> No rational economist can look at the situation in Canada and say that "Canada forgot to plan for its future by leaning on oil and the loonie" it's a ridiculous statement.
Many "rational economists" have made that statement. Even the head of the Bank of Canada himself has suggested it is regrettable that our currency is so tied to oil. He can't openly criticize gov policy and so that's about as close as Poloz can get to condemnation.
Classic hacker news comment. "I must disagree with whatever the post says and declare that no rational person could disagree with my criticism."
The use cases are mostly really specific. Rather than focus on "tips" like this, I think "best practice" guides are much more helpful. Actually thinking through questions like how much should I link my DOM to my CSS (e.g., #container > p vs p.class_name) is generally more helpful imo than specific tasks that you can google.
I think this is amazing technology and great work, but as a designer I worry that collaborative design that this facilitates might actually lead to a worse overall product. From my experience, design is better as a dictatorship of the best designer. I'm sure many will disagree here.
One frustrating thing that the author gets wrong is labelling Iran the "Gray Daesh."
Iran has geopolitical conflict with the West, but it's a false equivalent of Saudi Arabia. Iran is a theocracy trying to control a population that growingly wants to be secular. Women in Iran go to university at higher rates than men, can drive, hold office, and vote. Life in Iran for a women is not perfect but is heaven compared to Saudi Arabia.
Iranian sponsored militias like hezbollah are in geopolitical conflicts as Iran wants more regional influence. They want regional islam. They are not trying to establish a global Shiite islamic state.
Like most things it comes down to money and power. Saudi plays ball with America economic hegemony and Iran does not. So rather than allying with the more moderate/educated nation with huge potential to be progressive, we ally with the one that is best for big business and willing to cede military control of the region to us.
The Iranian theocracy is fucked, don't get me wrong. But we really have our priorities in a mess.
(yes I know the contradiction I just made)