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Wow this article wastes a lot of words before getting to the point. And when it gets there, the conclusion isn't very interesting.

You might be interested in this blog post: https://blog.burntsushi.net/ripgrep/

"Don't repeat things that were already communicated": This sounds good, but it takes several repetitions for information to sink in with everyone everywhere I've worked. I don't know a way around this.

I think getting your name and work out in the world with open source work is a career _advancing_ move.

I like the idea of this, and I'm sure you save a lot of money, but the downside is this: I want to do some one-off job I haven't done before. It'll be difficult, because I will be trying it for the first time. Do I really want to make it even _more_ difficult by cheaping out on tools? I've done this several times, and I've ended up doing several jobs over again with better tools after I've screwed up the first time.

Edit: In other words, cheap tools aren't just less durable, they often do a worse job (or at least make it harder to do a good job).

I really like the sentiment, if not some of the specific examples given. An example of my own: I went through several grocery-store-bought hair clippers before getting some "pro" clippers: Oster Classic 76. They work better, they are more repairable and serviceable, and they've lasted me for years.

And you can find stuff like "Nuclear Grade Duct Tape": https://www.mcmaster.com/fastening-tape/nuclear-grade-duct-t...

I wish we could treat services as black boxes like this, but who can run services these days without keeping on top of dependency, security, and platform updates? The inevitable deprecation of some of these means surgery will soon be required to keep a service running and secure.

Bah. People have to ignore security professionals all the time, because all too often, security professionals don't care if any software gets shipped.

This is the reverse of the characterization of the two languages I usually see. I usually see "Go is easy to learn and use" and "Rust is hard to learn but has performance advantages". I often see comments about how you "really need to go read the Rust book" and not just try to pick up Rust on the fly.

But doesn't that seem like a strategy for indulging in confirmation bias?

Why?

Do you not think ICBMs are a current threat?

Surely defense against one vector is progress.

This is a classic false dilemma, and usually, in my opinion, an attempt at manipulation.

You can install and manage more than one version of Python with pyenv.

Don't people who take Vitamin D supplements _also_ care more about their health though?

I'm dying to switch to a good Linux laptop. Any suggestions for one that could replace my MacBook pro?

Every previous time I've done this, I've been disappointed with something basic: wifi, battery management, video card support, using external projectors. Have these issues been worked out?

I've never heard of a negative stereotype about Kyle in America either.

Then please link to some of these articles. You are doing what you are complaining about: merely asserting.

By "disallow", I'm talking about the guidelines:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics ...

and most people's willingness to support these guidelines with downvotes.

Hacker News is a high quality forum because it disallows political discussion.

Maybe someone could build a forum that enforces civil discussion on political issues, either with automated or manual moderation, but Hacker News' moderation isn't nearly strict enough.

Circa was great. It was exactly what I wanted.

I suspect it failed because, as is snuck into a middle paragraph, "... Circa never turned itself into a business." All of the other complaints in this article were positives (or at least "don't care"s) for me.

Yes, but intelligence isn't magic either.

Yes.

> As an aside, I marvel that some defensive imbecile keeps coming deep into this thread to downvote me.

Comments like this are the "rotting meat" of Hacker News. Please just leave them out of your posts.

Haha, I think you meant "hide the sausage making".

> Nowadays if you are from the school of 'steel is real' then you are going to have to buy a cheap 'bicycle shaped object', get something custom handmade or go for something deliberately hipster-retro.

Not entirely. http://surlybikes.com/

Steel is still cheaper, easier to fix, and more comfortable.

Well, credit cards are a lot more widely used than bitcoin. So base rate fallacy.