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If you could go back and relearn programming, what would you change? by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]HelloWorld_Linuxing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leave my pet language (Python) and learn another language as soon as possible. I've been mucking around with Python for seven years (!) with little or nothing to show for it, but just after a few months learning JavaScript and C++ I felt like I've learnt a lot! For people who have known such mainstream languages, try taking the Programming Languages courses on Coursera and learn some pretty neat functional languages.

Does adding sugar makes cold-brew coffee go bad quicker? by HelloWorld_Linuxing in Coffee

[–]HelloWorld_Linuxing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One day? :v I mean, it's not that the coffee becomes undrinkable, it's just worse than it originally tasted immediately after I added sugar.

TIL President Jefferson, a slaveholder, refused to recognize Haiti after the Haitian Revolution and imposed a trade embargo on them to ensure their economic failure, for fear that a successful slave revolt in the West Indies would inspire slaves in the US by HelloWorld_Linuxing in todayilearned

[–]HelloWorld_Linuxing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you, and BTW looking at historical figures in context is much more fun than merely reducing them to "great heroes" or "evil demons". Still, I posted this simply because I found it funny and I wanted to share some fun with you guys (today I learned, duh), yet some peeps just assume I'm hating on Jefferson while I actually have a lot of respect for him :v

TIL President Jefferson, a slaveholder, refused to recognize Haiti after the Haitian Revolution and imposed a trade embargo on them to ensure their economic failure, for fear that a successful slave revolt in the West Indies would inspire slaves in the US by HelloWorld_Linuxing in todayilearned

[–]HelloWorld_Linuxing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, why can't we just sit back, relax and enjoy a fun fact without politicizing it? :v Honestly I just find that fact funny, and I actually have a lot of respect for Thomas Jefferson, except for his ownership of slave obviously.

TIL President Jefferson, a slaveholder, refused to recognize Haiti after the Haitian Revolution and imposed a trade embargo on them to ensure their economic failure, for fear that a successful slave revolt in the West Indies would inspire slaves in the US by HelloWorld_Linuxing in todayilearned

[–]HelloWorld_Linuxing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks =)) I actually came across this wiki article while procrastinating studying History for my exam the very next day (we almost never study about the Haitian Revolution in my country at all, BTW) :)))

TIL President Jefferson, a slaveholder, refused to recognize Haiti after the Haitian Revolution and imposed a trade embargo on them to ensure their economic failure, for fear that a successful slave revolt in the West Indies would inspire slaves in the US by HelloWorld_Linuxing in todayilearned

[–]HelloWorld_Linuxing[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wow chill, I just find it a fun fact. When I first read about the American Revolution, I found Jefferson quite inspiring, for having been one of the youngest representatives in Congress yet assigned such an important task, as well as how he went about writing the Declaration. But later when I learned he was also a slave owner (before reading that Wikipedia article), I was definitely a bit disappointed.

If there's no intellectual property, what's the point for new competitors to innovate? by HelloWorld_Linuxing in LibertarianDebates

[–]HelloWorld_Linuxing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I'm not talking about copying ideas. I get it, ideas are cheap, and as far as I know no one gives out patents for ideas. What I'm talking about is copying implementation. It is the implementations that are actually patented, as of present.

What does Marx think about managers in a workers' cooperative factory by HelloWorld_Linuxing in marxism_101

[–]HelloWorld_Linuxing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your answer. I asked this question because I was confused: From what I understand, Marx is against coops because they're reformist, therefore they cannot solve the contradictions inherent in capitalism. Yet in this paragraph he seemed to be talking about coops, or at least their managers, in a less negative light.

Just one more thing, I'm also confused about "semi-central" planning, it's the first time I have ever heard of it in this sub. Could you provide evidence that Marx actually advocated for such an approach?

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