Because Ruby is a dynamic language which mutates state. That isn't considered wrong or bad in those kinds of languages, just a way to make sure the programmer knows they're doing that. Not every PL tries to live up to the ideals of Haskell.
If you don't want an object mutated in Ruby, you can freeze it.
I don't think they're saying it shouldn't be possible to mutate arguments, just that the ! convention should be enforced. The Ruby runtime could, for instance, automatically freeze all arguments to a function that doesn't end with a !. That way all code that correctly follows the mutation naming convention will continue to work, and any development who doesn't know about it will quickly learn when they try to mutate an argument and get an error. Ideally a helpful error telling them to add the !.
No need to assume, Elon is a very public figure. We have plenty of receipts on what he's said and done. DOGE was a disaster, it was unconstitutional, it did not find significant fraud, waste and abuse, it did put our information at serious risk and we still don't know who all gained acces.
I think Anthropic certainly mishandled things, otherwise they would not have lost the contract. Obviously the investors are upset: this is a guy making millions/billions, the expectation is absolutely for him to find a way to resolve complex issues. I could have done what he did, that is, "stand on principle" and lose the contract. It requires no skill to do so.
A new US administration and Congress need to be voted in. There is one party who backs fossil fuel interests and denies anthropogenic climate change. They're currently in charge. The American public didn't see that as an important enough issue in 2024.
They need a complete reworking of the government. The fact is that bum-fuck states with a handful of citizens can use their senate seats to hold the country hostage. Nothing will ever get better until that is resolved.
The EU has applied tariffs for climate reasons with the carbon border adjustment. The idea is for a country to have domestic climate standards, and then apply tariffs on importers who import from countries that don't meet those standards. It's a straightforward application of tariffs to ensure domestic manufacturers aren't undercut by foreign rivals that aren't required to meet the same standards and redirect importers to sources that do meet standards or at least come closer.
Carbon tax at home and carbon tariffs abroad is the only real economically sound strategy to nudge the economy towards emitting less.
And yes, that does likely mean taxing Chinese imports in the short term. The Chinese leadership does understand the risks of climate change as well or better than many other countries and is already pursuing enormous amounts of clean energy and emission standards, so I'd not expect the tariffs on Chinese imports to last long on an environmental or carbon basis.
Hopefully it will limit the length of the war, and not just have US/Israel endlessly bomb while Iran fires off what it can randomly at anyone in range.
- Iran is going to run out of things to fire or things they use to fire off (launchers) pretty soon. The number of things they're been firing off has been on a sharp decrease.
- I am pretty sure Israel and the US are very far from depleting their stockpiles. They are going to completely demolish the regime and all its assets. There are many different types of munitions for different situations, many of them interchangeable.
- The only question mark is interceptors where we have a bit of a race between eliminating the ability of Iran to attack and the remaining (very expensive) interceptors. The lack of interceptors is not going to be a limit. Nobody knows for sure but it'd be a surprise if there aren't enough interceptors for both the US and Israel. The US might have some desire to keep some minimal stockpile for other theaters/concerns so maybe that's a concern.
- The US and Israel can not afford to let Iran gain leverage here and they won't.
Israel has taken extreme damage over the past couple of days. Iran hit Tel Aviv with cluster bombs last night. Many buildings destroyed. The Israeli censorship and propaganda can no longer contain the reality of the situation.
I know people that live there. But you believe whatever you want. Those cluster bombs are relatively small. They do minor damage. Nobody was even injured.
All your images are the single missile that got through to Tel Aviv where there was some civilian casualties because the sirens were delayed. Generally there is plenty of warning and bomb shelters. The minor property damage is meaningless and has no impact on Israel overall.
What is hitting Israel this round is lot less than the last round. I saw first hand the damage from the previous round where a lot more missiles got through when I visited Israel. It's still some tiny fraction of what Iran and Hezbollah are getting hit with.
This has zero impact on Israel. But by the time Israel is done with the Dahiye it's going to be a parking lot.
EDIT: Smotrich's son did get injured. He was lightly wounded. Cluster bombs are a) illegal b) totally ineffective other than causing broader property damage. You're live in fantasy land. I suggest visiting Israel after the war is over to see how destroyed it is ... not.
This is all from today, there's much more but it's not on me to do your homework for you. This isn't even going into how every day Israel is more hated by the entire world. The Zionist project has been defeated.
I'm a logical and rational person. Not a fanatic. Whether I minimize or maximize my "country's defeat" makes absolutely no difference. If Israel was defeated I'd have no problem saying that.
Israel is strategically in the best position it's been since its inception. Its economy is doing great and all the threats that have been around it have been decimated. It is a nuclear regional power that has demonstrated that nobody wishing it harm can hide. That's not to say that there aren't challenges but Iran and Hezbollah were the largest [EDIT: remaining] military threat and they're in the process of getting wiped out.
Instead of focusing on how bad Israel is how about look at what it has managed to accomplish in its relatively short time as a state and country. How much innovation. Compare to your "favorite" regimes around that are obsessed with Israel and oppressing their citizenry.
Israel only exists because of US taxpayers like me supporting it. That support no longer exists. Most of the US military facilities built in the Middle East to defend Israel have been destroyed and will not be rebuilt. The reason Israel attacked Iran now is because they know US support for their regime no longer exists. This was the last chance. The US and Israel are currently losing the war against Iran and when that defeat comes, that's the end of the road for Israel.
The US support is a fraction of Israel's budget. Fun fact, the US didn't use to support Israel when it was created. The support started much later.
Israel would do just fine without US support. Israel's enemies without oil and support from China and Russia would just be your typical third world country (I mean they're not far from that anyways).
The US and Israel are so winning against Iran. But hey, let's see. Talk in two weeks. The Iranian people also support Israel and the US by the way.
A by the way is that US facilities in the middle east were not built to "protect Israel" either.
Anyways, I'm not sure if you're interested in a real discussion here or not. I'm happy to have one.
The Iranian people absolutely do not support Israel. I'd show you dozens of videos of thousands of people in the street calling for Israel's destruction, but you said you don't want any more proof that counters your narrative. I assure you Israel needs the US to survive, which is why they are currently using the US military to commit war crimes. The UN created Israel, the UN requires the US to exist. Let's put it this way, now that the entire world hates Israel, it's time is limited. Socially, economically, militarily... it's over.
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