If he is offended then that is entirely his problem and not mine. I couldn't care less. I'm only suggesting that he consider changing it. That could actually help him.
I'm not talking about computer systems. It is trivial to write code to handle an arbitrary UTF-8 string. I mean for his own sake, it's probably best to have a real name.
Yep. If preparing the food requires a bachelors degree in food science, chemicals imported from China, and a home laboratory, then it's probably classified as "processed food".
The dude has a one letter name. This has consequences beyond your short sighted focus on computer systems. It's socially awkward to have a one letter name.
I was not being sarcastic whatsoever. I know two people who have changed their name because they didn't like the name they were born with. My suggestion is 100% dead serious.
Change your name. Everyone deserves a real name. Life is too short to have a one letter "name". The amount of time wasted dealing with this kind of shit...
Of course they have been benchmarked. Both compile to native code, so performance can be roughly the same if the algorithms are the same. However, figuring out how to design a Haskell program that reaches maximum performance is very difficult, and the code probably won't be idiomatic.
Slower compilation doesn't mean slower execution. Scala has "Native" and JVM implementations with different performance characteristics. Scala is a hybrid that allows imperative code with a lower level of abstraction than Haskell, closer to hardware. Thus it is potentially more performant.
Listen man, you’re obviously a very smart guy (I’m assuming your gender), but it seems that you haven’t been exposed much to the “Austrian School” of economics.
Keynesian theory is the orthodox economic religion, which you have fully subscribed to. Austrians are heretics and we are burned at the stake for our beliefs.
I’ve read both sides. The Austrian school is far more compelling and rational. It cuts through the obscurantist bullshit with precision.
To me, Keynesian theory with its justification for continued economic chaos, is for those suffering from “battered wife syndrome”. To accept the Keynesian excuses, is akin to a wife getting brutally raped and beaten by her husband every day, while telling everyone “It’s OK, I deserve it, he knows what’s best for me”.
If you haven’t seriously examined the Austrian side of the debate, have a look at this:
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In the first link, read the paragraph that begins with "In the face of overwhelming arguments against inflationary expansion ..." . The entire article is good but that really gets to the point of inflation.
You are fundamentally off the mark at every single point. The basket of goods specifically excludes things such as housing which is the by far the number one cost of living here, which leaves that "inflation" figure as an utterly meaningless metric.
>> Set them at a low level. That's their job. To maintain a consistent, low, predictable rate of inflation.
Your reading comprehension failed here. I am referring to control of interest rates, which has far reaching consequences beyond inflation. This is the "fatal conceit" of socialist minded people such as yourself. No one on this planet is qualified to control interest rates.
As for the Soviet Union - I was talking about their centralized / planned economy. Socialism. We have a socialist monetary system in the West.
Yes New Zealand is the least corrupt government in the world, apparently, and despite that, the divide between rich and poor is increasing. It has become way less affordable to live here since the mid 2000's and is not getting any easier. We are locked in to a corrupt global system. Our monetary policy is a slave to the global socialist monetary system.
New Zealands actual inflation is way, way higher than 1.5%. You are very naive and gullible if you believe that number. You also have no idea how the cost of housing is determined. Central banks have artificially manipulated interest rates to an extremely low level, where savers are forced to malinvest in things such as housing, which is also encouraged by mortgage rates being way below the reasonable cost, because again, the interest rates are artificially low. The reserve bank governor even admitted they were at fault.