I try not to be so hyperbolic about tech I can or cannot live without. "Yeah, it sucks" is my normal reaction these days.
I'm sure I could even live without a graphical webbrowser. There are a lot of things you can live without if you must. When did such hyperbole become so fashionable? And why hasn't years of derision suppressed such hyperbole?
As a consumer I buy meat from a grocery store, who buys from a meat packer, who buys from a farm. It's so far removed that if I wanted to boycott a specfiic farm there is very little I could do to accomplish this.
If there is something you thing is wrong, then you should contact your legislature to regulate it. Not every problem needs to be solved through a grass roots campaign.
I like to listen to live streams of music, even if it is just a playlist. And maybe with some announcements along the way about what I'm listening to, some little tidbits of trivia about the artist and song.
As an listener I do not care that it comes over analog FM, or a digital system like HD radio, or over the Internet. Whatever is convenient and reliable in my car. (FM)
Most? meaning more than half. I'm skeptical an average drug dealer would barter with collectibles given that I don't think I could properly identify a first edition board game even though I'm a member of my work's board game club and my Mom is an antique dealer.
I also grew up with static typed languages, and preferred them because I make easy typos. However IDEs are getting better and flag typos in dynamic typed languages.
I use a lot of safety and static analysis for C in my job. So tools do compensate for the lack of type safety in C, just like tools compensate for the limitation of run time typing. That said, I think if I got to pick I'd prefer doing projects in ML-family or maybe SmallTalk over JavaScript or even C.
I think you're having trouble with the word primary.
Yellow is a primary color in the Subtractive color system. Also most of the front of the box is yellow if you want to go with the mundane definition of primary.
Imagine a grave stone that instead of an eternal flame there is an eternal stream of porn on a small display. The location may be problematic for the viewer to fully enjoy though.
True, but at least it's type safe. I can't take any language seriously that doesn't at least have type safety.
But JavaScript has run-time dynamic types, I can't take a language seriously that doesn't at least have compile-time static checking. I prefer to know in advance that my program is illegal instead of finding out at run-time. Turning many parser bugs into an exercise in run-time debugging is frustrating.
Ultimately these are just tools. You could argue that you would never use a hammer without a claw, but a ball-peen hammer is quite useful in some situations. I guess it depends on if you do a lot of building construction or if you install a lot of rivets in another craft.
It is inevitable that a project grows as requirements are added or changed. The ease or difficulty of maintenance has more to do with the author's organizational skills than with the programming language itself. Certainly there are tools that can help, but spaghetti C is no better or worse than spaghetti JavaScript.
Maybe you want to render it so you can print out the source? Does a2ps do syntax highlighting for JavaScript, it'd be especially handy if it could do a little extra for jQuery-like APIs.
I'm primarily an embedded/kernel developer, and I've been using C for decades. Normally I'm pretty strongly in favor of using C. But I readily admit that you can throw together a project in NodeJS very quickly. There isn't much revolutionary about NodeJS, other than it is packaged nicely and is easy to use. When the primary purpose of writing software is to solve problems, getting something going in short order has value.
I grew up on BASIC, but JavaScript is so ubiquitous and is not terribly hard to learn that I would recommend it as a first language over anything else. (Ideally you should learn multiple languages as you advance, as they each have their own advantages and quirks)
PS - I have a fondness for FORTH that may never go away, even if I will likely never again get to use it in a professional project. R.I.P. OpenFirmware
You misunderstand the word "debt". It's not as narrow as you imply. Any contract, not just loans, can involve debt. Verbal contracts like "I will fix the leak in your roof for $50" are also a debt, once the condition of fixing the roof is met then you owe a debt of $50. Implicit contracts exist as well, I have a thing and wrote "$5.00" on it, you may carry the thing to the counter and pay me $5. Or even attempt to negotiate a different price, once we both agree on a price and you settle the debt, the contract is complete. The negotiation could even be that "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.", you will owe a debt the is due on Tuesday, rather than the usual arrangement that you owe it until the end of your meal. Common law is very flexible and driven primarily by convention and custom, on the assumption that you always have the right to ask for the specifics when you are unsure.
Bragging about being the fifth richest nation is not really something to brag about.
GDP of California - 2.448e12 USD GDP of Great Britain - 2.619e12 USD (at today's exchange rate, for easier comparison) (disclaimer: I'm comparing numbers from two different sources. IMF and World Bank respectively)
Bank notes, from actual banks, that means both public or private banks, typically offer to pay the bearer. That Bank of England is a national bank doesn't mean only government supported banks have issued notes with the same promises. There have been plenty of banks in history that would say the same thing, even they they were not a component of the government. This was very typical before the invention of central banking systems. The idea of central banking is something England and the US adopted early on, although I feel that the more modern ECB does a better job as a central bank than BoE or the FED.
The US government has a law that says that businesses must accept US dollars.
What law? I do not believe there is a US federal law that requires private businesses or individuals to accept currency from the Federal Reserve Bank. We all choose to do so because it is incredibly convenient and there are many laws and statues that encourage it.
But as far as I know, I can choose to refuse cash money and only accept my payments in barter. (I mean if I really don't want to run a successful business) I will have to find some US currency to pay the tax man though, they quit accepting bushels of wheat as payment some long time ago.
Philosophical debate on reality aside, there is nothing less real about Bitcoin than other fiat currency. The design and process used to exchange BTC is probably deeply flawed, if these experiences are any indication. I can certainly whip out examples of currency systems through out history that were flawed in some way, and in many cases led to their eventual abandonment. I see no reason that we should assume that BTC will remain with us forever as an exchange medium, one day it will be a footnote in history and perhaps something similar but vastly improved will be available instead.
No one is going to hire a 50 year old code monkey or data center guy at salary levels that most 50 year olds need...
I work with several individual contributors (IC) in my software engineering that are in their 50's. I don't know what their salaries are, but many of them have children in college.
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I try not to be so hyperbolic about tech I can or cannot live without. "Yeah, it sucks" is my normal reaction these days.
I'm sure I could even live without a graphical webbrowser. There are a lot of things you can live without if you must. When did such hyperbole become so fashionable? And why hasn't years of derision suppressed such hyperbole?
Trump should visit the Sun and tell it how great he is.
Instant gratification found to be less satisfying.
As a consumer I buy meat from a grocery store, who buys from a meat packer, who buys from a farm. It's so far removed that if I wanted to boycott a specfiic farm there is very little I could do to accomplish this.
If there is something you thing is wrong, then you should contact your legislature to regulate it. Not every problem needs to be solved through a grass roots campaign.
You should upgrade straight to Virtuall Reality with brain impants. Leap frog all the suckers who bought 4K, 8K, 16K and 32K.
I like to listen to live streams of music, even if it is just a playlist. And maybe with some announcements along the way about what I'm listening to, some little tidbits of trivia about the artist and song.
As an listener I do not care that it comes over analog FM, or a digital system like HD radio, or over the Internet. Whatever is convenient and reliable in my car. (FM)
I'd like to see the Virtual Console hit Android and iPhone markets. Because I haven't re-bought the same 90's games enough times.
Most? meaning more than half. I'm skeptical an average drug dealer would barter with collectibles given that I don't think I could properly identify a first edition board game even though I'm a member of my work's board game club and my Mom is an antique dealer.
I can't think of too many drug dealers that accept monopoly money.
I also grew up with static typed languages, and preferred them because I make easy typos. However IDEs are getting better and flag typos in dynamic typed languages.
I use a lot of safety and static analysis for C in my job. So tools do compensate for the lack of type safety in C, just like tools compensate for the limitation of run time typing. That said, I think if I got to pick I'd prefer doing projects in ML-family or maybe SmallTalk over JavaScript or even C.
I think you're having trouble with the word primary.
Yellow is a primary color in the Subtractive color system. Also most of the front of the box is yellow if you want to go with the mundane definition of primary.
I think people would be more shocked to find out that Lucky Charms is the same recipe as Cheerios with marshmallow-like lumps of sugar included.
Imagine a grave stone that instead of an eternal flame there is an eternal stream of porn on a small display. The location may be problematic for the viewer to fully enjoy though.
I didn't even know it was optional. At least on Android devices it appears built-in and difficult to remove or disable, if not impossible.
True, but at least it's type safe. I can't take any language seriously that doesn't at least have type safety.
But JavaScript has run-time dynamic types, I can't take a language seriously that doesn't at least have compile-time static checking. I prefer to know in advance that my program is illegal instead of finding out at run-time. Turning many parser bugs into an exercise in run-time debugging is frustrating.
Ultimately these are just tools. You could argue that you would never use a hammer without a claw, but a ball-peen hammer is quite useful in some situations. I guess it depends on if you do a lot of building construction or if you install a lot of rivets in another craft.
But then it grows. And has to be maintained.
It is inevitable that a project grows as requirements are added or changed. The ease or difficulty of maintenance has more to do with the author's organizational skills than with the programming language itself. Certainly there are tools that can help, but spaghetti C is no better or worse than spaghetti JavaScript.
Maybe you want to render it so you can print out the source? Does a2ps do syntax highlighting for JavaScript, it'd be especially handy if it could do a little extra for jQuery-like APIs.
I'm primarily an embedded/kernel developer, and I've been using C for decades. Normally I'm pretty strongly in favor of using C. But I readily admit that you can throw together a project in NodeJS very quickly. There isn't much revolutionary about NodeJS, other than it is packaged nicely and is easy to use. When the primary purpose of writing software is to solve problems, getting something going in short order has value.
I grew up on BASIC, but JavaScript is so ubiquitous and is not terribly hard to learn that I would recommend it as a first language over anything else. (Ideally you should learn multiple languages as you advance, as they each have their own advantages and quirks)
PS - I have a fondness for FORTH that may never go away, even if I will likely never again get to use it in a professional project. R.I.P. OpenFirmware
Bragging about California is not something to brag about. Its California .. the butthole of the United States.
You'd quickly find yourself at a serious loss without your butthole.
You misunderstand the word "debt". It's not as narrow as you imply. Any contract, not just loans, can involve debt. Verbal contracts like "I will fix the leak in your roof for $50" are also a debt, once the condition of fixing the roof is met then you owe a debt of $50. Implicit contracts exist as well, I have a thing and wrote "$5.00" on it, you may carry the thing to the counter and pay me $5. Or even attempt to negotiate a different price, once we both agree on a price and you settle the debt, the contract is complete. The negotiation could even be that "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.", you will owe a debt the is due on Tuesday, rather than the usual arrangement that you owe it until the end of your meal. Common law is very flexible and driven primarily by convention and custom, on the assumption that you always have the right to ask for the specifics when you are unsure.
Bragging about being the fifth richest nation is not really something to brag about.
GDP of California - 2.448e12 USD
GDP of Great Britain - 2.619e12 USD (at today's exchange rate, for easier comparison)
(disclaimer: I'm comparing numbers from two different sources. IMF and World Bank respectively)
Bank notes, from actual banks, that means both public or private banks, typically offer to pay the bearer. That Bank of England is a national bank doesn't mean only government supported banks have issued notes with the same promises. There have been plenty of banks in history that would say the same thing, even they they were not a component of the government. This was very typical before the invention of central banking systems. The idea of central banking is something England and the US adopted early on, although I feel that the more modern ECB does a better job as a central bank than BoE or the FED.
The US government has a law that says that businesses must accept US dollars.
What law? I do not believe there is a US federal law that requires private businesses or individuals to accept currency from the Federal Reserve Bank. We all choose to do so because it is incredibly convenient and there are many laws and statues that encourage it.
But as far as I know, I can choose to refuse cash money and only accept my payments in barter. (I mean if I really don't want to run a successful business)
I will have to find some US currency to pay the tax man though, they quit accepting bushels of wheat as payment some long time ago.
Philosophical debate on reality aside, there is nothing less real about Bitcoin than other fiat currency.
The design and process used to exchange BTC is probably deeply flawed, if these experiences are any indication. I can certainly whip out examples of currency systems through out history that were flawed in some way, and in many cases led to their eventual abandonment. I see no reason that we should assume that BTC will remain with us forever as an exchange medium, one day it will be a footnote in history and perhaps something similar but vastly improved will be available instead.
I was worried that Samsung had given up on copying everyone else.
No one is going to hire a 50 year old code monkey or data center guy at salary levels that most 50 year olds need...
I work with several individual contributors (IC) in my software engineering that are in their 50's. I don't know what their salaries are, but many of them have children in college.