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Comment Re:Reality (Score 1) 217

If he doesn't have the statutory nor constitutional authority to legally name it

The Secretary of the Interior and the Board on Geographic Names have legal authority (see 43 U.S.C. 364b) to set the standard name for U.S. federal usage. Which doesn't mean that Wikipedia must adhere to the federal standard.

Comment Listen to the interviews! Buy the book! (Score 2) 87

businessinsider.com/former-meta-executive-sarah-wynn-williams-interview-careless-people-book-2025-3
nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-alleges-harassment-sandberg-kaplan-sarah-wynn-williams-rcna195130
bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct6pn1

amazon.com/Careless-People-Cautionary-Power-Idealism/dp/1250391237

Comment Boat Anchor (Score 1) 46

I once asked a development manager how much it would cost to port an infrastructure product to a new platform. He said it would be at least $1 million. I noted that the port would be fairly simple, and he said that it wasn't the port that was expensive, it was dragging it around like a boat anchor chained to our ankle for the next 10 or 20 years that was expensive. He was right.

Comment What's the actual strike zone rule? (Score 1) 41

Interestingly, the system makes its call exactly halfway across home plate> , where human umpires consider the strike zone to cover the whole 17 inches from the front to the back of home plate.

How do major league rules define the strike zone with respect to the depth of the plate? And if it's not defined front-to-back, when will the rules committee get to work on this?

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