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biggestlou··on Quili AI
This canard about AI and water usage really just isn't going to go away, is it?
biggestlou··on TSON – A JSON superset with immutable, hash-pinned schemas
Sorry, but this tool is just never going to succeed being written in Java.
biggestlou··on Desperately Seeking Space Friends
I’m still looking for intelligent life on this planet!
biggestlou··on Hypothesis, Antithesis, Synthesis
This is 100% true and a major pet peeve of mine.
biggestlou··on Philosoph Jürgen Habermas Gestorben
What an absolutely idiotic statement
biggestlou··on Philosoph Jürgen Habermas Gestorben
Where exactly in Habermas is such an idea expressed?
biggestlou··on Philosoph Jürgen Habermas Gestorben
Thoroughly refuted? Sorry, but no
biggestlou··on Determinate Nix is ushering in a new era for Nix, courtesy of WebAssembly
There is an open PR against upstream
biggestlou··on What has Docker become?
How did it feel the first time you or someone on your team built a container and ran it?
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
And if you violate those laws, what happens?
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Ignoring the results of an election seems like a reasonable justification to topple a specific leader (no country is being toppled here)
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Which international law? Where's the book of international law?
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
So people should live under prima facie illegitimate governments forever with no recourse?
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Genocide? Explain
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Absolutely no reason to believe that
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Name a government in the OECD that’s fundamentally opposed to this intervention
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Without justification?
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Is that really necessary? Venezuela recently held an election in which the results were simply ignored by the leader in power. Very few US citizens will find this particularly odious.
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
It’s looking like very carefully selected military targets
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Ukraine didn’t hold an election in which the results were simply ignored by the leader in power
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
More rogue than ignoring the results of a presidential election?
biggestlou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Is it more “peaceful” to rule over people illegitimately?
biggestlou··on Argentina's midterm election hands landslide win to Milei's libertarian overhaul
The ESF is self financing. And yeah, sure, it is artificially propping up the peso, the same way we propped up the Mexican peso, the Thai bhat, and others once upon a time.
biggestlou··on Argentina's midterm election hands landslide win to Milei's libertarian overhaul
It's self financing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Stabilization_Fund
biggestlou··on Argentina's midterm election hands landslide win to Milei's libertarian overhaul
Nope, it's self financing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Stabilization_Fund
biggestlou··on Milei Wins Mandate for Free-Market Revolution in Argentina's Election
Definitely check out Open Folk for weekly shows (some folk but a very eclectic mix so don't overindex on the name).

And hit up La Viruta on Saturday nights (after midnight) for amazing live tango music.

biggestlou··on Argentina's midterm election hands landslide win to Milei's libertarian overhaul
Did we bail them out before? From what I can tell, we opened up a currency swap using a Treasury fund (not funded by tax dollars) specifically devoted to currency stabilization.
biggestlou··on Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from stratosphere, dies in Italy
What on Earth are you talking about?
biggestlou··on Changelog: Lazy trees (faster Nix builds)
I’m curious what you find harder to understand about flakes as dependencies
biggestlou··on Changelog: Lazy trees (faster Nix builds)
Nope! This feature is completely agnostic to the Nix language, dealing only with how/when files are copied to the Nix store. More of an under-the-hood implementation detail than anything, although one with important consequences.
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