Vigge93

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

I disagree, and would argue that both are about equally frequent. For example, my phone shows °C in the weather widget, while the weather app only uses °. That does not change the fact that the actual unit is °C, and that would not change even if the whole world switched away from °F, and your original comment about the display having °C implying that °F still exists is therefore incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No, even if you only had one unit for a physical quantity, you would still need to specify that unit to know which physical quantity you are describing. E.g. "That object over there is 15" vs "That object over there is 15 kg".

The symbol for temperature, measured in Celsius, is "°C". It's atomic and can't be separated, since that would result in °, which represents the angle of something, not the temperature, and C, which is the symbol for Coulomb, which measures electric charge.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

If it's like the system in Sweden, it's actually ~$400 straight up benefit, and ~$800 in a very favourable (optional) loan with very low interest that is paid back over 25 years.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The source paper is available online, is published in a peer reviewed journal, and has over 600 citations. I'm inclined to believe it.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago

That's why these systems should never be used as the sole decision makers, but instead work as a tool to help the professionals make better decisions.

Keep the human in the loop!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Not all diabetes is caused by excess sugar intake

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would use single x and y when they are meant to replace numbers, and multiple xx and yy when replacing text.

E.g.

  • "We sold x books yesterday"
  • "Did xx stop by yesterday and pick up the books?"
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While there might be some truth to that, I don't think MS 365 would qualify as "developed for the government."

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (4 children)
  1. I imagine that the company would have the burden of proof that any of these criteria are fulfilled.

  2. Third-party rights most likely refers to the use of third-party libraries, where the source code for those isn't open source, and therefore can't be disclosed, since they aren't part of the government contract. Security concerns are probably things along the line of "Making this code open source would disclose classified information about our military capabilities" and such.

Switzerland are very good bureaucracy and I trust that they know how to make policies that actually stick.

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