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Member 13301679 wrote: We all know what happened to Perl
It became one of the most popular language of all time so far and got to be so ubiquitous that no one notices it any more? 
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Hi
We designed a new perfect programming language and named it TFL (the final language) 
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Mandatory xKCD[^]
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it's cute and as someone who has written programming languages and multiple compilers in my career, I have to give kudos to its attempt to do something about error processing which is pretty much overlooked by everyone because...well... it's hard.
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...in a recent reply to a post.
The only problem I have with Darwinism is that it doesn't work fast enough so we are stuck with millions of idiots we can't get rid of!
Note: This post may seem to be political (and therefore verboten) but it isn't meant to be; just a sad reflection on the human race today.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Darwinism does not work any more. It's predicated on the weak dying but in a civilised society, that does not happen
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Christian Graus wrote: It's predicated on the weak dying but in a civilised modern society, that does not happen
FTFY
civilised is way too nice for our society.
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Well, sure, society has become increasingly sh*t. But the underlying principles that stop darwinism are still intact.
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Isn't that why they created Covid-19?
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You're confusing evolution and end-of-life. Yes, you can "hurry" the last one.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
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Quote: [Go to Parent]
Darwinism does not work any more. It's predicated on the weak dying but in a civilised society, that does not happen
It's still in force; it's based on natural selection, and in some environments being "weak" (for whatever definition of "weak" you want to use) is not necessarily the same as "being selected against".
This whole idea I've been seeing that Darwinism is not in effect anymore is based on the misguided notion that it works by weeding out the weak. It doesn't. It works by weeding out the less suitable characteristics for a particular environment.
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OK, so you're saying the most desirable people still get to breed more? I still think the less desirable elements still get to breed now
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Quote: [Go to Parent]
OK, so you're saying the most desirable people still get to breed more? I still think the less desirable elements still get to breed now
But I didn't say that. Desire has nothing to do with suitability. Darwinism is "survival of the fittest", where fittest means "those characteristics most suitable to the environment".
Those characteristics may have nothing at all to do with how strong/weak/tough/etc an individual is. The environment exerts a selection pressure, and in civilised society there is no selection pressure against weak individuals. None at all.
In fact, in civilised society there are very few selection pressures on the human population - an individual who is a weak midget with slight mental retardation will still pass on their genes. That's because there is no selection against weak midgets with slight mental retardation - we take care of everyone, young, old, weak, helpless, etc.
That doesn't mean Darwinism isn't in effect, it just means that it is not selecting for th characteristics you think it should.
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They have to do with capacity to survive and thrive. But people who can't do that, are not stopped from existing and therefore breeding.
The only selection going on is that some people are more likely to find a mate. But no one is having lots of kids and most people can find someone to have kids with
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Member 13301679 wrote: Darwinism is "survival of the fittest", where fittest means "those characteristics most suitable to the environment".
More specifically, fittest is defined as those individuals who successfully produce the next generation. Once that's done, their death has no impact on evolution.
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There are times when I feel the gene pool could use some chlorine ... 
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Increasingly true. I have come to hate the world over the past 5 years or so
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OriginalGriff wrote: There are times when I feel the gene pool could use some chlorine ...
didn't you want to say clorhidric acid?
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No, I can't even pronounce that, let alone buy it ... 
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I think you meant "Chloric acid", and no, the gene pool can do quite well without it. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: I think you meant "Chloric acid"
Not sure. In Spanish we have "ácido clórico" (HClO3) and "ácido Clorhídrico" (HCl)
I meant the second one. If I got the translation wrong, then I stand corrected.
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I was wrong, too. In English, HCl is Hydrochloric Acid. 
HClO3 is Chloric Acid.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: HCl is Hydrochloric Acid.
Interesting. I did a check in google and my version was identified / suggested in the search bar, I supposed it was right.
Clicking on search, there is a high number of site titles with you option.
But I found this:
chlorhydric acid[^]
Looks like "Hydrochloric acid" is the official name (and the most extended one) but "chlorhydric acid" (I wrote it wrongly in the previous message) is accepted as a synonym too.
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Not to worry . . . Chloric acid is extremely unstable and will likely blow the owner to itty bitty pieces almost immediately. It's sister, Perchloric acid (HCLO4 is stable enough to keep in bottles - also highly explosive on its own. Something I've actually worked with. It makes an insoluble potassium salt (rather rare) and is a very strong oxidizing acid - used to "fume" things, i.e., break them down chemically by boiling them in the acid. If something organic falls in during this process, well, it tends to crumble things when it goes off with astounding violence. Salts of both of these are common fireworks ingredients. Shock sensitive, although you usually need a hammer (unless mixed with red phosphorus as in matches).
Hydrochloric acid (HCL)? Who's got a stomach to handle that? Actually, all of us - diluted quite a bit it's the acid in your stomach used for digestion. Concentrated (=37% 12.0 molar) is how it's sold. One of the strongest acids known - but I'm sorry to say it doesn't work like acid in the movies. Not at all. Acid strength is based upon degree of ionization in solution and this stuff is about 100% ionized.
Way more than you need to know but it brought back my very early youth, when I used to make my own fireworks.
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