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Ants are the OG cooperative agent algorithms. Simulating ants use of pheromones to implement stigmergy path finding is a classic computer science algorithm.

Congrats on both!

When writing basic business code, structuring the code well and having good naming standards means you shouldn’t need a ton of comments, but you should still have some. Plus, using structured function content blocks gives you intellisense in some languages and IDEs, which is important for code reuse in teams.

However, when I was doing scientific programming I’d have comments for almost every line at times where I put the mathematical formula and operations the line represents. Implementing a convolution neutral network with parameters to dynamically scale the layers or MPI stochastic simulations is much different than writing CRUD functions or basic business logic.

Maybe it depends on the domain, but I think it is perfectly reasonable both to ask or produce graphs to show data trends, qualitative behavior, relative rates, etc. I mean, looking at one chart and acting like you know better than the analyst might be a duck move but wanting the chart isn’t.

Imagine if scientific papers didn’t use plots to visualize data?

I agree. Unfortunately many folks who are attracted to security issues and topics don’t have a great holistic view of things. The idea of security is that something can go wrong and you are still ok, and that you apply context appropriate measures. Of course sending a password through email isn’t good, but it’s a gaming forum. A security conscious individual should have randomly generated passwords for everything and no reuse. Likewise, it wasn’t a bank or a security company, it was an old forum software for public discussions, so contextually this isn’t a top concern.

The cherry on top is that it appears to have been an old screenshot and already addressed.

I love the you can run bash on Windows 10 now.

I love docker but I swear docker and CI/CD pipelines are like catnip to the perfect in the way of the good crowd.

It’s actually hard, at least where I live, to capture a live cicada because they are up in trees. More likely the person made a joke using a dead one that fell down. In the fall I actually have to sweep them up I have so many to avoid a driveway of dead bugs. You can’t really tell in a picture of they are alive or dead.

But to your point, yes, torturing live creatures wouldn’t be funny but I doubt that happened here.

So I own two homes, though I don’t rent out one, I let my dad and sister live in it rent free. But hypothetically I could rent it out for $2k per month. But that wouldn’t be enough to live on. Between the two houses I have around $8k in property taxes. Paying for maintenance also gets expensive. The house needs to be painted every 5-6 years, annual maintenance on HVAC, and any unexpected surprises. Keeping two houses in a good, non-slumlord state would almost use up the $24k unless you did every single thing yourself. Plus insurance which is extra if you are renting, needing an LLC and basic accounting software like QuickBooks, etc.

So no, I wouldn’t quit my job with a single rental. Plus I have three kids which increases my costs. Just doesn’t make sense. I have thought about what I would do if I didn’t have family to stay in my other house and do the basic upkeep. I think I would find a local handyman and let them stay there in exchange for providing upkeep and maintenance, maybe a few agreed upon improvements where I provide the materials. Would be tricky to work up the lease but possible.

Most pizza is white bread, marinara sauce, cheese, and less healthy toppings like red or cured meat. Basically pizza is carbs and fat, minimal micro nutrients, and moderate protein. The amount most people need to eat to feel sated is generally more calories than a meal centered around beans, lean meats, or other proteins.

There is also a lot of variability. Deep dish pizzas or some pan pizzas from some chains are soaked in oil in the pan when cooked (looking at you pizza hut). Certain sauces also boost the calorie count, such as ranch or Alfredo.

Likewise, a thin crust pizza with lots of veggies is comparatively ok in terms of calories per slice.

I always mentally treat pizza the same a pasta. It’s a potential to carb and calorie bomb yourself without feeling sated for long, but can be prepared in a way to be better and part of a rounded meal. Eating a couple slices with a salad is fine. Eating a whole pizza on to of other regular meals in the day isn’t.

I think generally the big issue that people have with crypto is that there are so many irreversible mistakes you can make, not that the underlying security is worse/better than a bank. There are lots of ways to securely manage crypto, but most people don’t have the tools, expertise, and discipline to do so. Even simple things like being diligent about randomly generating strong passwords, hardening your accounts and devices against account theft and social engineering, etc.

At the end of the day if you lose your bank password, account details, etc, you can go to a branch with your id and get access. If you are scammed and money is transferred from your account, the bank will generally make you whole or be able to reverse the transaction. None of those safeguards exist in crypto, and many would say that is a feature, not a bug. Which is fine, I get it, I was a crypto early adopter because I liked the math side of it. But it’s not what most people need or can integrate into their life.

I will also say that I laughed long and hard about reports of NFT smart contracts being used to execute malicious code sent as an NFT, which is a massive security issue, but I don’t think it’s fair to lump the whole crypto ecosystem into the NFT cesspool.

I don’t know where op is from but a lot of states, especially in the western US require invasive species tags on any craft over a certain length, like 10 ft. Some also require state registration decals. Idaho is an example of one that takes the invasive species decals and water craft checkpoints very seriously.