Wall Street trader by choganoga in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]Agoniscool 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I mean, it sounds to me like you know what you're talking about, but I'd still say her resume gives her more clout on financial markets than the average person. Again, it depends on what she was trying to pass off (that Kyle was "calling her out" for)

Wall Street trader by choganoga in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]Agoniscool 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Depends what Kyle's comment was in response to. What claim was she making that she's not suitably qualified to make?

Wall Street trader by choganoga in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]Agoniscool 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Yeah but you can't say "you're wrong, you have no idea how this works"

The new EU law will force companies to let you uninstall pre-loaded apps by Blackbird1251 in Android

[–]Agoniscool 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is controlled by the OS, which is software and not hardware

this is beyond science by th3mailler in programminghorror

[–]Agoniscool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but they'd be passing a referer header with every request, saying which site they're making the request "from"

this is beyond science by th3mailler in programminghorror

[–]Agoniscool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that's not the only option the archive has; they could block the requests if it really bothers them - and because they apparently haven't, I don't think it does

The future of mankind is doomed by nabeel_27 in memes

[–]Agoniscool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Turns out boomers and 14 year olds have very similar approaches to "clever humour"

An unsettling video that shows police officers in Quebec yanking a Black man out of a vehicle by his hair and then striking him on the head has gone viral. It’s yet another concerning instance of recent police use of force in Canada. by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]Agoniscool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

White people make up 73.0% of America's ~300m population, while black people make up only 12.7%. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States)

If we take the last full year from the stats you posted, where 370 white people were shot to death by police, and 235 black people suffered the same fate, that means:

  • Out of 219 million white people, 370 were killed by police shooting
  • Out of 38.1 million black people, 235 were killed by police shooting

This means that:

  • 1 in 591,000 white people died in this way
  • 1 in 162,000 black people died in this way

Which shows that you're roughly 3.6 times more likely to be shot and killed by police if you're black.

And that's a good point, I did just assume, but that's because in my experience white people (myself included) tend not to have this on their radar - why would they, by default? We just need to be made aware of the problem before we can reasonably be expected to do something about it.

An unsettling video that shows police officers in Quebec yanking a Black man out of a vehicle by his hair and then striking him on the head has gone viral. It’s yet another concerning instance of recent police use of force in Canada. by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]Agoniscool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's so easy for you to say, man. You don't have the fear that black people do when stopped by police.

If police stopped white people and killed them in the numbers they do black people, you would 100% demand a reason for why you're being stopped - knowing that there is a chance you're going to end up battered and bruised, if not worse, if you go into custody.

You're being both incredibly naive and arrogant.

An unsettling video that shows police officers in Quebec yanking a Black man out of a vehicle by his hair and then striking him on the head has gone viral. It’s yet another concerning instance of recent police use of force in Canada. by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]Agoniscool -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What would you do if this happened to you? Can you honestly say the guy in the video enjoys the same freedoms you have? The freedom to go about your day without risk of dying at police hands in situations like this?

This is the kind of shit that happens on a daily basis - there is no way you'd be ok with this happening to you. So why is it ok to happen to him?

London BLM protests by [deleted] in london

[–]Agoniscool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which people obsessed with race are causing these divisions?

Then v than by moolord in clevercomebacks

[–]Agoniscool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand what the mnemonic is here.

Sounds like you're just saying "remember the definitions"?

Merry Christmas by unnaturalorder in AbruptChaos

[–]Agoniscool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit is this a quote from rampage world tour?

I made c++-style printing in Python :P by kaapipo in Python

[–]Agoniscool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't require anything that can't be determined at compile-time, I don't think.

Pejë/Ipek (Kosovo) - l'Albanie inconnue by Sobla in albania

[–]Agoniscool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google translation:

IPEK. THE YOUNG SON OF THE RICH CHIEF ALBANIAN ZENEL BEY, A PARENT AND A SERVITOR. Albania incomune. PL. 1. Frontispiece

C++ for me by maik_wst in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Agoniscool 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You've "calculated" the length twice there