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  1. Re: Creating interactive fiction to learn programm on New Text Adventures Compete In 22nd 'Interactive Fiction Competition' (ifcomp.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In the 80s and 90s writing text adventures was a popular framework for intro to programming books.

  2. Re: Has Wikileaks jumped the shark? on 4Chan Hackers Claim To Have Remotely Wiped John Podesta's iPhone and iPad (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump.

  3. Re: Ah, information processing... on Law-Defying Transistor Smashes Industry 'Limit', Measures Just 1nm (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Telepresence with VR and whatnot is way faster than a plane trip.

  4. Re: wow, completely clueless... on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The person who the security situation would have been most obvious to was Chris Stevens. On his word the place would have been shut down. Why blame the SOS when they guy who was on the ground didn't decide to shut it down?

  5. Re: Let me see if I understand on 21st Century Fox Sues Netflix Over Executive Poaching (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Employment contracts are between employer and employee but have you heard of tortious interference?

    The real problem is the non compete is not enforceable in California. Hopefully it is dispensed with by the judge quickly.

  6. Re: Another reason to hate javascript on New Ransomware Written Entirely In JavaScript (scmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    Nothing to do with JavaScript. It might as well have been vbscript.

    The problem is the MUA allowing you to launch executable Windows script host attachments.

  7. Yeah vote third party to send a message that you have no idea how elections work in America.

  8. Re: The Swiss are way smarter than the Swedes on Universal Basic Income Programs Arrive (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The concern is not that there will be zero jobs or that people cannot improve themselves. The concern is that there will be too few jobs period.

  9. Re: Perl on Python/Unix Hybrid Demoed at PyCon (xon.sh) · · Score: 1

    Perl is not a write only language in any way. If you're looking at write only Perl code it was written by a write only programmer.

    I found the expressiveness of the Perl language is something that lets me write more code that does exactly what it looks like it does as idioms or phrases. I don't use Perl idioms for compactness. I use them because it makes my intent clear.

  10. Re: Perl on Python/Unix Hybrid Demoed at PyCon (xon.sh) · · Score: 1

    Why not Zoidberg?!

  11. Re: Python on Python/Unix Hybrid Demoed at PyCon (xon.sh) · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure that's supposed to be something less than praise of any kind.

  12. Re: Apple Watch not fast enough... on Developer Installs Windows 95 On An Apple Watch (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah taking that long to boot seems more like a broken hardware emulation. Like some driver misses dealing with an event and interferes with bootup.

  13. Re: Secure Enclave on Apple's iPhone Already Has a Backdoor · · Score: 1

    And if the UID is stored in hardware does that really make it unreadable? There's a difference between hard to get and and read versus impossible. That's all they would need to fire the image up in emulator and they're done.

  14. Re: Keeping me happy for disabling auto-updates on FTDI Driver Breaks Hardware Again (eevblog.com) · · Score: 1

    Plus the prolific drivers suck and are generally buggy. I only use ftdi on Windows.

  15. Re: Government should not pick winners and losers. on Gambling State Says the Solar Gamble Is Over · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Government should pick winners and losers when the market produces sub optimal outcomes.

    Unless you replace reason with religion. In that case it could be like you said.

  16. Billions over the period of time it will take to inflict the world with our new self driving overlords is not a lot of dough.

    It's pretty naive just to tell NTSB just to be friendly and cooperative. I dont want them to be Luddites but there are all kinds of public interests here: safety, fairness, openness at system boundaries to allow interactivity while still competing on tech. Safety is going to be expensive enough but will google apple and tesla cars happily interact? Consortia can deal with a lot of that but there's a real government interest in calling balls and strikes to deal with the usual self dealing proprietary interest shenanigans corporations are prone to. It's in their DNA.

    I just don't get this over simplistic attitude of crony capitalism. Crony capitalism is just a description of public private interaction gone wrong. It also goes right and you have to weigh the costs versus benefits.

  17. How can the government not be involved. Automobiles are heavily regulated for critical reasons. ANY successful deployment of self driving cars is only possible with strong public private partnerships. 4 billion isn't a lot of money in the scheme of things.

  18. Re: ca. 1563 on Harvard Prof. Says Cure For Aging Could Emerge Within 5 Years (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm tempted to real your English for you

  19. Bare pointers! Is there another kind?

  20. Re: Universal Healthcare on App Companies Propose New Model For Worker Benefits (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Talking points.

  21. Re: Portable health care on App Companies Propose New Model For Worker Benefits (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah except everything you just said is bullshit

  22. Re: Yeah it's called being self-insured on App Companies Propose New Model For Worker Benefits (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Except you're not locked in anymore because of the ACA. You always have an alternative now if no employer is offering you sufficient insurance. This was one of the stated benefits of ACA, no job lock.

  23. Re: TL;DR? on The 'Trick' To Algorithmic Coding Interview Questions (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup

  24. Re: Pretty quickly on Objective-C Use Falls Hard, Apple's Swift On the Rise (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would you run IIS on Mono?

  25. Re: A story, and, for some, an opportunity on CodeWeavers To Release CrossOver For Android To Run Windows Programs · · Score: 1

    WINE isn't a product. It's an open code base.

    When you found unimplemented APIs you could: write around them, write them yourself, or pay someone else to write them. You chose to attempt to complain them into existence.

    Interesting choice.