Can you think of any reason I’m not receiving a confirmation email when I register there?

People that can not do Matrix multiplication do not possess the basic concepts of intelligence now?

As a mathematician (at least by education), I think that’s a great definition, yes.

Because Blue Steel.

What I was saying is that one is based on the other

Not in any direct way, no. At least not in any way more rigorous than handwavey analogies.

They work the exact same way we do.

Citation needed.

Lions are engangered. Businessmen are not. Seems like nature is attempting to restore balance.

Anyone who’d shoot their own dog out of meanness should be in a cage, not public office. And it’s no surprise she’s also a liar.

“Budget” airlines often end up more expensive after all the junk fees

One of those budget airlines (famous for its entusiastic abuse of customers) imposes a size limit on carry-on bags that’s about 5cm in each dimension smaller than a standard backpack. And yeah, their junk fees are not only extortionate, but maniacally enforced. I’ve paid more to take a different route to my destination to avoid those evil sons of bitches.

I’ve noticed that car rental agencies are pulling similar junk-fee tricks, as well as fraudulently charging for pre-existing damage and imposing cleaning fees for vehicles returned in spotless condition. They’ve tried both tricks on me recently, despite my scrupulous documentation of the vehicle’s condition, including photos and inspection forms. I was on business travel, so it ended up being handled by my employer’s legal department, but I could easily imagine an individual traveller being harassed to the point of capitulating to the leeches.

carry-ons dramatically slow the boarding process

I will never allow valuable items and essential medications to be entrusted to the unreliable checked-baggage system.

that’s what you charge for

Because bleeding a captive clientele dry is perfectly normal and acceptable business practice?

Why’s he so sensitive about being called a chicken? He clearly paints his skin and styles his hair to look like one.

you don’t need to worry about trying to enforce it (

By the simple expedient of there being essentially nothing you can enforce.

This assumes you wrote the project without company tools and on your free time.

Even then. some employment contracts try to take the piss and claim ownership of anything you produce while you’re employed. Clauses like that are unenforceable in many jurisdictions, but I’ve taken the liberty of redlining them before signing the contract. That means another half-day wating for Legal to look at it, but it’s worth it for the removal of ambiguity about what I intend to do. By the way, I’ve never had an offer withdrawn for doing that.

And if you’re trying to maintain an open ecosystem, use GPL.

A lot of corporations will specifically bar employees from using GPLv3 code out of fear it could force them to open source their proprietary code as well.

That’s based on a fundamental misunderstanding of GPLv3, or (more likely) bad faith.

The fucker’s more petty than Tom and the Heartbreakers,

Maybe he wanted to get in, but was rejected as too stupid to even get gentleman’s C’s.

Gulf War 1 is either just as relevant as yesterday or not relevant at all.

The long-term outcome of Gulf War 2 demonstrated the limitations of Gulf War 1. If you don’t have any idea of what the desired end state should be, military superiority does you very little good.

In other words, the Powell doctrine still applies, and the cost of ignoring it (as in GW2) can be hundreds of thousands of people’s lives.

They are, but Ukraine has demonstrated that tanks aren’t much use against drones, unless other countermeasures are in place.

Amazing what they think they can learn from memes.