Maybe there's an intermediate category: people who like designing software? I personally find system design more engaging than coding (even though I enjoy coding as well). That's different from just producing an opaque artifact that seems to solve my problem.

He has built a successful brand by drawing sweepingly cynical conclusions from some rather limited experience (along with clickbait titles), to appeal to cynical audiences like HN.

Personally I use Ballistol, silicone lube, graphite lube, and penetrating oil for all the applications WD-40 is marketed for.

In the PNW at least there's a cult application of WD-40 as a fish attractant (applied to lures). Not sure if anyone's done any sort of controlled trial but lots of folks have sworn by it for decades.

why not use penetrating oil?

if I have my druthers, it's kroil but there was a time before I knew better, haha.

FWIW I’ve been using warn_unused_result in both gcc and clang since about 2020.

Yep, partial remedies are available for quite some time.

I think it's safe to say that none of the other potential GOP candidates would have threatened to invade a NATO ally.

Sorry, Trump insisting on annexing Greenland is not a "change in strategic goals", it's a toddler's petulant obsession. The US already had carte blanche from Denmark to do pretty much whatever it wanted in Greenland.

Besides Trump, I doubt there's another official in the WH who wants this. They are all just humoring the demented old man.

It's the Mercator projection's fault

If Airbus could beat Boeing, it should be possible for an EU consortium to beat AWS, if they can execute well (big if).