflicted by alcoholism."

> Richard had spent untold hours trading stories with friends, cementing connections with them, with the space, and with the city outside. A few people had gathered to continue their remembrance. All changed utterly, everything constant, I ordered a drink from the bar and sat down.

Yea, you killed him. Infuriating.

> (2) It's arguably the most valuable battleground in logistics - developing a "last mile" delivery network at scale.

How is Uber Eats any different from the many other operations strapping boxes to the backs of bicyclists? I don't see anything innovative about Uber's last mile logistics compared to Amazon (who aren't even that great) for instance.

It sounds more like an excuse Uber's leadership would make as they desperately search for profitable business.

I'm aware of Smalltalk being promoted in educational settings. What I wanted to know more about was "Lisp for children" which I've never heard before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy#1981_killing for a more to-the-point account.

That really depends on your definition of tourism...

> One could argue that Smalltalk was designed in part to be a "Lisp for children."

This is the first time I've heard that, do you have a source?

> evidence for an offense you can't imagine ten years from now.

If your argument rests on future, unknown abuses... I'm afraid that's tin foil territory.

Your comments sound like regurgitated talking points from when Snowden was in the news, so I'm not sure who you think you're educating about fingerprinting, etc. It's been common knowledge for years.

Please don't editorialize titles.

I didn't refer to absolute anonymity, but to an anonymous design (anybody can register, without an email even). The point is that it's far easier for INS to troll a place with real identities like Facebook. I don't think the NSA's resources are about to be spent on determining the commenter's Vietnamese parents' identities. If parent were threatening a mass shooting, that would be another story. But as they say, technically correct is the best kind of correct, so kudos.

You really think INS are monitoring and investigating comments from throwaways in an anonymous forum like HN? Easy with the tin foil.

Altimeters: Not even once.

Why are those your options?

Google Maps is also shoving Grubhub down our throats. Every time I try to call a restaurant's phone numer in the new Maps app, I end up accidentally opening a Grubhub tab in Chrome.

If only there were a way to open a link in a new window or tab.

I've seen probably hundreds of moral panic stories about DEEP FAKES (which sound so scary!), and have yet to see a malicious use. It's more of an ML party trick than anything to fear, but the "I fucking love science" crowd eats it up.

> we draw the line at platforms that have demonstrated they directly inspire tragic events and are lawless by design

What does "lawless by design" mean?

Did you read the Quora answer or are you replying to the title?

> The community really dove into the punctuation-based syntax, preprocessors and meta languages head first and created a real Frankenstein.

More is on the way. Github issue thumbs up-driven development means it's the new C++ kitchen sink.

I'm more disappointed that a founder answering questions has somebody jumping down their throat for a perceived slight in a tiny portion of their reply. But that's HN.

Yes agreed, it's not helpful to search for a constant consumption requirement. A healthy and sedentary person, with a reasonable diet, on a cold, gray, damp day, does not need to consume much water.

What we have is a normal summer heat wave being pumped up as a natural disaster. It's completely normal for all of the affected areas to experience humid, low-90-degree days in the summer. Pull up a weather map right now: The only 100-degree readings are in the lower plains, where they're expected in the summer. It's not even a remarkable heat wave, let alone an indicator of a spiraling climate. The climate is spiraling, but it's not helpful to conflate seasonal weather with climate.

The troubling thing is that when the media and weather service cry wolf, the public is conditioned to not take their warnings seriously. In years past, the weather service would issue a Heat Advisory for a heat wave like this, not an Excessive Heat Warning, which is reserved for the most dangerous conditions. The warning was issued too early, with insufficient forecast confidence; temperatures have underperformed in the midwest. A warning for a truly dangerous heat wave will eventually go unheeded.

The northeast and upper midwest are pro-union and people aren't raised to think that way in those places. It's a big country.