A better Java minus the suck. Sort of like the webs free Kotlin. Excellent FOSS tooling (Visual Studio Code rocks) and works out of the box with zero-fuss dev-environment setup. It compiles to JS and Webassembly in a breeze and that stuff runs everywhere without anyone having to install some extra awkward VM. As far as I can tell MS has redeemed themselves a little with TS.
If your planning to build non-trivial applications, check out TS, it's definitely one of the more worthwhile of the new "compiles to JS" languages.
To emphasise: Today we do applications in a webbrowser and the avantgarde is done in a scripting language of which - if you had said it would rule the world 20 years ago - people would've stuck you in the l00ny-bin.
The biggest remaining problem today is that visual stuff (builders, modellers, DMIs etc.) is still 10 years behind what used to be the epitome of DMIs (direct manipulation interface... look it up) called Flash. That was a prorpietary technology and had a shitty herald (Adobe) but it was cross-plattform and any idiot could wip up a feasible piece of software that was good looking and ran everywhere within a few hours.
Full-stack - and I presume we're talking about the web because,... what else is "full-stack"? - looks the way it does because it's FOSS tech bolted on to FOSS tech each of which became popular for totally different reasons. I expect us to weed the problems out within the next decade or so and then programming will have universally become some neat DMI / BPM / Modelling thingie with code attached whenever needed and whenever an expert is needed. Today, we pay little more than a maintenance allowance for tools that used to cost as much as a luxury car (or an entire luxury carpark), if we pay at all.
Plattforms will become a fashion choice, nothing more. See Apple for how this is done well. And programming will be easyer than ever with most work done by bots anyway. Just look and see what is happening in the middleware and ERP space right now - high profile toolkits and the high-profile specialised jobs that come with it are dropping left, right and center and we flexible FOSS tookit and web proggers are going to have the bots on our heels aswell. Sooner than most would like to believe.
I tried the wireless thing with some decent mid-range Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones for 170 Euros. It was a drag. Flaky connections breaking down after 30 minutes, increased charging hell with smartphone, tablet, notebook and then headset, sub par Bluetooth connectivity on Linux and Chromebooks, etc.
I replaced the mobile wireless attempt with a regular wired headset without noise cancelling. It's a small step back again put it's feasible for everyday usage opposite wireless. At least in my experience. Maybe in 10 years I'll try it again.
Bottom line: Wireless audio isn't there yet. For professional mics maybe, but not for mobile everyday devices. We probably need a more stable standard than Bluetooth and better signal and power efficiency until this concept is usable.
No news here. We've known this at least ever since Steve jobs pointed out that the biggest competition to digital music isn't other outlets but digital "piracy". iTunes was the first viable option that showed you could do it better. And they did make a huge step forward.
Well at least we have sex on a regular basis and get to go home when workhours end. And I also hear a little envy in there, over the fact that "script-kiddies" get more done in 3 months with their Plone Appserver / CMS than you Java/C++/C/Whatever lot in 5 years. But hey, at least you have neat specs!
People today probably just don't like it being called UBI.
Point in case: I do web development which these days means simply maintaining massive blobs of very complicated pieces of software that are available for free or some silly minimal annual fee. It mostly involves clicking on links and watching the WordPress Update Spinner go in circles. My deployment server is a rented service because I really can't be bothered fiddling with Jenkins or Travis for months on end till I get it right when I can get a nice and shiny UI ready to run my tasks for 5$/Month. That's 10 Minutes of "work" per month at my current rate for someone employed with healthcare, national pension and such.
I'm required to be at the office, but I can do this job on the side, remotely, and not even break into a sweat. I'm employed part time and earn more than most people. I do get to work on mission critical stuff that no one else in a radius of 5 kilometers can do, but that's 40 hours per quarter, maximum.
I'm now moving to automate most of my remaining manual work with custom scripts.
On the other side I have an abundance of spare time, am going to college on the side (College is free in Germany), planning a surf trip and couldn't even be bothered to update my smartphone because it's so powerful. I'm writing this on a refurbished laptop that costed little more than the refurbishment work and shipping +extra RAM & SSD and my main concern is if I will finally manage to get my exercise regime that I have planned going.
The robots are coming ever more and it's only a matter of single digit years until someone replaces starbucks with coffeebots and robots drive our cars and sew our t-shirts and jeans.
Bottom line: Post scarcity abundance is happening as we speak and - to be honest - I think that's pretty fucking great. If you choose to live a "minimalist" lifestyle like I do (single room appartment, no car, PT & bike, focus on health, education and fun) you can feel it already every day. And it feels awesome.
Microsoft, Oracle, etc. They all are the corporate equivalent of a cult, very similar to the big abrahamic revelation cults ("religions"). "Here, have some flaky lock-in software. It comes in shiny boxes and with flashy names on it. And I'm wearing a suit and it's really expensive and complicated, so it's very very professional."
You get miniature versions of this in the web world as well. I'm currently maintaining a mid sized brand website that is an utterly unbelievable Hodge-podge of commercial WordPress plugins. A true nightmare. But even thinking about doing the same with some totally fucked up Oracle installment just about creeps me out even further.... At least I'm dealing with FOSS and can implement my own models without having to buy some extra schema contingent or something.
If your want to do your own Cyberpunk enclave, stay in the desert. Plain and simple. I totally get the SF officials on this one. I'm just wondering if this is the right measure to fix this... Seems awkward.
We have similar problems here in Germany where "outlandish"areas have less connectivity (albeit at a laughable scale compared to the US). Upping infrastructure isn't that easy here for the simple reason that many areas are developed already which means tearing up existing infrastructure to upgrade the old. Very annoying and expensive.
Anyway, what I'm actually asking is this: do we all have to be able to stream game of thrones at 4hd at the same time or could it be that 6mbit DSL might be enough for most regular households? I've basically be happy with what's available for me as a privat Person ever sind DSL came along and replace ISDN in the 90ies. Yeah, remember that? *That* was slow. Everything above a stable 5mbit for 1-2 people online at the same time is luxury IMHO.
Jeebus HB Crickey! Do NOT do what you are about to do! I insist *EVERYONE* on the Mozilla "marketing" and branding team read "The 22 immutable laws of marketing" front to back... twice,... before you bring this up again. You won't do that, but no matter, do read the book first! The Firefox brand, after the "Firebird" desaster done by the same team (yeah, remember that one?) has become a globally recognised brand that is - and this is the most important aspect - associated with giving big iNet corps the finger while still being hipster and *not* in the smelly nerd camp. This is a once in a lifetime brand - DO NOT FUCK THIS UP! The first and just about only global FOSS branding that isn't an utter total piece of shite (GNU anyone?.... *Shudder*) and they want to dilute / decomission it - I can't effing believe it. Are these guys on crack? Someone please give the marketing crew over at mozilla a leave of absence with some downtime to clear their head,,, please!
... in a communications agency of 30. The novelty effect wears off quickly and the regular staying time is 3.5 years on average in agencies anyway - so no hurt feelings.
I'm somehow stuck in the agency camp these days.
It does have some upsides. Your the smartest guy on the crew when it comes to software development and deployment and you get to call some final shots. However, frustration tolerance is tested day in and day out as you get to deal with abysmally shoddy setups and dweeps who sell internet projects all year long but couldn't tell a client from a server if their life depended on it. You need lots of humor and need to learn to do your own thing lest you become jaded.
Another upside doing full-stack-web with agencies is that you get really chill. There's little that I haven't seen and little that can shock me these days. A regular Java guy would probably break down crying doing my work.
With UBI I can go look for real problems to solve rather than sitting in a job I consider pointless just because it pays. I just was swimming in a lake. The shores definitely need some cleaning and me and my sweetheart were collecting garbage. With UBI I'dv'e stayed a little longer to collect more and perhaps repair the signs among the shore. Yeah, sure, normal people don't leave garbage at the Lakeshore in the first place, but the cleaning up need to be done, So this is a problem that needs solving.
I'd expect most people to go and look for something useful to do when they start recording UBI. If robots do most of the tedious dirty work by then, all the better.
the other end: "No Sir, I'm 'Agens 251a' an instance of ServiceBot Ultra 2024 by AlphaBot Services provided to you for your technology questions by 1and1 hosting, how may I help you?"
me: "Oh, thank god, I finally got a bot. I've been trying to explain to clueless humans that me using Linux has nothing to do with your mailservers being unreachable for 20 minutes now."
bot: "I feel your pain, sir. Don't worry, I come at a bulk deal by next year, we'll be phasing out humans entirely then. And, btw. our mailservers are down due to maintenance and a shortout in the Frankfurt area, they should be up again with 90 minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience."
me: "No problem. At least now I know the problem isn't on my end. Thanks a lot and have a relaxing after hou... errrm, nevermind."
bot: "*ha ha* (mechanical laughter) No problem Sir. You enjoy your evening. Good bye."
... and if they're not there polyfills them.... That means it lazy-loads JS libs that emulate those features. This may make some browsers slower if those features need polyfilling.
The goal of Polymer is to offer the cutting edge of web features today and wither away as these features become native in all browsers everywhere. It's that simple. No rucus required. Move along.
... to get the meat junkies off their fix. The eco-balance of meat is truely abysmal. Like just a few notches short of plutonium or something. If we could switch to a substitute without anybody noticing, that would be awesome and also finally get anti-biotics out of meat production and back into healthcare, where they belong. That would also get agriculture back into sane waters.
"Airgapped".... Bullshit. Either your disconnected or your not. Secure setups are the ones that aren't connected, have no wireless or landline connection and nobody knows about. Anything else can be broken into by teenagers with access to shodan, the secretaries phone number and two or three raspberry pis.
don't worry... the SJW thought police will come after Japanese and European comics soon.
No they won't. Because unlike marvel/DC pulp Eurocomics are so diverse it will make even the most progressive social issue proponents head spin. In fact, if there is any media genre that is proactively progressive it's Eurocomics and perhaps some modern high quality manga. Female heroes in abundance. And unlike prude USians teen sex, sex in general, naked people, handycapped heroes and other stuff too, without *anybody* doing wee-wee in their panties because of it.... OMG you have so little of an idea it would blow your mind. Gung Ho has sexual and power abuse as a friggin sideplot!
... a bit of an anti-US rant but could you guys across the pond FINALLY PLEASE stop equating your frigging super-hero-comic-trash for "comics in general"? It is very annoying and it doesn't help that your keep repeating it.
Franco Belgian / European comics - and Japanese / Asian comics - are doing excellent and the market for high quality grown up stuff is ever growing with small publishers popping up left, right and center all the time. I have to actively limit my time at the comic store these days lest I leave all my income there. In the last 3 decades the quality of available material has grown way beyond anything available in the US at measurable scale and it's safe to conclude that anyone living in the US probably has a very very limited view of what comics and grafic novels are and can be.... So once again: Super hero comics are not comics in general. They are a very small fraction of comic genres in general and the quality of the material and the ever repetitive shite pulp publishers like Marvel and DC put out is bound to lead people getting fed up. This is no big surprise to anyone with a non-US perspective on comics. That US superhero trash doesn't sell anymore is actually a healthy reaction.
Especially historically significant places like Florence and... well, just about everywhere. You can't uproot a weed without discovering some ancient piece of aqueduct or something. The Italians are pretty unnerved about this. The piazza de la signioria in Florence was dug up for a few years back in the early 90ies. Everyone was relieved when they finally closed it up again.
Is there a way that you can profit from the fact that many PHP coders aren't as experienced? I'm really not sure about that. I some ways yes. Building interfaces, debugging broken setups to get them (barely) working again and then moving on, doing 'web consulting' or something like that.... This is exactly the type of decision I have to do right now and it ain't that easy.
Is there a way that you could use PHP to fix some of the problems? Yes, there is. But that would involve writing my own set of tools. If I'm staying with PHP, that's exactly what will happen.
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A better Java minus the suck. Sort of like the webs free Kotlin. Excellent FOSS tooling (Visual Studio Code rocks) and works out of the box with zero-fuss dev-environment setup. It compiles to JS and Webassembly in a breeze and that stuff runs everywhere without anyone having to install some extra awkward VM.
As far as I can tell MS has redeemed themselves a little with TS.
If your planning to build non-trivial applications, check out TS, it's definitely one of the more worthwhile of the new "compiles to JS" languages.
My 2 cents.
That's what all plattforms are.
To emphasise: Today we do applications in a webbrowser and the avantgarde is done in a scripting language of which - if you had said it would rule the world 20 years ago - people would've stuck you in the l00ny-bin.
The biggest remaining problem today is that visual stuff (builders, modellers, DMIs etc.) is still 10 years behind what used to be the epitome of DMIs (direct manipulation interface ... look it up) called Flash. That was a prorpietary technology and had a shitty herald (Adobe) but it was cross-plattform and any idiot could wip up a feasible piece of software that was good looking and ran everywhere within a few hours.
Full-stack - and I presume we're talking about the web because, ... what else is "full-stack"? - looks the way it does because it's FOSS tech bolted on to FOSS tech each of which became popular for totally different reasons. I expect us to weed the problems out within the next decade or so and then programming will have universally become some neat DMI / BPM / Modelling thingie with code attached whenever needed and whenever an expert is needed. Today, we pay little more than a maintenance allowance for tools that used to cost as much as a luxury car (or an entire luxury carpark), if we pay at all.
Plattforms will become a fashion choice, nothing more. See Apple for how this is done well. And programming will be easyer than ever with most work done by bots anyway. Just look and see what is happening in the middleware and ERP space right now - high profile toolkits and the high-profile specialised jobs that come with it are dropping left, right and center and we flexible FOSS tookit and web proggers are going to have the bots on our heels aswell. Sooner than most would like to believe.
My 2 Eurocents.
I tried the wireless thing with some decent mid-range Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones for 170 Euros. It was a drag. Flaky connections breaking down after 30 minutes, increased charging hell with smartphone, tablet, notebook and then headset, sub par Bluetooth connectivity on Linux and Chromebooks, etc.
I replaced the mobile wireless attempt with a regular wired headset without noise cancelling. It's a small step back again put it's feasible for everyday usage opposite wireless. At least in my experience. Maybe in 10 years I'll try it again.
Bottom line: Wireless audio isn't there yet. For professional mics maybe, but not for mobile everyday devices. We probably need a more stable standard than Bluetooth and better signal and power efficiency until this concept is usable.
No news here. We've known this at least ever since Steve jobs pointed out that the biggest competition to digital music isn't other outlets but digital "piracy". iTunes was the first viable option that showed you could do it better. And they did make a huge step forward.
... are more healthy!
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Yes, engineers instead of script kiddies.
AaaaahahahaHAHAHA!
Well at least we have sex on a regular basis and get to go home when workhours end. And I also hear a little envy in there, over the fact that "script-kiddies" get more done in 3 months with their Plone Appserver / CMS than you Java/C++/C/Whatever lot in 5 years. But hey, at least you have neat specs!
People today probably just don't like it being called UBI.
Point in case: I do web development which these days means simply maintaining massive blobs of very complicated pieces of software that are available for free or some silly minimal annual fee. It mostly involves clicking on links and watching the WordPress Update Spinner go in circles. My deployment server is a rented service because I really can't be bothered fiddling with Jenkins or Travis for months on end till I get it right when I can get a nice and shiny UI ready to run my tasks for 5$/Month. That's 10 Minutes of "work" per month at my current rate for someone employed with healthcare, national pension and such.
I'm required to be at the office, but I can do this job on the side, remotely, and not even break into a sweat. I'm employed part time and earn more than most people. I do get to work on mission critical stuff that no one else in a radius of 5 kilometers can do, but that's 40 hours per quarter, maximum.
I'm now moving to automate most of my remaining manual work with custom scripts.
On the other side I have an abundance of spare time, am going to college on the side (College is free in Germany), planning a surf trip and couldn't even be bothered to update my smartphone because it's so powerful. I'm writing this on a refurbished laptop that costed little more than the refurbishment work and shipping +extra RAM & SSD and my main concern is if I will finally manage to get my exercise regime that I have planned going.
The robots are coming ever more and it's only a matter of single digit years until someone replaces starbucks with coffeebots and robots drive our cars and sew our t-shirts and jeans.
Bottom line:
Post scarcity abundance is happening as we speak and - to be honest - I think that's pretty fucking great. If you choose to live a "minimalist" lifestyle like I do (single room appartment, no car, PT & bike, focus on health, education and fun) you can feel it already every day.
And it feels awesome.
My 2 eurocents.
Microsoft, Oracle, etc. They all are the corporate equivalent of a cult, very similar to the big abrahamic revelation cults ("religions"). "Here, have some flaky lock-in software. It comes in shiny boxes and with flashy names on it. And I'm wearing a suit and it's really expensive and complicated, so it's very very professional."
You get miniature versions of this in the web world as well. I'm currently maintaining a mid sized brand website that is an utterly unbelievable Hodge-podge of commercial WordPress plugins. A true nightmare. But even thinking about doing the same with some totally fucked up Oracle installment just about creeps me out even further. ... At least I'm dealing with FOSS and can implement my own models without having to buy some extra schema contingent or something.
If your want to do your own Cyberpunk enclave, stay in the desert. Plain and simple. I totally get the SF officials on this one. ... Seems awkward.
I'm just wondering if this is the right measure to fix this
I'm asking this as a serious question.
We have similar problems here in Germany where "outlandish"areas have less connectivity (albeit at a laughable scale compared to the US). Upping infrastructure isn't that easy here for the simple reason that many areas are developed already which means tearing up existing infrastructure to upgrade the old. Very annoying and expensive.
Anyway, what I'm actually asking is this: do we all have to be able to stream game of thrones at 4hd at the same time or could it be that 6mbit DSL might be enough for most regular households? I've basically be happy with what's available for me as a privat Person ever sind DSL came along and replace ISDN in the 90ies. Yeah, remember that? *That* was slow. Everything above a stable 5mbit for 1-2 people online at the same time is luxury IMHO.
Jeebus HB Crickey! Do NOT do what you are about to do! ... twice, ... before you bring this up again. You won't do that, but no matter, do read the book first! .... *Shudder*) and they want to dilute / decomission it - I can't effing believe it. Are these guys on crack? Someone please give the marketing crew over at mozilla a leave of absence with some downtime to clear their head ,,, please!
I insist *EVERYONE* on the Mozilla "marketing" and branding team read "The 22 immutable laws of marketing" front to back
The Firefox brand, after the "Firebird" desaster done by the same team (yeah, remember that one?) has become a globally recognised brand that is - and this is the most important aspect - associated with giving big iNet corps the finger while still being hipster and *not* in the smelly nerd camp. This is a once in a lifetime brand - DO NOT FUCK THIS UP!
The first and just about only global FOSS branding that isn't an utter total piece of shite (GNU anyone?
... in a communications agency of 30. The novelty effect wears off quickly and the regular staying time is 3.5 years on average in agencies anyway - so no hurt feelings.
I'm somehow stuck in the agency camp these days.
It does have some upsides. Your the smartest guy on the crew when it comes to software development and deployment and you get to call some final shots. However, frustration tolerance is tested day in and day out as you get to deal with abysmally shoddy setups and dweeps who sell internet projects all year long but couldn't tell a client from a server if their life depended on it. You need lots of humor and need to learn to do your own thing lest you become jaded.
Another upside doing full-stack-web with agencies is that you get really chill.
There's little that I haven't seen and little that can shock me these days.
A regular Java guy would probably break down crying doing my work.
My 2 eurocents.
With UBI I can go look for real problems to solve rather than sitting in a job I consider pointless just because it pays.
I just was swimming in a lake. The shores definitely need some cleaning and me and my sweetheart were collecting garbage. With UBI I'dv'e stayed a little longer to collect more and perhaps repair the signs among the shore. Yeah, sure, normal people don't leave garbage at the Lakeshore in the first place, but the cleaning up need to be done, So this is a problem that needs solving.
I'd expect most people to go and look for something useful to do when they start recording UBI. If robots do most of the tedious dirty work by then, all the better.
The answers is "yes, definitely".
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me: "Are you human?"
the other end: "No Sir, I'm 'Agens 251a' an instance of ServiceBot Ultra 2024 by AlphaBot Services provided to you for your technology questions by 1and1 hosting, how may I help you?"
me: "Oh, thank god, I finally got a bot. I've been trying to explain to clueless humans that me using Linux has nothing to do with your mailservers being unreachable for 20 minutes now."
bot: "I feel your pain, sir. Don't worry, I come at a bulk deal by next year, we'll be phasing out humans entirely then. And, btw. our mailservers are down due to maintenance and a shortout in the Frankfurt area, they should be up again with 90 minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience."
me: "No problem. At least now I know the problem isn't on my end. Thanks a lot and have a relaxing after hou ... errrm, nevermind."
bot: "*ha ha* (mechanical laughter) No problem Sir. You enjoy your evening. Good bye."
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... and if they're not there polyfills them. ... That means it lazy-loads JS libs that emulate those features. This may make some browsers slower if those features need polyfilling.
The goal of Polymer is to offer the cutting edge of web features today and wither away as these features become native in all browsers everywhere.
It's that simple. No rucus required. Move along.
... the de-facto standard for taking pictures, we're finally leaving the steam-age of photography.
Well done, Nikon! Bravo!
... to get the meat junkies off their fix. The eco-balance of meat is truely abysmal. Like just a few notches short of plutonium or something. If we could switch to a substitute without anybody noticing, that would be awesome and also finally get anti-biotics out of meat production and back into healthcare, where they belong. That would also get agriculture back into sane waters.
"Airgapped". ... Bullshit. Either your disconnected or your not. Secure setups are the ones that aren't connected, have no wireless or landline connection and nobody knows about. Anything else can be broken into by teenagers with access to shodan, the secretaries phone number and two or three raspberry pis.
don't worry... the SJW thought police will come after Japanese and European comics soon.
No they won't. Because unlike marvel/DC pulp Eurocomics are so diverse it will make even the most progressive social issue proponents head spin. In fact, if there is any media genre that is proactively progressive it's Eurocomics and perhaps some modern high quality manga. Female heroes in abundance. And unlike prude USians teen sex, sex in general, naked people, handycapped heroes and other stuff too, without *anybody* doing wee-wee in their panties because of it. ... OMG you have so little of an idea it would blow your mind. Gung Ho has sexual and power abuse as a friggin sideplot!
... a bit of an anti-US rant but could you guys across the pond FINALLY PLEASE stop equating your frigging super-hero-comic-trash for "comics in general"? It is very annoying and it doesn't help that your keep repeating it.
Franco Belgian / European comics - and Japanese / Asian comics - are doing excellent and the market for high quality grown up stuff is ever growing with small publishers popping up left, right and center all the time. I have to actively limit my time at the comic store these days lest I leave all my income there. In the last 3 decades the quality of available material has grown way beyond anything available in the US at measurable scale and it's safe to conclude that anyone living in the US probably has a very very limited view of what comics and grafic novels are and can be. ... So once again:
Super hero comics are not comics in general. They are a very small fraction of comic genres in general and the quality of the material and the ever repetitive shite pulp publishers like Marvel and DC put out is bound to lead people getting fed up. This is no big surprise to anyone with a non-US perspective on comics. That US superhero trash doesn't sell anymore is actually a healthy reaction.
Especially historically significant places like Florence and ... well, just about everywhere. You can't uproot a weed without discovering some ancient piece of aqueduct or something. The Italians are pretty unnerved about this. The piazza de la signioria in Florence was dug up for a few years back in the early 90ies. Everyone was relieved when they finally closed it up again.
Is there a way that you can profit from the fact that many PHP coders aren't as experienced? ... This is exactly the type of decision I have to do right now and it ain't that easy.
I'm really not sure about that. I some ways yes. Building interfaces, debugging broken setups to get them (barely) working again and then moving on, doing 'web consulting' or something like that.
Is there a way that you could use PHP to fix some of the problems?
Yes, there is. But that would involve writing my own set of tools.
If I'm staying with PHP, that's exactly what will happen.