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Why no stationary base on the moon?
Re:TC39 Proposal: Type Annotations on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:00AM (#31677710)
It will reduce complexity of the existing tools.
Re:New Upcoming Telegram Premium Features on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @01:06PM (#31657274)
You can already do it via Settings -> Security -> Last Activity
Re:GraphQL Is a Trap? on Friday May 06, 2022 @10:05AM (#31285245)
Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:48AM (#31190570)
Blockchain is a perfect example, how tech folks want resolve humanitarians problems/issues with _tech_ solution. (Spoiler) It doesn't work
Re:Whats New in PHP 8.2 on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:45PM (#31157426)
I'm suggesting to use https://github.com/azjezz/psl nice wrapper on php std library
Here we go again. Solving social problems with technical staff.
Re:Lightweight API Design in Swift on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @05:42AM (#21637113)
Re:Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later on Sunday November 24, 2019 @05:19AM (#21619481)
>> Hyperinflation Human competence the main cause. >> Instant low-fee international transfers We have it already >>financial censorship Depends firstly on political system. If you have undemocratic government crypto won't help you anyway, because it will be banned or controlled.

Practice is the criterion of truth. Can provide cases, when crypto solves problem better than existing instruments?