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30 seconds of googling easily disproves your claim that only one billionaire backed Trump.

https://www.businessinsider.com/which-billionaires-support-d...


There are thousands of billionaires that support both sides. But not with mega donations. For example, 450M that Zuck donated on the previous election. I think Musk donated ~150M this election but that's all anyone would talk about.

When I talk about support, I'm talking about big financial support, not just "hey, I voted".

That doesn't count slanted media coverage, censorship on facebook, Twitter, that you really can't even put a price on.


In every other western countries that's called a bribe just to put things in perspective


Tokyo to Kyoto is 280mi/445km and it's an extremely fast and comfortable train ride.


In between Tokyo and Kyoto you have Nagoya Metropolitan Region, which has a population of 10 million.

There is no similar sized city in between the Bay Area and LA MSA.

This impacts the incentives to build in the US.

Metropolitan Areas in the Western United States are VERY far from each other. And this isn't because of sprawl.

Take a look at a satellite map of the Western US sometime.


The trip from Tokyo to Kyoto goes through several cities that have >200k people living in them, several of them being larger than Sacramento. Your point about Tokyo -> Kyoto doesn't change the previous issue of economics of trains due to lack of density.

Stops (and Population) on Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo and Kyoto: Yokohama: 3mm+ Odawara: 200k+ Hamamatsu: 700k+ Shizuoka: 600k+ Nagoya: 2mm+


... and let's not forget that if you ride that same train for another 50 miles you get to Osaka (~3M) and then Kobe (~1.5M).


Recent US Traffic fatalities:

2021: 42,915

2020: 38,824

2019: 36,355

2018: 36,835

2017: 37,473

According to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_... the last time the US had fewer than 30,000 traffic fatalities was 1945


In 25 years you’ve never once created a list with more than one type of object in it?


I mean, it depends on what you mean by “type”. A list of some Protocol type (what other languages call “interfaces”) is still a homogenous list even though the concrete types are heterogeneous. This is almost always what you want when you’re thinking of “a heterogeneous list”.


It's not unheard of to have unions and a couple of if isinstance.

In fact it's why in python they even have the | operator between types nowadays.


I have also been using python a long time and i honestly can’t remember a time i used mixed type list.


In my code this comes up often, e.g. when I use tuples instead of namedtuple or a dataclass.


Tuples aren't lists though. Tuples are really just structs with indexes instead of names.


Never have to handle/forward function calls with arbitrary arguments? What do you think *args is?


a tuple


I use mixed lists all the time to store shit, but I'm also a total python newb that really doesn't know better.


Maybe a list with ThingObject or None, but my lists are usually homogenous.


thats just homogenous Sequence[Optional[T]], though.


Yeah, that's a better way of putting it :) 90% of the time, I'm something like Sequence[T], but I'm sure I've used Sequence[Optional[T]] a couple of times. I mean, I could drive donuts in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot at 3a, I just don't, and the same for heterogenous lists.


And everything is a subtype of Any. The usual 'static typing' of dynlangs.


well list[int|str] is as well


I’ll second that. I’ve been doing python for a while and haven’t used the mixed type list. I’ve actively avoided doing something like that. The situation doesn’t come up often.


Same here. If I needed that I might use a tuple.


And then it crashes when you convert it to JSON.


I just use an extension wrapper around boost::property_tree for my json (and xml) needs. Way faster than the built in json support and does automagic type conversion so I don’t have to worry about it.

Now, I’m not running at Web Scale™ but pure python was slow enough to be annoying.


Huh, thinking about it I haven't in 9 years either


The new error messages are much better. Take a look at this example:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "calculation.py", line 54, in <module>
      result = (x / y / z) * (a / b / c)
                ~~~~~~^~~
  ZeroDivisionError: division by zero

In this new version it's now obvious which variable is causing the 'division by zero' error.

https://docs.python.org/3.11/whatsnew/3.11.html#enhanced-err...


For a lot of folks dealing with getting something working, its way more useful to have the most likely spot where the error is occurring spit out for them like this.

Stack trace is useful, especially in understanding how the code is working in the system.

But if the goal is solve the problem with the code you've been working on, existing traces are way too verbose and if anything add noise or distract from getting to productive again.

I could see tracebacks get swifty terminal UI that shows only the pinpointed error point that can be accordion'd out to show the rest.


It's probably directionally accurate


Oh please. We have multiple vaccines that have all been demonstrated to be safe and highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death from COVID in multiple studies.

Ivermectin has had decidedly mixed results in very limited early trials, and may not be effective at treating COVID at all.

The only reason people are taking ivermectin when safe, effective, and FREE vaccines are available is because of politics.


I am vaccinated and am not planning to get ivermectin. Your aggressive response seems to assume I have a stake in this. My only stake is that one side seems to think only their favored authorities are allowed to exercise free will, ultimately. These are the same authorities that have been MASSIVELY wrong throughout the pandemic on multiple fronts. I favor decentralization and competing ideas/choices as a way to run a free and just society. From my perspective, the only reason people are against ivermectin is because any deviation from a one size fits all approach undermines the broad lurch towards collectivist control that has been taking place, particularly in American politics. You could say that it is political for both sides of this issue, and I would say that’s fair. But only one solution let’s people live freely, which is individuals making their own choices and voluntarily interacting with others to support those choices.


> We have multiple vaccines that have all been demonstrated to be safe and highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death from COVID in multiple studies.

Since these are non-sterilizing vaccines without nasal/mucosal immunity, i.e. they do not prevent infection or transmission, there is still benefit in early treatment for vaccinated people who become infected. There are multiple therapeutic options available, including monoclonal antibodies being distributed by some states.


Some studies have shown that the vaccine reduces transmission by as much as 80%. That was with the earlier variant, so it may not hold.

So it is not sterilizing, but it seems to go a long way towards that.


Israel would like a word with you.


Could you be more specific?


These jobs almost certainly also want someone who is clean and reliable.

If you are homeless, you might not have access to a shower or laundry facilities. You might have to rely on public transit (which is unreliable in many American cities), or you might not be able to afford public transit, so it might be hard to arrive on time. All of which will put you at a strong disadvantage compared to any other applicant.

If you do go to a job interview you might have to leave all your positions in the street where without you watching over them, they could be stolen. If you have a pet or a child, there might not be anyone trustworthy willing to take care of them while you are away.

If you pass the first round of interviews, you might need a phone number where they can call you for a follow up. But what happens if you can't afford a phone plan? Or if you have a phone, but don't have easy access to a location where you can charge it?

Finally day after day of living on the street, having very poor nutrition, not getting enough quality sleep, dealing with extreme stress, can all cause mental health issues.

There are lots of obstacles to getting a job when you are homeless. And the longer you go without a job, the harder it is to get a new job.


From the article:

> “We’re of course thankful for the gift and we’re thankful for any gift to our most important institutions during this time,” said Matt Haney, another supervisor backing it. “But that doesn’t mean that we should for forever essentially have given away advertising rights on this most essential public institution.”

Doesn't seem like an unreasonable stance


"we are thankful for the money you gave us in exchange for agreeing to naming rights. but it's unreasonable that we should have to give you the naming rights that we agreed to as a condition of taking your money"

does that seem more or less unreasonable?

because as far as i can tell, that's what happened.


Hospitals are hurting right now. They cant do elective surgeries which is what their profit is made. Without that they're financials black holes. Zuckerberg is coming in at a dire time with his request of 50 years of naming rights. Does he owe the hospital anything? No, just like no one owes those sick and dying patients anything. But it's not unfair to point out the thorn on this 'rose'.


the original deal happened in 2015.

i’m not a fan of zuckerberg by any means, but in this case i maintain it is disingenuous on the part of the hospital.


Perfume: The Story of Murder is a terrific historical fantasy novel (the movies version is great as well), but I wouldn't take anything it says as fact.


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