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What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?

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  • Somebody spent the money on a research team and five years is why it is very attainable now.

    Someone trying to write the code from scratch would still take a research team and years to replicate it from scratch.

    • Let them warm up for a minute

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  • Zero ice cubes is the correct amount.

    • Let them warm up for a minute

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  • get permanently disgusted

    Typos can be so entertaining.

    • Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’

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  • They could in theory, but that would drive down engagement and they would make less money.

    It is pretty hard to identify negative posts separately from hyperbolic exaggeration though. How do you tell ridiculous rage bait from a good Onion article when the only real difference in context is who posted it?

    • Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’

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  • They push the stuff that people spend more time interacting with. People tend to interact more with negative stuff.

    • Senate presses toward vote on border policies and Ukraine amid Republican backlash

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  • The only reason they won't support it is because they automatically oppose anything the Dems are in favor of.

    • The first steam next fest of 2024 fest is live. Explore free demos from February 5th to February 12th

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  • Like free trials, they keep free in the name just to make sure it is clear and because people like free stuff.

    • Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement

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  • If the arrest people and take them into custody under false pretenses then charge them with kidnapping and false imprisonment. If they cannot do their own due diligence on the job, they need to be punished for abusing their authority.

    • The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? | Washington Post

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  • Come on man, I just told you.

    • Israel Bombed Belgian Office in Gaza After Nation Refused to Cut Off UNRWA Funding

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  • I give the IDF zero benefit of the doubt after they straight up murdered the Reuters journalist with a fucking tank.

    • Florida parents say 2-year-old was restrained during Rosa Parks reenactment at day care

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  • "Being self aware hurts our fee fees!

    • The price I have to pay for medical care

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  • They had to suffer that beautiful view. Tsk tsk tsk.

    • Netflix: Piracy is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly

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  • When Netflix was under $10 I stopped pirating and just watched stuff on Netflix because it was worth it for the convenience at the price point.

    That is how they solve piracy. Everything they have been doing over the last couple of years is the reason for the increase in piracy.

    • Newsgroups?

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  • A creative interpretation of the firearms policies of 1627.

    • It would be simpler

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    • Stick shift drivers - would you get an electric vehicle?

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  • I’ve never seen an electric car that used a CVT, normally they are just direct drive.

    Potato, potato.

    • When people talk about returning the cart after shopping, does that include putting it in a corral, or do you have to take it all the way to the front of the store to be a good person?

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  • Ok, there is one reason.

    • When people talk about returning the cart after shopping, does that include putting it in a corral, or do you have to take it all the way to the front of the store to be a good person?

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  • Randomly placed carts are in the way and there is no reason ever to not put them away.

    • Take Back Our Border' convoy arrives in Texas: 'We want our nation saved'

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  • Nah, it will sink and make a Redneck Reef.

    • Palworld is terrible

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  • The resource and gathering is part of the exploration, and I rarely feel like I have to intentionally spend time gathering anything I particular. As you build up a base you can add resource things the past can use to gather more of the early resources as you find new things.

    That is to day if you don't it at all, then it wouldn't be a good fit. But if you don't like it because most games make it tedious, then this one solves the tedium part at least for the time I have played it so far.