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They still sell DRM free books, just through other stores like Google Play.

The reason they switched to subscriptions was because of the cost of running an ebook store and the low ROI.

This is true for primitives but not [completely] true for messages. Message still have the "hasMessage" semantics. So if you truly need to differentiate between unset and default for primitives, you can box them in messages.

According to the article a large number of the plastic recycling plants in Malaysia are operating illegally, and Malaysia is trying to regulate them and/or shut them down.

There are several libraries in the Bronx (33 by my count). But just as a bookstore isn't a replacement for a library, a library isn't a replacement for a bookstore.

Sometimes you want to own a book, be able to write it in, tear pages out, and make it your own.

I have had a very similar experience. I would take 5-6 weeks off per year when I had unlimited PTO. Now I work for a more traditional company and I often hoard my PTO. I find the idea of time off more stressful now as it's a finite resource (I suppose it was finite at my last job as well, but less clearly defined how finite it was).

They are referring to AirBus with that sentence, although I initially parsed it wrong as well.

I don't know of any RINOs in Congress. Locally the story might be different, but even so I stand by my assertion that Republicans are far more unified than the Democrats (as the Democrats are split federally as well as locally).

I would say this is very much NOT the case for the Democrats. The Democrats have at least two factions (Bernie/AOC/etc vs. the established Democrats) that really don't agree with each other on a number of issues.

The Republicans are far more unified. It is both their strength and their weakness.

The NYC subway is a poor example, since its funding is dependant on the conservative (but not for much longer) state government.

Bagels are boiled dough, so an uncut bagel is therefore a dumpling.

I've canceled a gym membership because it was too crowded at the times I wanted to go.

Looks like a pair of Petzl gully axes.

He's probably using a GPS watch which is very convenient but error prone. They'll frequently get misreads (where they briefly think you are miles away from where you actually are) and accumulate small amounts of error over time (the granularity isn't great, so sometimes it will continue to increment distance even if you are standing still).

Really reliable GPS trackers are big and heavy, and for someone attempting speed records just not worth the weight. And even with reliable GPS tracker there will still be doubters who will claim the data was faked.

I hope we someday return to this Libertarian dream world.

In the context of the parent comment I don't see how this is pedantic and legalistic. superkah was suggesting that being an undocumented immigrant is a serious enough crime to warrant detention. I am asserting that it is not based on the fact that it is a civil crime, or at worst a misdemeanor.

Unlawful presence (for example, overstaying a visa) is not a crime, and improper entry (sneaking over the border) is a misdemeanor.[0]

0 - https://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2014/07/is-illegal-immigra...

I have a deaf friend who would love this feature. Sure, a lot of stuff like this can be handled online now, but not 100%. Sometimes you really need to make a phone call, and for some people that's difficult.

During jury selection, the prosecutor and the defense attorney get to interview each potential juror. Both the prosecutor and the defense can eliminate potential jurors based on their answers. I believe they are allowed an unlimited number of challenges "for cause" and a limited number of challenges without cause.

If a juror stated that they believed that the word of law enforcement were always true, the defense attorney would almost certainly challenge them for cause, as that is clear bias, and they would not be selected for the jury.

In practice it's a balancing act, where the prosecution wants jurors who trust law enforcement and the defense wants jurors who are skeptical of law enforcement.

It is illegal to punish a juror for the decision they make during a trial. This is often referred to as "jury nullification" (or rather, is an important part of jury nullification).

>For cause terminated employees don’t get unemployment.

For the most part this isn't true - only intentional misconduct is grounds for not receiving unemployment.

I've been vegan for half my life at this point, so take my recommendations with a grain of salt (I have no idea what cheese tastes like any more).

That said - there are several brands of nut cheeses that I really enjoy, whether or not they taste like actual cheese. I would recommend Dr. Cow, Treeline, Punk Rawk Labs and Miyokos nut cheeses.

The only species to go extinct twice.

It sounds like you might have some form of Topographical Disorientation: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25578-mindscapes-the-...

Every once in awhile (maybe a couple times a month) I'll have this sort of experience (though not as dramatic) where everything is a mirror image. I expect a store to be on the opposite side of the street for example, and it's momentarily disorienting. I've learned to not rely on my intuition when navigating.

Kind of like how the word "pirogi" is plural (a single dumpling is a "pirog"), but in English multiple pirog are usually referred to as pirogies.

Solitaire for Windows 8 (which forms the base for Solitaire for Windows 10 and iOS) was contracted out to Arkadium Games and then Smoking Gun Interactive. The team that built it was rather large, far more than a single person who just wants to learn.

This shouldn't be that surprising though, as Solitaire is in many ways a "flagship" app, which means it has to work on every single device that supports Windows 10 including tablets and phones and 35+ languages including right-to-left languages.

Which is a very, very good proxy for diversity of experience and opinion.

If you try to increase diversity by implementing a quota system you are doing it wrong.

The right way is to look for qualified candidates from multiple backgrounds. For example, plenty of companies recruit from MIT but how many recruit from Spelman College?

I worked at a company with "unlimited vacation" and I took on average 5 weeks of vacation per year - so it does sometimes actually work.

If I were in their shoes, I would find the university very suspect, and possibly unethical. But if I saw that they were an accredited university and certified by DHS, I'd assume that they were exploiting a legal loophole.

According to the article, facebook has a .onion domain.

To be pedantic, Haskell technically doesn't use duck typing, it uses structural typing. Duck typing is run-time coercion of types, structural typing is compile-time inference of minimum interfaces.