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throw49sjwo1··on Ask HN: Why is the .IO gTLD uncertainty not getting press here?
Indeed, but what's convenient for a bunch of tech bros might not be convenient for the world order.
throw49sjwo1··on Turkey blocks instant messaging platform Discord
He was a prime minister with parliamentary majority since 2004: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Turkish_general_electio...
throw49sjwo1··on Scrum's “Product Owner” Problem
It was meant to be mostly a joke, I agree it's vague and I do the same as you do. Though the point stands - very senior or principal engineers/developers/architects are not there to write code.

A team lead should be hands on, I agree. But there are also technical people who operate above teams and even above departments - those probably don't code much. Most of their time is probably spent in business/strategy meetings and writing stuff in Jira and Confluence.

A principal engineer can be on the same hierarchy/influence level as a very senior manager or director, leading hundreds of people.

throw49sjwo1··on Proposal: JavaScript Structs
I never said it's required. The typings are really useful if you want to use these libraries "with TypeScript" as I said in my first comment... The typings are the whole point - that's where the advanced type features are used, and every user benefits - their own code can be much simpler and safer thanks to it.
throw49sjwo1··on Proposal: JavaScript Structs
Doesn't matter, I'm talking about the type definitions - @types/react, @types/react-dom and @types/express.
throw49sjwo1··on Proposal: JavaScript Structs
> And nobody uses most of it!

Everybody who does Express, React, or any other popular advanced libraries with TypeScript is using these features. Some things are simply more useful to libraries than line of business code - that's fine. The line of business code is much better thanks to it.

throw49sjwo1··on Scrum's “Product Owner” Problem
That's why I don't work with programmers in this capacity, programming is the simple part. I work with software engineers, and the best of them probably didn't even open an IDE this week yet. I don't need them to code, I need them to tell the programmers what and how to code.
throw49sjwo1··on On 17th century "cocaine"
If only that was actually cocaine...
throw49sjwo1··on On 17th century "cocaine"
Where do I buy it for my med kit?
throw49sjwo1··on Ask HN: Why is the .IO gTLD uncertainty not getting press here?
They shouldn't have bought the domains, the rules were clear. What if the rules say that somebody else is supposed to get the IO domain?
throw49sjwo1··on Ask HN: Why is the .IO gTLD uncertainty not getting press here?
> We need to be aware of this issue as a community and potentially petition ICANN to find a way to keep the IO domain alive.

No, we need to migrate off ccTLD.

throw49sjwo1··on Turkey blocks instant messaging platform Discord
Already during Erdogan's prime ministry, it was well known that Turkey is not really joining EU at least since 2010.
throw49sjwo1··on Turkey blocks instant messaging platform Discord
Yeah, but Turkey went way far away from EU much earlier.
throw49sjwo1··on Geico terminating insurance coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks
What do you mean, by now? The only one who can do so is Tesla. Cybertruck is barely being sold in the US. It always took a few years before Tesla introduced an European version of a car. It's way too early to tell.
throw49sjwo1··on Turkey blocks instant messaging platform Discord
Few years ago? Must be more than a decade - or would you specify how many years ago do you mean?
throw49sjwo1··on FTX creditors will make money on bankruptcy
Is that really a majority? I have big trouble believing so. The majority still doesn't know what is bitcoin (except "that money thing").
throw49sjwo1··on Cognizant found guilty of discriminating against non-Indian employees
Are you sure they're not just "preparing for the migration" and plan to stay on premise? I also worked at many places that had it on premise - all of them planned to migrate ASAP (where asap is sometimes years).
throw49sjwo1··on Cognizant found guilty of discriminating against non-Indian employees
Rise? I don't see anything other than migration to cloud.
throw49sjwo1··on Cognizant found guilty of discriminating against non-Indian employees
Nobody (important) wanted that, though. It was done only because the cloud wasn't available, the moment it became available every big company migrated.
throw49sjwo1··on FTX creditors will make money on bankruptcy
That's the job of a government, and why would people fund it through taxes if it doesn't do its job?
throw49sjwo1··on Geico terminating insurance coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks
As your own quote implies, even bull bars can be type approved. There is no reason why a Cybertruck couldn't.
throw49sjwo1··on Geico car insurance may no longer cover Tesla Cybertrucks
Try to look into national government statistics agencies, these might track it. European-wide aggregate that you could trust is probably available only for money.
throw49sjwo1··on Geico car insurance may no longer cover Tesla Cybertrucks
My point is that there is no such regulation. But anything that used to be military and sold to civilian usage would qualify. Very common in Eastern Europe, though most of the vehicles of the Cold War have rusted by now.
throw49sjwo1··on Geico car insurance may no longer cover Tesla Cybertrucks
I know the rules very well, special cars are kind of my hobby. There is nothing that couldn't be minimally adjusted to meet European regulations. Pedestrian safety is definitely not an issue. There are much more unsafe vehicles than Cybertruck in that regard.

Every model Tesla introduced was US only first few years. People individually imported the first hundreds of cars during these initial years. Tesla then introduced an European version of the car with technically minimal adjustments.

throw49sjwo1··on Geico terminating insurance coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks
Where do you check if it can get a type approval? I don't think that's something you can easily determine just by looking at it and saying "yeah too big, doesn't look right, not european enough". There are very weird things with type approvals in Europe. Don't mistake it for some super rational land. Note that even mega-trucks can be street legal in Europe, and most traditional American big pickups like Dodge RAM are type approved - why not a Cybertruck then?

Europe will type approve anything that proves it's safe and follows basic conventions. That will most likely include the Cybertruck, as the question really isn't "is this car a good idea?" - even bad products that nobody needs or wants get type approved, and Cybertruck really will not be the worst thing that happened to European roads.

Tesla knows very well how to get a US car type approved in EU with minimal adjustments. It was very curious to watch with previous models. They are quick, too.

throw49sjwo1··on Geico terminating insurance coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks
It can be registered in Europe, many countries allow individual car import from the US. I have seen a few around; not on public streets (car shows), but with local plates.

You also won't have any issue getting third-party damage insurance in Europe, as the insurance companies are required to make an offer.

throw49sjwo1··on To Be Born in a Bag
No idea, but this all happens within a larger social framework, I'm sure it's possible to reverse it.
throw49sjwo1··on To Be Born in a Bag
Some countries effectively have exactly that: There are "baby boxes" on the public facing walls of hospitals where you can put a newborn (sometimes older children too) and walk away, no questions asked. The child is assigned a name and put into social care together with other people who have no parents or other guardians.
throw49sjwo1··on To Be Born in a Bag
Some people (me included) think that a huge population is desirable. This would allow humanity to create entire new societies.