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I would assume the same applies to the right to remain silent.

> If you optimize for the short term, you are, by definition, not optimizing for the long term. So, short term optimization necessitates long term de-optimization.

I don't think " short term optimization necessitates long term de-optimization" follows. They can be both optimal.

> Spend money now and have none for retirement (short term benefit), or save money now, and have it during retirement (long term benefit)?

Spend money now on something that increases your chances to get more money (easy example education?) and benefit now and at retirement.

Quite surprised he didn't attempt a covert exist before it came to this. If it is indeed true.

> It costs £0 to see the doctor

Kind off, people do pay national insurance, also a part of the overall tax goes into the NHS as well.

Or that this information is known by other people too.

> Shouldn’t every member constantly threaten exit, then, whenever it wants more goodies?

No, they aren't held against their will. It's an (ever closer) union of friends.

I believe templates make for slower compilation times.

Is IO allowed in constexpr functions?

> Actually it's quite surpising that they can compile a Qt application to only 9MB, comparing to the size of the desktop shared objects!

Indeed. Presumably they "statically" link only the used functions, classes, etc.

> which removes English as an official language there

That's not true. The republic of Ireland and Malta (and possibly more) still have English as an official language.

Alas, Britain will likely not be in the EU by then.

If you argue for free will you are arguing for mind over matter. I'm not aware of anything in the laws of physics which allow free will.

That being said, we probably have to behave as if there was free will if we want (is that a pun?) any kind of society.

Well, maybe but what is the non-pressure course that the EU should take here? Isn't that what they (Greece) signed up for when they joined the euro?

> See eg Greece who were pressured to accept a deal worse than default to benefit foreign EU banks

how are they being pressured?

> What makes you think parents are more reliable at this job than the government?

It's not about reliability. The government could be more reliable at telling you and you children how to dress, does that mean it should be able to?

> I'm wondering if one day memory will be so cheap, we won't need garbage collection anymore.

I believe we would need infinite memory for that. Cheap extensive memory is still finite.

>> Statically linked binaries >You can have them with Java, too.

Is there a widely available FOSS implementation of this?

> We can't keep consuming power the way we are now.

Sure we can. We _maybe_ need to get better sources for it.

It's called football

> average (or even mediocre) dev

doesn't mediocre mean average?

>> Consciousness is not supernatural. >Prove it.

How do you prove a negative?

That aside, if the "supernatural" exists it's just laws of physics we do not understand yet.

> It is easy to abuse the weak, and there are few weaker than criminals. They have lost their freedom, and acquired an indelible stain on their reputation that will follow them through life, considerably reducing their economic value. They are weak socially, weak economically, and (to many) weak morally.

I agree, except you should replace "criminals" with prisoners or inmates. There is a difference, not all prison inmates are criminals and not all criminals are in prison.

I use:

"systemctl stop foo" then "stop^start"

Which will substitute stop with start in the previous command (in bash, not sure about other shells)

> The same reason it didn't go too well (binary compatibility)

That's the legacy

> you'll still have no idea whether or not a modelled sentience is having a sentient experience of the universe around it, or whether it's faking its responses mechanically

Is there a difference? What is the difference? Doesn't duck typing apply here? If I act like I am sentient I am probably sentient.

There is no mention of linux in the post you commented on.

> What precisely is wrong with other states acquiring nuclear weapons, beyond the fact that it threatens US power?

Increases the risk of nuclear war?

> Unless, of course...

Unless the servers are compromised and used as C&C?

He did say that he took it off to get the water out of it, although I guess it will still be wet. My guess would be he kept it on to protect himself from the wind.

> they'd probably immediately fork it and provide an alternate download in order to hurt Microsoft

They would fork it, but that is not why.