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For the standard library and such that train has left the station... way too much legacy code and learned knowledge.

As to why it happened in the first place: it is from an era when some compilers only looked at the first 8 characters for uniqueness of a name. Toss on top of that that a screen was only 80 characters wide and short names made a lot sense.

Now it is just tradition, I feel, more than anything else.

There were absolutely pirates around at this point. Complete with groups (MPG, Apple Bandits, etc.), warez sites (The Safehouse, The Curse, etc.) and whole distribution networks.

Admitted it was more computer centered, but pirates still are.

There were even distribution networks for pirated movies via VHS. I remember E.T. being passed around LONG before it was released on tape.

I have found setting a routine and scheduled time to do it helps. Put it in your calendar and treat it as you would work.

However, if you are finding this to be a consistent and long term issue please see a councilor. They can help and diagnose far better than you will find here. If you find that gets put off as well, ask a friend or family member to help you make and keep the initial appointments. You may be surprised by the number of people that are willing to help free of judgement if you will let them.

He said it is "equal to" not that it accounts for. I believe the analogy is valid, though can be easily misleading.

I think a better phrase would be self-deterministic, meaning that the action is determined regardless of external influences. However, I will admit, that sounds a lot like free will.

As someone that views Twitch every day I can say I never watch the entirety of a stream. You drop in and view when you have time. It is less akin to watching a TV show and more like going to your friends house and hanging out to watch some of the game.

For the record I'm a 51 year old professional.

And yet for some reason I have to tell them my account number after I have already entered it on a keyboard. This frustrates me beyond belief as it says to me they have disparate software systems that don't talk to one another.

Given that if you write more than three paragraphs you get slammed with "I'm not reading that wall of text" and that "tl;dr" is a thing, is it surprising that people are employing the short form instead?

Insurance != Gambling. You will not get more out than you lose. It will only make you whole.

You may get more money out than you put in, but they are compensating you for a loss. You are paying for risk mitigation, not potential profits.

The difference is the effort involved to get to the "gambling". With loot boxes, packs, slot machines, whatever you put your money in, start your process (open the pack, pull the handle) and watch the outcome.

With an MMO you have to put time and effort into it. It is, in essence, work. And if you don't like the results you can work some more. It would be the same as selling access to a gold panning stream for a lame real world analogy.

Lest you are in too much of a bubble realize there are many people that live in areas with poor or absent internet. I suspect there are, in fact, people under 40 that get their news from local television.

You may also want to reconsider that only dumb people can be influenced by this or other means of manipulation.

And... if you can influence 35% of the population, it is fairly easy to get a voting majority from that point given participation rates. Especially, as others have said, if you are influencing the rather large and active over 40 population.

I say get rid of the Oscars and the Emmy's. They are both tied to release mediums which have NOTHING to do with the artistry of what is produced. Perhaps it is time for something new?

When you purchase something you have the right to resell it. You aren't purchasing a license, you are purchasing an item, in this case two items: a DVD and a Digital Copy. So just like if I buy a living room set I can now sell the couch and the chair separately.

Disney wants to treat the sticker as a legal license. I too, am not a lawyer, but I think they are on shaky ground.

To be fair being racist is more than an opinion, it demonstrates your character. It reveals part of who you are and the framework with which you deal with the world. I agree that it is valuable knowledge in determining who you want to create lasting bonds with.

Just FYI the average default rate for the 2014 Cohort was 11.5% but that varies WIDELY depending upon the school from 0.10% to 56.20%.

Official numbers can be found at: https://www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/defaultmanagement/cdr.html

Also laid out quite well in the 1990 movie "Mindwalk". [1]

A movie still worth watching even though it is dated.

1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100151/?ref_=nv_sr_3

You should do the right thing because it is the right thing.

However, with speed limits your teacher framed the question incorrectly. There is not right or wrong to a speed limit. 35 miles an hour is no more right than 38 miles an hour. The real question is why do we obey a law when there is no clear right or wrong to it? In the case of the speed limit our right/wrong choice is to obey the law or not. (And while speed has no right or wrong unsafe driving absolutely does, which could be unsafe due to the speed.)

I believe you but that is anecdotal. I know people that not only want to remain idle if their basic needs are taken care of but currently do, and have been doing it for decades.

Like most human traits, there is a wide degree of variance. As such there is no doubt in my mind UBI would allow a greater number of idlers because it would be more easily available. Just as it would allow more people to trade a job they don't like for a constructive activity they do.

Visual Studio is a far more full-featured IDE. A more objective comparison would be VSCode vs. Sublime. There you could say VSCode is comparable at best.

The linked page seems to indicate Chrome is leading because people are browsing on their Android phones. So it would seem if Mozilla should concentrate on anything it would be improving the mobile experience.

I agree the article overplays it. Any organization, be it governmental, corporate or private, would probably do the same. If you want their help and they aren't in the business of movie making, are going to probably refuse it if it casts them in a light they don't like.

Hollywood is fully capable, I'm certain, of providing mock-ups and stand ins for much of what the military provides. I'm sure when it comes to the bottom-line though, this is a much better deal from them.

I just don't see a vast propaganda conspiracy.

I am not disputing what you say, but for future reference you can create a bookmark that goes straight to the CS:GO channel. Or follow the channel so it's on your follow list all the time.

I do agree that the split has impacted CS:GO, but a few new releases have shaken up the top tiers. (Player Unknown's Battlegrounds for instance.)

There are many things that have an inherent worth. This inherent worth stems from their utility. Land will always have a certain amount of worth because you need to put things in locations. Metal has a worth because you can build things with it.

That worth may fluctuate and it may not be worth something to you in particular, but it has a value.

Cryptocurrencies only have worth because they have demand, not utility. There is not inherent worth based on their existence. This doesn't make them less valuable, it just means their value isn't inseparable from what they are.

But one can always invalidate arguments by taking to them to the extremes. After all, you can't prove anything exists, so how can any of it have inherent anything?

I don't like them because they make it difficult to copy and paste the whole of the content.

Do they own it? If so, yes. Give it back. What they do with it is on them. Crucify them, not the person doing the right thing.

If you don't like Blizzard's stance, deal with them, not criticize someone for not achieving the end you prefer.

It's an absolutely simple decision for me to make. It is not mine, therefore I give it back.

It's like I taught my children... even if you don't know whose it is, you know it isn't yours.

And in this case it is even known.

The amount of moral flexibility in these comments astounds me, although it probably shouldn't.

If you want to get that down to "one" check out Sideclicks[1]. A small universal remote that attaches to the fire TV stick remote. Not associated, just a user that appreciates not having to keep track of multiple remotes.

[1] = https://www.sideclickremotes.com

There is hardly a single villain in the existing system. Everyone is making a profit that is ultimately at the expense of the citizens.

And even despots do some good. It doesn't mean they are any less a villain.

In part. Life is gray, not black and white. There is certainly a grain of self interest because you will feel good having done it. But that doesn't make the act selfish.

I have been in position to hire about 20 people in my career and have asked this question. While I would accept your response and judge accordingly you seem to miss the point of why I would ask it.

It isn't to be told that you are a good value proposition. That is obvious. Just as it is obvious that the reason you want the job is to pay your bills.

The point of the question (like many of such generic questions) is to learn more about you than your skills.

You response would tell me that you are business-oriented. Tend to prefer to work with facts. Strive to be technically correct. Probably don't BS a lot and may have some issues working in teams that are sensitive to such types.

Of course I would integrate that with other indicators during the interview.

Be aware though, many of these soft questions aren't really about what they are asking.