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Re:Abstraction, Not Syntax on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @01:13PM (#45582475)
Merges and anchors are some of the least maintaineable and most error-prone config i've seen.

Doesn't help every yaml parser has their own opinion on what a merge or an anchor should do, exactly.

Tokens are already compressed. That's what tokenisation is.
What is this Brexit talking point? The EU president is elected by the EU parliament/comission, whose members are directly elected by the people.
Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that on Saturday September 06, 2025 @04:29AM (#45147592)
Define "direct political action"? Like, murder yes. But belgium has (too many) popular local initiatives that get picked up by The Government in some form.
Re:Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:11AM (#45036382)
I could be one of the people running an ungoogled phone, but my bank refuses to have an app that runs on an ungoogled OS for "security"
Re:The 5 levels of configuration languages on Sunday April 13, 2025 @11:58AM (#43673718)
This is basically how pulumi and tfsdk work. You write go/ts/python/... that generates a bunch of config files to a temp folder, and then reconciles those.