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ksenzee commented on It’s not wrong that "\u{1F926}\u{1F3FC}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F".length == 7 (2019) hsivonen.fi/string-length... · Posted by u/program

simonask · 2 days ago

This is American imperialism at its worst. I'm serious.

Lots of people around the world learn programming from sources in their native language, especially early in their career, or when software development is not their actual job.

Enforcing ASCII is the same as enforcing English. How would you feel if all cooking recipes were written in French? If all music theory was in Italian? If all industrial specifications were in German?

It's fine to have a dominant language in a field, but ASCII is a product of technical limitations that we no longer have. UTF-8 has been an absolute godsend for human civilization, despite its flaws.

ksenzee · 2 days ago

I don’t see much difference between the amount of Italian you need for music and the amount of English you need for programming. You can have a conversation about it in your native language, but you’ll be using a bunch of domain-specific terms that may not be in your native language.

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tracker1 · 11 days ago

If they want to remain competitive and advance, they certainly will.

ksenzee · 11 days ago

And we know companies certainly do what's best for their long-term growth and survival, rather than prioritizing short-term profits. We certainly don't need to worry about innovation grinding to a halt, and scientists leaving the field, while companies figure out the new normal.

ksenzee commented on You're Wrong About Dates – and Your Code Is Lying to You metaduck.com/youre-wrong-... · Posted by u/pgte

JimDabell · 12 days ago

> This isn’t just “nicer syntax” — it’s a fundamental shift in how your software thinks.

I’m sorry, I just can’t get past this awful hyperbolic AI drivel.

ksenzee · 12 days ago

I don’t think this is related to AI at all. (Unless you’re suggesting it’s AI-generated?) It’s “thinking” as a metaphor for the abstraction being used.

ksenzee commented on 1910: The year the modern world lost its mind derekthompson.org/p/1910-... · Posted by u/purgator

teamonkey · 13 days ago

Pascal’s quote rings differently today.

ksenzee · 13 days ago

I'm curious how. We have a lot more potential distractions now, but the same inability to just be.

ksenzee commented on Microsoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appeal neowin.net/news/microsoft... · Posted by u/bundie

ksenzee · 25 days ago

You’d probably find you’d “signed” a “contract” with them that contains a binding arbitration clause.

ksenzee commented on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome academic.oup.com/pnasnexu... · Posted by u/MattSayar

loeg · a month ago

People are giving you shit because Down Syndrome sucks, but being deaf sucks too, and withholding hearing from kids of deaf adults is and was child abuse.

ksenzee · a month ago

Cochlear implants aren't magical hearing restorers. If they were, you'd be right. But they aren't. There are limitations. Music is especially difficult to perceive properly.

ksenzee commented on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome academic.oup.com/pnasnexu... · Posted by u/MattSayar

vtbassmatt · a month ago

As the parent of a child with Down syndrome, I really appreciate the way you and the parent comment approached this topic. Thank you.

Tiny nit, in the US it’s “Down syndrome”, not “Down’s”. Apparently we name conditions with a possessive if named for someone with it (“Lou Gehrig’s”) and without the possessive if named for, say, the person who first described the condition in a medical journal.

ksenzee · a month ago

I never knew why the possessive wasn't used, thank you!

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reedf1 · a month ago

Chesterton's Fence always bothered me as an argument unto itself. Without providing (or attempting to a provide) a test for the destruction of the fence along with the argument, you are performing a bit of a rhetorical sleight of hand. When you do this you are shifting a potentially infinite burden of proof to the other side. It's Chesterton's fence not Chesterton's infinite fucking barrier.

ksenzee · a month ago

The quote in the article seems to come from nowhere. It’s not in the post they link, and Google doesn’t find it. I went looking because I was uncomfortable with the way Chesterton’s Fence was being used here: it’s not supposed to be “that fence is important!” It’s supposed to be “that fence may be important, and until you know whether it is or not, leave it up.” I’ve probably written a lot of code that looks like a fence across a road, and I would hate to think everyone I ever worked with is leaving it up regardless of whether it’s still useful.

In this case I happen to agree with the author’s premise: it seems clear that kids have a developmental need to interact with the world physically. But I’m not comfortable with a made-up blockquote that slightly twists the meaning of the original parable.

ETA: I’m not accusing the author of the Medium article of fabricating their quote; their source may have changed in the interim. I’m just saying someone made up this story, there’s no apparent source for it, and it’s not a good representation of the principle it purportedly explains.

ksenzee commented on Major rule about cooking meat turns out to be wrong seriouseats.com/meat-rest... · Posted by u/voxadam

adastra22 · a month ago

Do you cook steak? I do, multiple times a week (my kids love it). If you cut it right away, you end up with a pool of meat juice. If you wait a few minutes, you don't.

I call bullshit. Resting the meat keeps the juice inside. This is objectively the case, whether or not some blind taste test agrees. (I'm not even sure why a blind test is relevant here...)

ksenzee · a month ago

Did you read the article? This is absolutely addressed. “Resting the meat keeps the juice inside” is obviously correct and he is not arguing against that point. The question is whether there is another way to keep the juice inside.

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zx8080 · a month ago

> Without it, programming in these languages would be completely different.

How different?

ksenzee · a month ago

I believe you meant "Different how?"