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    4 days ago

    He was pretty much spot on, they came close once in August and then crossed over in October:

    Interesting that Twitter isn’t on that chart even though it had been a thing for about six years at that point and had already eclipsed everything on Randall’s list in 2010













  • Definitely not C#. Wrong syntax for main, wrong syntax for foreach (C# has foreach (var i in someCollection) and what even is this method call syntax with =?

    Edit: I dug around the website. It’s D. I’m still confused about the method call syntax though. Usually, D uses parentheses like most other C-style languages. Must be some weird syntax where you can call methods like property setters which was useful for this particular code golf challenge.




  • Remind me…

    • Which country checks tourists’ social media for anti-Trump posts on entry?
    • Which country regularly arrests (and in many cases deports) both their own citizens and foreigners without consulting a court?
    • Which country spies on its own citizens to figure out if they may have had an abortion?

    But sure, even thinking about doing something about a right-wing party that has been classified as extremist by multiple courts and explicitly lists several human rights violations as their goals… that’s a step too far…




  • Depends on how they behave. If they get right up in my face and immediately tell me their whole life story how they’re sick and hungry and have twenty children to feed, I’m usually skeptical. On the other hand, if someone is polite and especially if they ask for food instead of money, I’m more inclined to help.

    Overall, I’m happy to help those who really need it but I’ve had too many bad experiences with people who were in it out of greed more than necessity. Prime example, some time last year I was on my way home from a vacation and had to wait at the train station for a couple of minutes when a guy came up to me and asked me for money because he was hungry. I told him I had no cash with me but I could get him a sandwich from a nearby vending machine where I can pay with my credit card. On the way to the vending machine, he asked me if something from the bakery at the other end of the station would also be okay. That was already a bit weird but okay. I left my partner and my luggage at the platform and took him to the bakery. On the way there, he pointed out that there was an ATM where I could get cash for him which I refused, then at the bakery he asked me for two of the most expensive snack they had plus something to drink, a total of over 20€. Quite the difference between that and the 4€ sandwich I had initially agreed to. The whole situation was so uncomfortable, I can’t even remember what I got him in the end. And from the way he acted, I wouldn’t be surprised if he just threw away the food once I was out of sight and asked the next person for money.

    It’s sad. There are so many people who ask for what they need and are genuinely happy when they get help and then there are greedy assholes like that guy. And because I usually can’t tell the difference at a glance, I’m often overly careful and don’t help even though I feel I should.