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  1. Re:Windows Me on The World's First Graphical AI Interface (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    ...has lambdas and highly late-bound, which is much nicer.

    If you want your program to fail spectacularly and in non-crashing ways during runtime instead of during compile time yes.

    Some of us consider incorrect output to be way worse than a segfault.
    Also, typing errors (As in pressing the wrong key on the keyboard.) should lead to compile time errors rather than performing something incorrect.
    Verbosity isn't necessarily a bad thing in languages.

    Hell yes! Somebody please mod parent up. I'm tired of having errors pop up at runtime that would simply be *impossible* in any decent language.

  2. Re:Windows Me on The World's First Graphical AI Interface (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    VB was actually a decent language. Javascript, OTOH...

  3. Re:Clever way around "blocked from imposing rules" on New York Governor Signs Executive Order To Keep Net Neutrality Rules After FCC's Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Remind me, what federal law is NY violating? They are simply laying out the conditions of contracting with the state. How does that violate federal law?

  4. Re:Clever way around "blocked from imposing rules" on New York Governor Signs Executive Order To Keep Net Neutrality Rules After FCC's Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    What part of federal law is NY violating by laying out the rules under which that will sign contracts?

  5. Re:Clever way around "blocked from imposing rules" on New York Governor Signs Executive Order To Keep Net Neutrality Rules After FCC's Repeal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a "technicality". States clearly have a right, and probably an obligation, to lay out the terms under which they will contract for services.

  6. Re:Good luck with that. on Montana Becomes First State To Implement Net Neutrality After FCC Repeal (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    Rogue One was a reasonable sci-fi movie. Last Jedi was a good Star Wars movie.

  7. Re:Good luck with that. on Montana Becomes First State To Implement Net Neutrality After FCC Repeal (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    The Last Jedi was the first decent S.W. movie since the original trilogy.

  8. Re:Examine the failure case! on Montana Becomes First State To Implement Net Neutrality After FCC Repeal (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    "Among the several states": this is inside Montana. Montana is not saying who Idaho can use for an ISP. I know the ICC has been stretched a lot, but I'm not seeing it used here.

  9. Re:Good luck with that. on Montana Becomes First State To Implement Net Neutrality After FCC Repeal (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Not sure that would be a smart move for Comcast. That would essentially REQUIRE the state to provide broadband to its citizens. Comcast does NOT want to get states into that business.

  10. Re:Good luck with that. on Montana Becomes First State To Implement Net Neutrality After FCC Repeal (thehill.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's hard to see how states could lose such a case. They aren't forbidding companies from operating in their state, they are stating conditions for companies to have state contracts.

  11. Re: throws spears at helicopters on Apple and Google Are Rerouting Their Employee Buses as Attacks Resume (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm curious to know how people who assemble the high-tech sensors that are the product my company sells are going to "work remotely". "Ship parts to their homes" is NOT an answer for lots of obvious and non-obvious reasons.

  12. Re:Cost per received message on Less Than 1 in 10 Gmail Users Enable Two-Factor Authentication (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You said you weren't using two factor auth because you were paying ten cents per text. Which implied that no extra cost for text would be worth it to you.

  13. Re:Cost per received message on Less Than 1 in 10 Gmail Users Enable Two-Factor Authentication (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I pay $35/month and that includes unlimited USA talk and text with my limited data. Maybe you need to get another carrier. Or at least another plan.

  14. Re:ALL money is worthless. ALL OF IT. on Bitcoin Watchers Running Out of Explanations Blame Slump on Moon (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    One is part of a financial standard that has evolved over millennia. The other looks a lot like a ponzi scheme.

  15. Re:People are jumping to other Crypto on Bitcoin Watchers Running Out of Explanations Blame Slump on Moon (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps it's more like wondering why anyone would pay $10 for a pet rock.

  16. Re: Interesting you argue to vote Republican on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that you, Vladimir?

  17. Re:Trump takes our money. What's the difference? on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Excuse me. If we are running 3% growth right now, why do we need the tax cut?

  18. Re:Welfare parasites hate tax cuts for the rich on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Well yeah, once you factor in the huge debt increase, the damage to the environment, the investment in 18th century tech instead of 21st century tech, yeah of course trump is an expensive disaster. But even if you leave that out, the middle class loses.

  19. Re: Interesting you argue to vote Republican on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    What part of "the REPUBLICANS have passed law that will remove middle class tax cuts" are you not understanding. Has NOTHING to do with the Democrats. Zero.

  20. Re:Interesting you argue to vote Republican on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    At this point, I don't care if trumpsky goes to jail, I just want him and his fellow travelers out of power.

  21. Re: Interesting you argue to vote Republican on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Of course it could be changed. Heck, the Constitution can be amended. But as it stands today, the Republicans have passed a gift for the ultra-rich, with some hand waving to fool the peasants. Wouldn't think that would work, but apparently it is.

  22. Re:Welfare parasites hate tax cuts for the rich on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Some middle class are seeing a cut, some seeing an increase. I'm pretty sure my best case is I'll break even, I wouldn't be surprised if I saw a tax hike. But for sure you will see a tax increase when the middle class breaks run out in 8 years. Just enough time that the Republicans who rammed this welfare for the rich thru will be able to blame someone else.

  23. Re:Interesting you argue to vote Republican on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No. The tax cuts are going away. It's a REPUBLICAN tax plan. They are the ones who drafted it in secret and rammed it thru. YOUR tax cuts are going away. TRUMP's tax cuts are in place forever. Anything else you are thinking is "alternate facts".

  24. Re:Trump takes our money. What's the difference? on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You may or may not see more back... for the middle class, for a couple of years, some people will see decreased taxes. Some will see increased taxes. However, for sure you will see a tax hike when the cuts disappear (I believe in 8 years). Whereas the tax cuts that benefit the ultra-rich go on forever. Basically it's a cynical way for the politicians to be able to vote for the billiionare benefit w/o taking as much flak.

  25. Keeping going on an unsupported framework? on Stack Overflow Stats Reveal 'the Brutal Lifecycle of JavaScript Frameworks' (stackoverflow.blog) · · Score: 1

    So this is timely because I inherited a web project that uses a JS framework about a year ago. I'm realizing that the author of the framework (I won't mention which one to avoid extraneous discussion) has moved on a couple of years ago and created a new framework. Now I'm wondering... given that the old framework is working and I've come to grips with it and have a pretty good feel for it, is there really any risk in keeping on with it? I mean, presumably Javascript is going to keep working. It may become archaic or not follow what the cool kids are doing in UI, but I'm not really worried about that. Just how likely is it that it's just going to stop working?