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Re:The Sugar Conspiracy
on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:30AM (#11469811)
Mexico successfully increased their tax on sugary beverages, and companies threw relatively few hissy fits. I think a large part of the country's willingness to shoulder that tax, and the lack of push back from industry, came about as a result of positive leadership from Mexico's president at that time and the recognition that diabetes was becoming an epidemic.
Re:Ask HN: Is there evidence regarding PG's theory about powerful lang...
on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:20AM (#11469780)
I've used ruby to make a responsive web app and feedback on the product signifies that users like and trust the seemingly clunky design elements.
I believe the founder of Facebook previously said that the company's early over-reliance on HTML5 was his biggest regret. The tradeoff paid off in terms of speed and agility. The use of the color blue was also quite smart.
Note: My hidden agenda with this post is to increase my karma points.