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Comment Re:Python (Score 1) 466

You are trying to hard to pick apart individual words. I can write an application in C and with no other software have it running on the vast majority of hardware in the world with no other layer of software required for that application to run. Conversely, I don't know of a single piece of hardware that can run a program written in Python without the use of a layer of software, generally written in C.

But if you already have a job and want a language that can do pretty much anything quickly then learn Python; and learn how to program it properly, rather than like a C or Java programmer (if there is such a thing).

This comes across as being derogatory towards c programmers.

Comment Re:Python (Score 1) 466

Then you should spend more effort in reading. The OP was trash talking C programmers. The OS that you run your Python on was written in C. C is for all intents and purposes the mother language that the rest of the computer age is built on. It is not an argument against using Python. It is an argument against Python developers claiming C is inherently flawed. Because without C and it's developers, you wouldn't have Python developers.

Comment Re:OCA (Score 1, Insightful) 184

The smart ones realize they can't take all the money because starving people are dangerous.

This is why the wealth disparity that the ultra rich work towards is so baffling. I get why they want to have more money than they could ever spend, but at a certain point, it becomes self destructive to continue to accumulate wealth beyond even that.

Comment Re:Fad diets based on new "science" (Score 1) 166

You are correct. It goes a step beyond that as well, in that describing what is healthy can be radically different between people based on their genetics. Our standard measurement, the BMI, is a horrific measure of health. Speaking for my genetics, I would have to be an extreme gym rat to be at a "healthy" weight by BMI standards. BMI dictates that I should be between 5% and ~-25% body fat. Other people can be flabby with a pot belly and still be considered "healthy" by the BMI standards.

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