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huffmsa··on Pitch doctoring should be the biggest scandal in sports
> From the dugout, players and coaches shake their heads as they listen to pitchers’ deliveries

But their own pitchers are doing it too.

huffmsa··on Evaluating necessity of Covid-19 vaccination in previously infected individuals
I keep hearing this, but have yet to see evidence that the elderly are catching second rounds at a high rate.
huffmsa··on Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1.5°C
German is also shutting down most of it's nukes (post Fukushima) and importing Russian gas. Nordstream 2
huffmsa··on Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls
Same mistake the EU made. Very little understanding of what they're actually getting.
huffmsa··on The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wrong (2009)
I've long held that you should have to reply to the comment when downvoting. Even if it's just a "no", that's better than the ability to hide a comment you don't agree with
huffmsa··on US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
They're letting perfect -- even a single death is too many -- get in the way of good -- a small number may have shitty outcomes, but the overwhelming majority will not.

Same framework that's lead to all of the poor policy decisions over the past year.

huffmsa··on The true villain of Disney’s Frozen (2019)
I did think it was weird that they abruptly adopted him. He didn't seem like an orphan.
huffmsa··on The true villain of Disney’s Frozen (2019)
And for that matter, why didn't Kristoff ever tell her that he'd seen her as a child and that she'd gone to the trolls before.
huffmsa··on The true villain of Disney’s Frozen (2019)
That the trolls didn't reveal the past to Anna when she visited them always strikes me as odd. They're definitely playing for their own interests.
huffmsa··on Media trust hits new low
Everything is breaking news, but nothing is.

A dog's birthday party gets the same chyron and sound effects as a bombing.

huffmsa··on A Beginner's Guide to Mecha (2019)
Mecha Mania by Christopher Hart was my jam back in the day. Had a bunch of his how to draw books. Totally forgot about it til I saw it on that list.
huffmsa··on An argument that nuclear power makes the climate crisis worse
> The second point is that renewables today have become so cheap that in many cases they are below the basic operating costs of nuclear power plants.

Because nukes have stagnated for close to half a century. Bit of a head slapper.

huffmsa··on Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA
There are only 120 kids in his class
huffmsa··on 12 requests per second: A realistic look at Python web frameworks
I also notice I spend less time thinking "how do I do X in this language" with Python and just do it. Maybe not the best implementation of X, but that doesn't really matter because I implemented X, Y and Z while someone else got bogged down in their "better" language and barely got X across the finish line.
huffmsa··on 12 requests per second: A realistic look at Python web frameworks
I'm a big Falcon user as well. Got into it because it was easier to get up and running without bells and whistles vs the more "popular" frameworks.
huffmsa··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
Doctors
huffmsa··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
This'll get downvoted, but it strikes me how hypocritical it is that you can say you don't feel comfortable in your body they'll put you on test blockers and estrogen replacement to help you look like how you identify, but saying you think you need to look like Adonis is illegal.

Controlled use of anabolic steroids is demonstrably safe and effective.

huffmsa··on What went wrong with the Texas power grid?
Nah it's because the plants are literally freezing up.
huffmsa··on What went wrong with the Texas power grid?
They are to building the waste facility you need for long term storage of spent fuel.

See Harry Reid vs Yucca Mountain

huffmsa··on Google is now a Visionary Sponsor of the Python Software Foundation
It taking 10 years to transition from 2 to 3 wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

Definitely concerns that more hands could make another Angular, which had 2 incompatible branches, with one going from v2 to v11 in 5 years.

huffmsa··on Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing business focus
15 months until they announced it's gon, 25 until they shutter it
huffmsa··on Can you make a basic web app without Googling? I can’t
https://tldr.sh/
huffmsa··on Robinhood is said to draw on bank credit lines amid tumult
Disabling buying on margin would be one thing, but disabling all together is another
huffmsa··on We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril
I know, so getting rid of mosquitoes would get rid of their spider predators, letting would spiders take over.
huffmsa··on We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril
Wolf spiders will take over. I don't think many people will be happy that they've traded small web slinging spiders for 2" diameter hairy ground spiders.
huffmsa··on Null
There are also warning labels all over the various fill caps on a vehicle. "Unleaded gasoline only". Which are like real-world input validation. It's just not feasible to check the fluid before allowing it in. But is is feasible to add a data validation layer to your application.
huffmsa··on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
Holding a press conference that will be broadcast how?

Over the air? But the youth don't have TVs. They use Twitter and YouTube. But those platforms have banned you.

See the problem?

huffmsa··on A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize
The traitorous eight leaving Shockley because they didn't like their boss is foundational to the valley.
huffmsa··on Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store
Next on the chopping block.
huffmsa··on Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store
What if it was "caffeine"?

A stimulant drug, just happens to be legal.

Or Coca? A plant that release a stimulant when chewed.

Now if the app was called "Sweet Meth", you'd have a better parallel with "fuck sleep", but it's not.

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