Comment Re:Haven't done T-SQL in years (Score 1) 11
If he simple function call is giving you a more lazy evaluation evaluation, that might explain what's occurring.
I'm pretty sure the "regulation is good" crowd are only talking about good regulations.
Maybe you are that way, in which case I applaud you. I've spent too much time trying to get people to admit that there are some regulations that we should get rid of. It's rather annoying.
The worst is when two of those people get in an argument and say, "we need more regulation!" "no, we need less regulation!" and you're sitting there watching, thinking, "hey, how about considering each piece of regulation individually? Because chances are we need more good regulation, and to get rid of bad regulations."
Or another one that is kind of funny, when someone says, "we need to regulate that industry." ok, but what specific regulations are going to make a difference? It's especially funny when they say it about an industry like banking or telecom, that is already highly regulated. Changing the raw number of regulations isn't going to do much there, because there are tons of them. Specifics matter.
Correct. And that's why the voting system has been thoroughly compromised. [snagfilms.com] So the only avenue left is protest. Ah, but we've got "protections" in place to keep you from doing that as well. [theguardian.com]
Protesting is for tools, and people who don't understand the system.
That means that if you want to shoot down low-flying Amazon delivery drones, you should be able to do that.
Well, no. Not unless you can account for ballistics, and the drop zone for your projectiles. But perhaps you should be permitted to use a tethered net launcher.
Likewise, if you want to fly your own drone to take pictures of your own property, you should be able to do that too as long as you stay below 1000ft.
Or any public property. Whether the restrictions on line-of-sight are reasonable is a whole other discussion (my thought is "maybe") but public lands belong to all of us. As always, the thing must be operated in a manner which does not represent a realistic risk to others.
But our creator gave us rational minds to solve puzzles with.
You bet.
How about if I look at it in a mirror? Or out of the corner of my eye? Or I have someone else look at it and describe it to me?
Quantum computing sure is hard.
ahhhh so *thats* why Texans are so fucking fat.
No. No it is not. It's because they have amazing food down there. In California, 9/10ths of all restaurants are total fucking shit food with total fucking shit service. I can outcook them any and every day of the week, and I do, and I have no formal training whatsoever. In Texas, 9/10ths of all restaurants are at least basically competent. I think it's because Texans will tell you just what they think of you, and all the incompetents have fled for California, or committed suicide.
It's also because it's stupid hot, and you can't go outside.
Put the two together and you have a lot of driving from restaurant to restaurant with precious little fat-burning in between. That's what happened to me, anyway. Gained 100 lbs in a year and a half. The weight's off now, but ugh.
If you couldn't step outside without tripping over a chicken fried steak, you'd be fat, too.
1) Do you really want two-ton land missiles driven by desperate people who are driven to cut corners to stay competitive?
You mean like taxicab drivers? No. We should do away with them immediately.
More generally, as you noted, a competitive market is a swim-or-sink situation. That means profit margins will get razor-thin. That sounds awesome until you realize that wages are also a form of profits.
So your argument against permitting people to hire their services is that it will threaten others' wages? Congratulations, you just cast your vote for no progress ever. Please move back into a cave, and give up your PC.
So your argument for more taxis on the roads is that the current amount of taxis is already dangerous...
No, and only a someone who does not understand English at all could possibly come to that conclusion without being a prevaricating prickwad. They complained about the nature, not the number.
Cabbies drive like fuckheads because they have no competition, because of bullshit protectionist restraint of trade.
I wonder what happened to the habit of making embedded systems simple and transparent...
I remember some 20 years ago a friend of mine was telling me that sooner or later, your microwave would have a whole operating system on it, even though it only performed simple tasks. It was already cheaper even then to use a MCU over discrete logic for many devices which were not staggeringly complex. It's about development time. As long as we fail to demand quality, we will continue to get what is convenient to produce in quantity. Pity about quality.
ou knew this, I hope, and were just trolling us. Right?
Correct -- and the smartphone that isn't capable of actively tracking a person is?
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