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  1. Re:bet they're still eating well on Uber Face Fines Over Drunk Driving Complaints -- And Lost $2.8 Billion Last Year (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Purple purple ftw!

  2. Re:Yes it addresses the problem on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop The Deployment Of Unapproved Code Changes? · · Score: 2

    Basically I'm saying that if you don't know how to write modular code, if you don't know how to define components in a way that corresponds to specific areas of the business domain (and that's not quite the right way to do it, but close enough), then it doesn't matter if you use microservices. Your microservice architecture will end up just as messy as your non-microservice architecture.

    The underlying problem isn't microservice vs non-microservice: both can be fine architectures. The underlying problem is not knowing how to divide up your system into components, not being able to recognize the natural lines in the problem.

  3. Re:isn't this pretty straightforward? on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop The Deployment Of Unapproved Code Changes? · · Score: 1

    FWIW you can do this pretty easily with git + gerrit.

  4. Re:Yes it addresses the problem on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop The Deployment Of Unapproved Code Changes? · · Score: 1

    the point is to define components that correspond to specific areas of the business domain.

    If people were capable of that, they wouldn't be in the problem to begin with. Their system would already be suitably modular.

  5. Re:Beware of predictions on Steve Wozniak Predicts The Future (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Hungary had been chafing for independence for a century at least already by that time.

  6. It's a textbook case of self-selection bias.
    Does anyone have a second opinion on that point?

  7. Re:Summary: 80% Other People's Problems on Researchers Determine What Makes Software Developers Unhappy (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Complexity is what makes me happy.

  8. Re:On Average I Feel Fine on Researchers Determine What Makes Software Developers Unhappy (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You can add to that list:

    Programmers who don't like programming and only got into to it because of the money.

  9. Re:Not how it works on Tiny Changes Can Cause An AI To Fail (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    By the time fully autonomous cars hit the roads in a few years, this should be a totally solved problem.

    If you're talking about SAE level 5 cars, then it sounds like you're the one who is dreaming.

  10. Re:I waited for a yellow light to change on Tiny Changes Can Cause An AI To Fail (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How did that go, did you get a ticket?

  11. Re:People versus corporations on Should Burger King Be Prosecuted For Their Google Home-Triggering Ads? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    So, question, who exactly should go to jail for this? The actor who filmed the commercial? The CEO who probably hadn't even heard about the commercial before it went live? The marketer who came up with the idea?

    In all honesty, the most effective thing would probably be to fine the company a significant amount of cash, because that will hit the shareholders in the wallets.

  12. Real pragmatism is recognizing that popular languages are often the best tool for the job, no mater how aesthetically distasteful they are.

    The only reason Javascript is the "best tool for the job" is because it's the only tool available. If you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, and that describes Javascript perfectly. MFC was the the best choice for windows UIs for a long time, so I used it, but it still sucked (and still does suck).

    So I'll pass on joining this guy's fan club.

    That's fine.

  13. To be fair, there can be benefits to the consumer as well.

    That's worth considering as well. The fact that Microsoft will no longer have to make things 'flashy' means they can focus on making things solid. That's a potential benefit, but most likely they will do that for a while, then soon Windows will appear more like abandonware.

    Another option for billing would be that you get 3 years of credit 'free' when you buy the computer. After that, you can either buy a new computer or pay for more windows-years. That is something manufacturers would go along with too. But that would not be a benefit for the consumer.

    As the OS market becomes more and more mature and stable, Linux will become more and more attractive to more people.

  14. Re:It's only "surprising" to arrogant idiots on The Surprising Rise of China As IP Powerhouse (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The parent's point is that China *can* make good stuff.

    And the comment you were replying to was affirming that point.

  15. Re:They had backups right? on Former Sysadmin Accused of Planting 'Time Bomb' In Company's Database (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Your homepage is actually really great. There is however a broken link on the front page.

  16. If it works, it will be so great (from Microsoft's perspective). Not only will they be able to have a constant revenue stream, they won't have to come out with convincing upgrades anymore. In addition, they will be able to charge different amounts depending on your country. If you're from India, you can pay $0.5 a month or whatever. In America, more.

    There are so many long-term advantages to subscription-based for the vendor, that if they can pull it off, it's worth almost any price.

  17. Re:No Human Element? on AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Then why did Keizan Jokin say, "Strengthen your zen?"

  18. Re:No Human Element? on AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Or I've done zen

  19. Re:It's only "surprising" to arrogant idiots on The Surprising Rise of China As IP Powerhouse (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    And yet the iPhone is made in China.

  20. Re:A Whopper is a lie on Burger King Runs Ad Triggering Google Home Devices; Google Shuts It Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Because the internet has been overtaken by brands.

    At one time, not long ago, if you did a search for "Fortune" Google would return links for the BSD fortune program.
    Now it returns links to Fortune magazine. SEO changed the internet to a model of whoever can push stuff hardest in your face, and Burger King won here.

  21. Re:Que Divertido on Are Chromebooks Responsible For PC Market Growth? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The USDoJ agrees with me, and was in a position to ream Microsoft.

    No, the USDoJ agrees (or agreed) that Microsoft abused their monopoly once they had it. That's not how they got their monopoly in the first place.

    And I agree with you on that point, too.

  22. Re:Go, Poker, Chess, Jeopardy... on AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    or can do logic and arithmetic without going through manual algorithms like long division

    How would you even do that?

  23. Re:No Human Element? on AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's ok, you don't need to hide that you are feeling something in that situation. If you want to hide it though, then your normal internal emotional experiences should become so dramatic that in comparison, laying down $100k is small and meaningless.

    Seriously though, zen

  24. Re:Conflating terms on Scientists Capture First Image of Dark Matter Web (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice comment, btw. Thanks.

  25. Re:Conflating terms on Scientists Capture First Image of Dark Matter Web (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 2

    Mass is not the same thing as matter. You can have matter without mass such as with a photon.,

    Can you really feel confident saying that photons are matter?