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  1. Re:USB-AC on The Impossible Dream of USB-C (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Schuko plugs are can be inserted into other socket types which will often leave live pins exposed.

    Switches are not mandatory on British outlets.

  2. Re:Rust is becoming the de facto language on Learn To Code, It's More Important Than English as a Second Language, Says Apple CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been working for the European Commission recently. The group I was working with had people in it from at least ten nationalities.

    They're all coding in Java and Javascript.

    And communicating ideas to each other in English.

  3. I haven't seen either Prometheus or Alien Covenant but I have seen Blade Runner 2049. It's absolutely superb. Do yourself a favour and watch it on a big screen with an awesome sound system.

  4. Re: Is a human = level 5? on GM Exec Says Elon Musk's Self-Driving Car Claims Are 'Full of Crap' (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    It's me. I counted.

  5. Re:The main problem with StackOverflow et al: on Java Coders Are Getting Bad Security Advice From Stack Overflow (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Stackoverflow is specifically a Q&A site. It's not for discussion but answering questions. Don't criticise it for not being something it is not meant to be.

  6. Re:Java is very secure on Java Coders Are Getting Bad Security Advice From Stack Overflow (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    WordPerfect 5.1?

  7. Re: Stackoverflow is popular, but PITA on Java Coders Are Getting Bad Security Advice From Stack Overflow (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    When you answer a question, you get an edit box with some buttons at the top. The first one is a bold "B". Guess what that does. Then there'a an italic I, guess what that does. Then there's an icon that looks like two links of a chain. Guess what that's for. Then there's a double quote mark. Guess what that's for. Then there is a button with two braces {}. You'll never guess what that is for, unless, off course you program in a C-like language or you hover the mouse over it to see the tool tip.

    Also, Stackoverflow users a formatting syntax called "markdown". It's the same as Github. Now you know what the "md" in "Readme.md" means.

  8. Re:Look at the time investments. on Java Coders Are Getting Bad Security Advice From Stack Overflow (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's bollocks. When I do authenticate user java site:stackoverflow.com, it's not until the third link that I get and answer that looks anything like "store the password in plaintext" and it was on an Android question, where the accepted answer said "use shared preferences". I don't know enough about Android to say whether it is right or wrong, my gut feeling is "wrong".

  9. I guess this is why we're hearing talk of banning ICE

    It's easy for a government today to say "we'll ban ICE" by some far off due in the future. It makes them look green without having to actually do anything today.

  10. Re:When the EU thinks its above you... on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The trouble is that |Ireland broke its own governance. Their corporation tax is 12.5% (already low by EU standards) but they told Apple they didn't have to pay even that much.

  11. Re:Socialism - drag everyone down to the same leve on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The EU is run by theCouncil of Europe which consists of the democratically elected governments of the 28 member states (being a democracy is a condition of entry).

    The executive (called the European Commission) is appointed by the democratically elected governments of the 28 member states, much like the executive in the USA is appointed by the democratically elected president.

    There is also a directly elected parliament but it doesn't have as much power as the US Congress or the British parliament.

    In short, your statement is completely false.

  12. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The British crown didn't recognise the colonies' claim to independence. There had to be a war.

    What about this?

    "The US government has already told the Confederate staters that they will not recognise their claim of independence"

  13. Re: But but but but on Tesla Badly Misses Model 3 Production Goals (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    The Tesla 3 looks like an econobox to me.

  14. Re: But but but but on Tesla Badly Misses Model 3 Production Goals (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    He hasn't built a functional car company yet, in the sense that it is not profitable. Plenty of people have built car companies in the last 50 years that were not profitable.

  15. Re:Turn it on, will not work on FCC Chief Tells Apple To Turn on iPhone's FM Radio Chip (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    I'm curious. How do you think Apple could turn on this alleged FM chip without pushing a software update? If you can receive a software update, hey, you've got the Internet. FM radio not required.

    Furthermore, in an area devastated by a hurricane, why are the FM radio transmitters magically immune to being blown down or cut off from power?

  16. Re:Strong typing is like training wheels on Do Strongly Typed Languages Reduce Bugs? (acolyer.org) · · Score: 2

    Obligatory XKCD

  17. Re:Bug Conservation on Do Strongly Typed Languages Reduce Bugs? (acolyer.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    But the destructive hard to find bugs are still there with the weakly typed languages. It just takes you longer to get around to dealing with them.

  18. Re:Bug Conservation on Do Strongly Typed Languages Reduce Bugs? (acolyer.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is not true. Sure, strongly typed languages won't eliminate all the bugs and the ones that are left may be quite tricky to find, but it is absurd to suggest that the ability to run a program where you typed a variable name wrong means that those tricky bugs are magically not there.

  19. Re:You have to look at the source on Do Strongly Typed Languages Reduce Bugs? (acolyer.org) · · Score: 1

    In a strongly typed language, the type of an expression in the if condition would be boolean. Your statement wouldn't compile.

    Also, in a strongly typed language, assignment would not be considered an expression or would be considered to have type void.

  20. Re:This is why I jumped off the Apple treadmill on Apple's Swift 4.0 Includes A Compatibility Mode For 'The Majority' Of Swift 3.x Code (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't link Swift 3 to Swift 4. They haven't nailed down the ABI yet.

  21. Re:This is why I jumped off the Apple treadmill on Apple's Swift 4.0 Includes A Compatibility Mode For 'The Majority' Of Swift 3.x Code (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    At some point in C it became illegal to omit int as the return type of a function. It's also no longer legal to use a function before the compiler has a prototype. Those are two examples off the top of my head.

  22. Re:Why Swift over Modern C++? on Apple's Swift 4.0 Includes A Compatibility Mode For 'The Majority' Of Swift 3.x Code (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    You can write software for Apple OS's in C++. You do need a layer of Objective-C++ for the Cocoa interface though.

  23. Re:No. We don't speak Latin on London Has Decided To Ban Uber (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Latin wasn't the "lingua franca" in Roman times, it was Greek.

  24. Re:ride-hail company on London Has Decided To Ban Uber (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Same requirements apply in the UK

  25. Re:ride-hail company on London Has Decided To Ban Uber (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    If they don't have the private hire licence and private hire insurance, they are operating illegally. Uber recognises this because their prerequisites for driving for them in the UK include having the licence and the insurance.

    https://www.uber.com/en-GB/dri...