It was for me; I never remember having issues with it. Learned some REXX on it, too, as well as running multiple "bare metal hardware access" DOS games, mainly to see if I could.

I was part of the 2020 cull, and although that was another big one (~5000), there is a routine. I don't have any numbers other than that.

...I can't imagine anyone reading anything written as an entrance essay NOT ASSUMING the entire thing is AI. The trick isn't finding the AI bits, it's finding the genuine bits.

He publishes the equivalent of undergrad homework problems. It's akin to asking a politician, "So it's not true then that <some wild ass conspiracy made up on the spot>?" level of "reporting".

That's adorable.

This is the only site I've ever seen this happen, very weird.

And it's just regular "perl", or "Perl". Although the backronym is occasional considered "canon", I don't believe it is since Larry's first name of the language was "Pearl", no?

> > Crypto appears to be a fraud.

> Fraud is not a new concept.

Yes. 2 totally unrelated facts.

I enjoyed the first... couple, but the weird mixing of high fantasy and contemporary "young adult" meme-laden dialogue threw me off. My wife and I finished it, but only for a nonexistent "completionist" badge.

Avi Loeb. Because of course it is.

He's turning into the "Aliens did it" Greek guy lately.

> The idea is to leave the money there and not touch it. It shouldn't be super simple to access.

These 2 sentences are orthogonal.

> o Subinterpreters
> - Each with its own GIL (global lock)

So... local global locks?

> We also survived for millennia without ... pr0n,

I don't think there's evidence to support this.

> assuming black holes have mass

Have black holes _ever_ been theorized to NOT have mass!? Their very measure is (AFAICT) always been in units of our sun's mass.

Don't confuse "things are valuable because they are rare" with "things that are rare are valuable".

> ...are sufficiently numerous and severe that programmers should not "upgrade" without carefully weighing risks against benefits...

Shouldn't one's upgrade calculus include risk/benefit analysis, no matter what?