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You're asking too many questions. Didn't you read the title? SQLite isn't enough! /s

My guess is because they are an SQLite beginner, but for engagement purposes on their blog they had to write something that sounds very authoritative, with a title like "SQLite Isn't Enough".

Don't shake that feeling. He has a whole line of supplements that he has endorsed, and you better believe there's money in what he's doing.

I have a nearly identical take, and every time I try to explain to someone that there are much simpler and higher impact changes they could make to their life, they can't seem to comprehend it.

It's always met with something that sounds like: buT tHe handsome NEuroSciENtiSt sAid !!!

If Huberman mentioned it in a podcast, it must be true and groundbreaking way to hack your brain to a better life!

I can't wait to stare at this thing !!!!

This is a really interesting use case for me. I've been envisioning a specially trained LLM that can give useful advice or insights that your average PCP might gloss over or not have the time to investigate.

Did you do anything special to achieve this? What were the results like?

"Doesn't matter as much as people think"

Doesn't matter for WHAT? You start out talking about energy density, and then cite some numbers regarding efficiency. What does one have to do with the other? You've done nothing to support your opening claim here.

If you honestly believe installing any number of wind turbines is going to stop our "atmosphere from boiling" I've got a couple of bridges to sell you.

So you're aware of a drill site that is much less than 5 acres, but you were comfortable stating:

"Every oil rig scrapes everything off five acres of land"

?

This isn't an argument about control, it's about safety. Control is completely irrelevant to the absolute probability of dying when taking one form of transportation vs another.

You may be 100% in control of a scenario where you are highly likely to die, and 0% in control of a situation where you could essentially live until you die of natural causes.

In this case, even if you exercise 100% of the control afforded to you by driving a car, you are more likely to die in a car than you are in an airplane.

I don't understand this. This is a GitHub repository of someone's largely unverified opinions? Since when is talking about static typing considered hype?

Saying static typing is "hype" is like saying "adding a handle to a coffee mug makes it easier to hold" is hype.

And obviously, success is higher when selecting a strategy more likely to succeed.

For my money I'm going to expose the person to a better strategy rather than supporting and reinforcing a clearly bad one.

Fascinating thanks !!!!

I can imagine working with this guy is a total joy. First he starts writing some bespoke Python package that he wants to force the entire team to use. He describes it as something "that __makes__ users naturally write code that adheres to software engineering best practices" (emphasis mine). Generally, "software engineering best practices" means "this is my strong preference and the rest of you should adhere to it".

He then begins running around, breathlessly ADKARing everyone into using it. After reading the article, ADKAR appears to mean beat everyone over the head with your solution until they give you the greenlight so you stop bothering them.

Or put another way: ADKAR is a process by which you make the effort of adopting the change appear easier than dealing with someone harassing you about the change every single day.

Why would anyone go up to an electrician and say that? Paying them money, at the very least, conveys "I don't want to learn how to do this or spend time doing this."

What point are you trying to make exactly? Paying someone for services has absolutely nothing to do with manipulation or deception.

He is describing a person I would immediately avoid at all costs. This strategy only works on either people you will only see once, or people who are so kind that they will never get fed up with doing your tasks for you. It's incredibly manipulative and arrogant ("Peasant! Do this for me, I have better things to do than this menial task.")

Can you please give some examples where deceptive manipulation is considered a good/moral thing?

Why do the actual work when you can just come to the HN comment section and rant about what you think it means!

>> That's like saying there's no point in having 2FA or strong passwords, because the FSB, the FBI and Mossad can get in anyway.

> Unlike your password, your DNA is unencrypted and gets spread everywhere.

This doesn't address the point. In both cases, someone sufficiently motivated could get what they want from you. So by your argument, there's no point in maintaining privacy for either piece of information (DNA / passwords).

You realize this data is often available for purchase or eventually publicly leaked, right? You don't have to be "smart enough" to do the hacking to benefit from it.

Maybe if your business model includes putting things in an inconvenient format that could best be replaced by a bulleted list, you should rethink your business model.

Sometimes, you really are just holding it wrong.

Should the OP have written a manuscript to make you feel better? In your mind, should a long, drawn out article only be refuted by something of similar length?

If you found a bike tire this amazing, I can't wait for you to discover _anything even slightly more complicated than an inflated tube inside a rubber/cloth shell_.

This reads like someone just came back from outer space and was stunned by the complexity of all of the systems that got them there. I'm all for appreciating the little things, but we have to draw the line with overdramatization somewhere.

Nope, I've never even __heard__ of someone having to take multiple years of leave from work for any reason. Seems like a fantastically rare event.

How does a low effort post like this make to the front page of HN? You have been programming for 15 years in Ruby, and you are confused about how to learn a another language?

Here's your answer: start programming a project that interests you in the domains you listed. Learn something, ask question, iterate.

Seriously, what kind of answer are you expecting here? Are you expecting someone to give you a brand new way of learning a subject? Something outside the bounds of tutorials/videos/documentation/hands-on?

Same as the odds of every other child that was ever conceived. It's really easy to look backwards in time, think of every single "if this never happened..." moment, and conclude that the probability is near zero. And you would be right.

You poor soul. Moved to such a terrible nation full of those awful people you described and now you seem to be completely powerless to leave. And I'm 100% sure this is everyone elses fault.

At what point do you look inward for someone to blame for your circumstances?

This makes a lot of assumptions about how far into the wilderness they were, time of day, accessibility of the roads, cell phone signal, and so on. To just hand wave and call it "common sense" is silly without the rest of the context.

And for me, 100 times out of 100 I'm taking the capable guy who can fix the brakes on a trip like this over someone who's first and (likely) only instinct is to call a tow truck.

What about students who are currently failing the written exams due to their neurological disabilities? How are you accounting for that? These students would excel in an oral exam.