IMO it's not the language itself, it's the life time and complexity of applications: there is a a little value in developing a well designed and thought through application when its life time will be weeks and its doesn't do anything but parse a trivial request and fetch something simple from the storage.
Stitching together something that "just works" using the (almost) same set of tools as the UI is much easier.
The trend towards simplified stateless cloud-based backends is to blame.
Stan Chudnovsky, Facebook Messenger's Head of Product, contends their goal with M Suggestions is to offer a better user experience. To wit, M Suggestions does not currently generate any revenues for Messenger.
BS
Who here is still believe into good intentions of the Internet monopolies?
We all know know what that means when something is free for users
What really sucks in this whole story with the Ubuntu Unity (besides the software itself) is the fact that the entire Ubuntu community was mislead by one individual.
I really don't care if he admitted he was wrong, what I care is about years of engineering effort wasted and the Linux desktop platform reputation affected because of one person dumbness.
I would expect that the Ubuntu Foundation look into this shameful failure of common sense and do something to prevent it from repeating in the future.
But I'm not holding my breath as he pays their salaries.
This noble initiative was to save taxpayers money and it has archived it.
While I'm not arguing with Commissioner Paulson's opinion of the current support quality, I'm well aware of what existed there before.
Any sane IT person would agree that it was a rather inefficient way to run IT services.
I'm done with Google phones, guys
They have become too expensive, too large and as bloated as other vendors phones, while nothing on them is unique and somehow stands out.
Improved camera? Who cares, really?
How about more than a day without recharging instead?
Removable battery?
Two SIM cards?
SD card (at least one, better two)?
Size that fits into pants front pocket?
This... People are designing for one medium used one way. All of the large data workers I know (Programmers, accountants, graphics designers, architects...) HATE these new UIs and use Windows 7 / Gnome 2 style interfaces. (And often have dual monitors) I suspect it will not be long before things start to shift back...
very true
I'm a professional programmer and have been avoiding anything that is not Gnome 2 on Linux (e.g. CentOS).
On MS Windows only Windows 7 is tolerated.
Mac doesn't work for me either: ridiculously expensive non-upgradable hardware and lack of connectors any professional needs.
I feel like in the last few years OS software vendors abandoned us, developers.
Whatever; we'll find a way to configure it they way we want it, as always, right, guys?
Why to kill it? This is the great technology and it would deliver internet to people who cannot pay for it...
What? It is NOT a charity? then KILL IT NOW!!!
Look, my point was not about the climate change being the cause of utility bills going up.
It was about how local politicians choose to react to pressure from the environment protection groups, left media and other socialists to the climate change.
I called this "the climate change hysteria".
IMO they could replace coal with natural gas (that's gone down in cost at least 50% in the last 10 years) and increase the water slice (you could buy it cheap in Quebec) instead of increasing the slice of the expensive nuclear and wasting hundred of millions on subsidizing the windmills and solars.
To illustrate my point, this is the mix of 2003:
Water power 23.5%
Alternative Power Sources 0.7%
Nuclear Energy 38.5%
Natural Gas 8.4%
Coal or Oil 28.9% http://www.ontarioenergyboard....
and this is the mix of 2014:
Water power 24.1%
Alternative power sources 7.1%
Nuclear Energy 60.0%
Natural Gas 8.7 %
Coal 0.1 % http://www.ontarioenergyboard....
I trust you'd be able to get the difference.
I really don't have time to argue with you, sorry, I'm not an idiot and done/know all about consumption, conservation, price etc.
All the best to you, cheers.
Slashdot Mirror
Also I wish that Brits, as the inventors of the English language, would ban using "uber" as a verb.
the genie is already out of bottle - the Internet has been very well centralized by Google, good luck changing that.
IMO it's not the language itself, it's the life time and complexity of applications: there is a a little value in developing a well designed and thought through application when its life time will be weeks and its doesn't do anything but parse a trivial request and fetch something simple from the storage.
Stitching together something that "just works" using the (almost) same set of tools as the UI is much easier.
The trend towards simplified stateless cloud-based backends is to blame.
Am I the only person who turns off Android and apps updates on each brand new Android phone because after while they make the phone sluggish?
Liberals are desperate to buy votes any possible way.
They know the middle class will vote them out, so now they're bribing the low income/unemployed.
Stan Chudnovsky, Facebook Messenger's Head of Product, contends their goal with M Suggestions is to offer a better user experience. To wit, M Suggestions does not currently generate any revenues for Messenger.
BS
Who here is still believe into good intentions of the Internet monopolies?
We all know know what that means when something is free for users
What really sucks in this whole story with the Ubuntu Unity (besides the software itself) is the fact that the entire Ubuntu community was mislead by one individual.
I really don't care if he admitted he was wrong, what I care is about years of engineering effort wasted and the Linux desktop platform reputation affected because of one person dumbness.
I would expect that the Ubuntu Foundation look into this shameful failure of common sense and do something to prevent it from repeating in the future.
But I'm not holding my breath as he pays their salaries.
The most surprising in this story that Custom officers were able to come up with the quoted questions.
Of course I mean achieved
Don't you dare to make fun of this!
During those 11 hours TWO CATS stuck on trees and froze to death!
This noble initiative was to save taxpayers money and it has archived it.
While I'm not arguing with Commissioner Paulson's opinion of the current support quality, I'm well aware of what existed there before.
Any sane IT person would agree that it was a rather inefficient way to run IT services.
Another vanity product from Google. Yay!
India's IT has been devaluing our skills and jobs for many years, it's about time somebody does something about it.
I'm done with Google phones, guys
They have become too expensive, too large and as bloated as other vendors phones, while nothing on them is unique and somehow stands out.
Improved camera? Who cares, really?
How about more than a day without recharging instead?
Removable battery?
Two SIM cards?
SD card (at least one, better two)?
Size that fits into pants front pocket?
This... People are designing for one medium used one way. All of the large data workers I know (Programmers, accountants, graphics designers, architects...) HATE these new UIs and use Windows 7 / Gnome 2 style interfaces. (And often have dual monitors) I suspect it will not be long before things start to shift back...
very true
I'm a professional programmer and have been avoiding anything that is not Gnome 2 on Linux (e.g. CentOS).
On MS Windows only Windows 7 is tolerated.
Mac doesn't work for me either: ridiculously expensive non-upgradable hardware and lack of connectors any professional needs.
I feel like in the last few years OS software vendors abandoned us, developers.
Whatever; we'll find a way to configure it they way we want it, as always, right, guys?
Have you used Vivaldi?
MS is doing you favour by resetting to Edge...
you still my choice on all desktops and smartphones
I can predict what's going to be next: reel-to-reel tape recorders and phonographs.
H1B's, no doubt about it
I even threw up a little in my mouth.
OPs please give a warning about modern UI posts, think of your readers who just ate!
Thank you for the links! I didn't know how to use Google... :-(
Why to kill it? This is the great technology and it would deliver internet to people who cannot pay for it...
What? It is NOT a charity? then KILL IT NOW!!!
Look, my point was not about the climate change being the cause of utility bills going up.
It was about how local politicians choose to react to pressure from the environment protection groups, left media and other socialists to the climate change.
I called this "the climate change hysteria".
IMO they could replace coal with natural gas (that's gone down in cost at least 50% in the last 10 years) and increase the water slice (you could buy it cheap in Quebec) instead of increasing the slice of the expensive nuclear and wasting hundred of millions on subsidizing the windmills and solars.
To illustrate my point, this is the mix of 2003:
Water power 23.5%
Alternative Power Sources 0.7%
Nuclear Energy 38.5%
Natural Gas 8.4%
Coal or Oil 28.9%
http://www.ontarioenergyboard....
and this is the mix of 2014:
Water power 24.1%
Alternative power sources 7.1%
Nuclear Energy 60.0%
Natural Gas 8.7 %
Coal 0.1 %
http://www.ontarioenergyboard....
I trust you'd be able to get the difference.
I really don't have time to argue with you, sorry, I'm not an idiot and done/know all about consumption, conservation, price etc.
All the best to you, cheers.
so taxi cabs becoming smaller size buses
really?!
There's loads of good stuff. You probably have no imagination or just like complaining.
You probably don't have a sense of humour :-)