IMO those are just examples of language either being generally fucked up or just not being the right tool for the job. If you are using the language in a way in which it is not supposed to be used, it does not make you more skillful, it makes you a fool. There are tasks that would require less skill to do in Assembler that in Perl (by your definition of skill).
The assumption here was that both languages (Python and C++) were equally apt for the job.
I'm pretty sure general Facebook employees are not allowed to talk about it either. They just said what they decided will be good to say, nothing more.
May be Pakistan is the only country that didn't manage to keep this secret. You wait for it and this will be everywhere.
I wonder what country would love to block Wikileaks or The Pirate Bay, for example.
I agree, if it was something like OMG I was in a car accident, then really no case.
No case??? Seriously?? If you hit a man with your car and first thing you think about is "oh, I need to update my facebook status", than.... WTF is wrong with you???
I wonder if the 50,000+ signatures on the DemandProgress petition had anything to do with this? I'd like to think so. I'd like to think I wasn't being naieve.
I think the important trend here is that general public slowly learns what a "browser" is, and how to download/install your own. As this trend continues, the "default" browser (IE) will continue to lose its share even if it becomes as good as its rivals -- only because people are aware of the choice now.
This is the problem with all automation: you make the amount of incidents dramatically smaller, but when something goes wrong, it is a complete disaster.
I think we (as humanity) have accepted this idea long ago.
I hope Microsoft loses, but only because I hope that if they keep losing to patent trolls like this, they will eventually realize that the system is horribly broken and will back up the movement to fix it.
The more other big players lose to patent trolls, the sooner everyone will realize that the patent system itself is the problem.
Well, the truth is, the difference in time is a lot smaller than the difference in IDs. You got there two years ahead of me and in terms of IDs it is 3k+ vs 500k+, but in terms of years it is 10 vs 12(?) Not so big of a difference, really.
You can complain all you want about anything you want. It is just that nobody will care.
I use NoScript and I do whitelisting. Yes, it is annoying when simple links don't work without JS, but Forms? Forms are so much easier to do with JavaScript, that doing it purely on backend just not worth it.
Example: I do all my forms validation in JS, on the client. When the validation on the server fails, I just assume, that you are malicious user and return non-user friendly error message. Re-rendering the form with all the error messages and other stuff can be a major PITA, makes the code ugly and simply not worth it.
I totally agree with you. As long as Linux has geeks and developers on board -- people who actually *develop it*, not simply *use*, it will be alive and kicking. Besides it can even turn out to be a dead end to aim for general consumer, because this can scare away developers in the process -- the only users who are vital to Linux.
Not a No1 at the consumer market? I don't give a shit -- it is perfect for me.
This assumes that the Ghandi was the only civil rights defender in India, while the truth is, he is just the first successful one. You just haven't heard of a lot of people who were shot out of hand.
The thing is, if you repress people, they tend to resist and eventually, they will break free. How this will happen: peacefully or they will murder the hell out of you and all your followers is your choice
"The one who makes evolution impossible also makes revolution inevitable" -- don't remember who said that.
The problem is not registrars (at least not in this case). The problem is that security filters people have in place, can warn them when they go to evilsite.com, but they fail to do that when people go to ev­il­si­te.co­m. This is because filters fail to remove this character, while browsers are silently removing it and sending people to evilsite.com without any warning.
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If you get paid writing print "Hello" programs, please tell me where to sign up.
(My point being that dumb artificial examples do not add any value to the argument)
IMO those are just examples of language either being generally fucked up or just not being the right tool for the job. If you are using the language in a way in which it is not supposed to be used, it does not make you more skillful, it makes you a fool. There are tasks that would require less skill to do in Assembler that in Perl (by your definition of skill).
The assumption here was that both languages (Python and C++) were equally apt for the job.
No fucking idea how rewriting THE SAME DAMN THING in another language would require "more skills".
Lucky there is a still huge (and growing) market for that!
I guess journalists just needed something to write about on this extra day.
I'm pretty sure general Facebook employees are not allowed to talk about it either. They just said what they decided will be good to say, nothing more.
May be Pakistan is the only country that didn't manage to keep this secret. You wait for it and this will be everywhere. I wonder what country would love to block Wikileaks or The Pirate Bay, for example.
It will be interesting to see if political force or technology ends up solving the problem ...
Can you give an example of political force solving *any* serious problem?
GPL: You need to comply only if you get caught! (And even in this case, you can wait for a year or two)
Yeah, lets encourage this behavior further...
I agree, if it was something like OMG I was in a car accident, then really no case.
No case??? Seriously?? If you hit a man with your car and first thing you think about is "oh, I need to update my facebook status", than .... WTF is wrong with you???
It is quite possible, that British did the same thing. We just happen to know about the guy, who won and forgot all his predecessors.
This is just a theory, I know nothing about this, I'm just reminding you about Survivorship bias phenomena.
I wonder if the 50,000+ signatures on the DemandProgress petition had anything to do with this? I'd like to think so. I'd like to think I wasn't being naieve.
I used to like to think those things too
For this kind of prize -- a very social one -- it actually makes sense.
I think the important trend here is that general public slowly learns what a "browser" is, and how to download/install your own. As this trend continues, the "default" browser (IE) will continue to lose its share even if it becomes as good as its rivals -- only because people are aware of the choice now.
Let me fix it for you:
First is a really innovative way to annoy real users
This is the problem with all automation: you make the amount of incidents dramatically smaller, but when something goes wrong, it is a complete disaster.
I think we (as humanity) have accepted this idea long ago.
I'd add to that that the value of whatever those people say or sign is greatly overestimated
I hope Microsoft loses, but only because I hope that if they keep losing to patent trolls like this, they will eventually realize that the system is horribly broken and will back up the movement to fix it.
The more other big players lose to patent trolls, the sooner everyone will realize that the patent system itself is the problem.
Well, the truth is, the difference in time is a lot smaller than the difference in IDs. You got there two years ahead of me and in terms of IDs it is 3k+ vs 500k+, but in terms of years it is 10 vs 12(?) Not so big of a difference, really.
You can complain all you want about anything you want. It is just that nobody will care.
I use NoScript and I do whitelisting. Yes, it is annoying when simple links don't work without JS, but Forms? Forms are so much easier to do with JavaScript, that doing it purely on backend just not worth it.
Example: I do all my forms validation in JS, on the client. When the validation on the server fails, I just assume, that you are malicious user and return non-user friendly error message. Re-rendering the form with all the error messages and other stuff can be a major PITA, makes the code ugly and simply not worth it.
It seems that our robotic overlords are coming from the most unexpected place: Lego!
I for one ...
I totally agree with you. As long as Linux has geeks and developers on board -- people who actually *develop it*, not simply *use*, it will be alive and kicking. Besides it can even turn out to be a dead end to aim for general consumer, because this can scare away developers in the process -- the only users who are vital to Linux.
Not a No1 at the consumer market? I don't give a shit -- it is perfect for me.
Amarok once told me that it can show me the lyrics to John Lennon's "Imagine", because it somehow violates some shit. What an irony.
This assumes that the Ghandi was the only civil rights defender in India, while the truth is, he is just the first successful one. You just haven't heard of a lot of people who were shot out of hand.
The thing is, if you repress people, they tend to resist and eventually, they will break free. How this will happen: peacefully or they will murder the hell out of you and all your followers is your choice
"The one who makes evolution impossible also makes revolution inevitable" -- don't remember who said that.
The problem is not registrars (at least not in this case). The problem is that security filters people have in place, can warn them when they go to evilsite.com, but they fail to do that when people go to ev­il­si­te.co­m. This is because filters fail to remove this character, while browsers are silently removing it and sending people to evilsite.com without any warning.