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  • That can also have its own dependencies. I tried to update some relatively simple apps that ran on Java 8 with some Spring libraries (not Boot) and had to deal with the Jakarta stuff to handle it… Only to discover that the Weblogic Application Server we use doesn’t support Jakarta just yet (or probably more accurately, STILL doesn’t!)



  • If it’s a numeric ID (0-255) assigned to each person in the group, you’d either need to decrement later people or assign based on some kind of lowest available method, in which case you’d get kinda funny UX when new-member-Jerry can be #3 on the list because he’s taking over for old-member-Gerry, or he can be #255 because that’s the last spot.

    If we’re talking about pointers, I assume you mean a collection with up to 256 of them. In which case, there are plenty of collection data structures out there that wouldn’t really have a hard limit (and if you go with a basic array, wouldn’t that have a size limit of far more than 256 natively on pretty much any language?)


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    If each user is assigned a number as to where they’re placed in the group, I guess. But what happens when people are added and removed? If #145 leaves a full group, does #146 and beyond get decremented to make room for the new #256? (or #255 if zero-indexed). It just doesn’t seem like something you’d actually see in code not designed by a first semester CS student.

    Also, more importantly, memory is cheap AF now 🤷‍♂️


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    So, I get that 256 is a base 2 number. But we’re not running 8-bit servers or whatever here (and yes, I understand that’s not what 8-bit generally refers to). Is there some kind of technical limitation I’m not thinking of where 257 would be any more difficult to implement, or really is it just that 256 has a special place in someone’s heart because it’s a base 2 number?


  • I am subscribed to this community and I largely agree with you. Mostly I hate AI slop and that the human element is becoming an afterthought.

    That said, I work for a small company. My boss wanted me to look up AI products for proposal writing. Some of the proposals we do are pretty massive, and we can’t afford the overhead of a whole team of proposal writers just for a chance at getting a contract. But a closely-monitored AI to help out with the boilerplate stuff especially? I can see it. If nothing else, it’s way easier (and maybe better results) to tweak existing content than it is to create something entirely from scratch








  • Holy crap, all these answers and hardly anything about how health insurance is supposed to work.

    Basically, most people have health insurance. With the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) from years ago, it’s basically required but getting care is simpler (you can’t be denied a plan for a preexisting condition, for example. But it’s hella expensive. It’s also typically tied to your employer as part of your compensation package like retirement contributions, which means if you change employers there’s a good chance you need to change insurance and even doctors.

    ANYWAY, say you have procedures done. Insurance companies typically have contracted amounts for stuff with each provider (a “discount” from insane prices nobody actually pays). You typically pay the first however many dollars, depending on what you’re having done and how your plan works. Eventually, you’ll reach a dollar amount that’s your maximum for the year, and from there insurance generally covers everything they normally would

    Some people also have Medicare (ages 65+) and/or Medicaid (based on income or disability). Some people have private insurance on top of it. My daughter was born extremely early and stayed in the hospital for months. Her very low birth weight was a qualifying disability for Medicaid, and she was on my work health insurance. Claims would go through work insurance first, and any remaining costs (deductible) would be passed to Medicaid. If there was anything left, I’d be responsible for that. But I don’t think that ever happened

    Obviously, coverage is different for different people - different employers have different plans that cover different things differently. But in theory, that’s how it should work.




  • In all seriousness: it was an ectopic pregnancy, 5 weeks along. Technically legal to perform under Florida law, so in theory it shouldn’t have been a problem to have it done even under current law.

    To be clear, none of this is meant to be an enforcement of that law, any other laws about abortion on the books, or the anti-abortion movement in general. I can absolutely understand providers being skittish about anything even remotely borderline with these laws in place, just trying to get the basic facts into the comments because good arguments are worthless if it’s about incorrect facts