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Re:Why is it so hard to give Google money? on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @09:22AM (#32237912)
If we can't automate it, fuck you.
Re:Books to read to understand financial crime on Thursday July 14, 2022 @06:41AM (#32094224)
naked, short and greedy
Even better if you can get it for free.
Re:They Still Haven't Told You on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:30PM (#29912939)
probably because there are still 2 days needed for settlement

crypto markets don't have this issue and are open 24/7

Re:Gas Pump Golf on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:51PM (#29843844)
I feel like most people in this thread aren't understanding thoroughly that this game is telling you all that money is worth less every year incrementally, I wonder how long this can go on.
Arch for desktop: way easier than other distros because contrary to popular belief, older 'stable' versions of software have way more bugs and downsides. And removing the clutter enables kiss so life is easier overal. Once every 6 months I check the arch page why my update doesn't work and then copy paste the solution. Other than that it's perfect. Requirement for this distribution: update at least once a week

Centos for servers: webservers/other services just work, even the older versions

Re:Doing Python Configuration Right (2019) on Monday April 27, 2020 @08:59AM (#22995374)
I don't get how this can be used anywhere except when you have 2 deployment targets which seems really limited.

Also checking for environments is done weirdly, why not use

if 'ENV' not in os.environ:

instead of

ENV = os.environ.get("ENV", None)

if ENV is None: