Uh no. LEO is very similar to East Africa compared to Mars. That is the problem with space nutters, they have no concept of the distances involved or even what Mars is like.
AI hasn't come a long way. Chess and Go playing programs are not AI. Neither is Siri. Only people who know nothing about AI think AI is closer than it was in 1960.
No, it is outside the realm of possibility. You can try to block radiation, make water from the ice, etc, etc, etc but the differences in gravity will make living on Mars impossible. Of course some Space nutter will just say "well we will just invent a gravity machine" so it isn't worth arguing about.
According the space nutters on Slashdot all you need to fix those issues it is some tinfoil and to watch more Star Trek. The idea of sending people to Mars is a joke. We aren't ever going to live anywhere else but the Earth. We evolved on Earth.
This is almost as dumb as Bill Gates predicting AI will take over. We are no closer to AI than we were 40 years ago, and no closer to putting people on Mars than we were 40 years ago either. It may not even be physically possible to create an AI or live on Mars.
Companies aren't writing "free" apps for fun. They are making money somehow, usually by selling all your phone data to the highest bidder. Individuals might be writing them for fun, but they also might be stealing your data.
I was around 18 years ago. That is my point: why would you use a language that is in flux and a single corporate entity can control or drop on their whim? And no: things don't have to change every 4 months. But go ahead and waste your time "learning" Swift, Rust, ObjC, etc if you want.
But is is 2016 now. Why would you choose to go back to 1985 when standardized languages didn't exist? Insane. You can continue to chase Apple around if you want, but if you are a young programmer you are foolish to invest time in some corporations language that they can discontinue at any point.
You can "figure out" things and rewrite your codebase every four months or you can avoid language controlled by a single corporation that changes things at their whim. It is your career I guess.
I guess the fact that 18 years >> 4 months is lost on you. Oh well, enjoy Swift until Apple gets bored with it and discontinues it and replaces it with something "better".
You are conflating compilers with language stability. The fact is that Apple could discontinue Swift tomorrow and you would by out of luck. Avoid corporate controlled languages.
Cobol, K&R C, Pascal are not obsolete - just no longer widely used. However you are right about Java 1.1, another corporate product. You seem not to be able to grasp what I am talking about here. K&R C was released 40 YEARS AGO. Swift 2.2 was released 4 months ago. Moron!
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Uh no. LEO is very similar to East Africa compared to Mars. That is the problem with space nutters, they have no concept of the distances involved or even what Mars is like.
AI is not chess playing programs or Go playing programs. Ridiculous.
AI hasn't come a long way. Chess and Go playing programs are not AI. Neither is Siri. Only people who know nothing about AI think AI is closer than it was in 1960.
No, it is outside the realm of possibility. You can try to block radiation, make water from the ice, etc, etc, etc but the differences in gravity will make living on Mars impossible. Of course some Space nutter will just say "well we will just invent a gravity machine" so it isn't worth arguing about.
You are right. You aren't getting my point. Even Antartica is also a LOT LIKE East Africa compared to Mars. Antartica is paradise.
Neither will "eventually happen" even though AI and Space nutters wish it so.
I knew some fool would post this. Here is a hint: East Africa is a LOT like West Africa. Antartica is also a LOT LIKE East Africa compared to Mars.
Even if all those things happened it wouldn't be possible to live there. You can't solve the problem of evolutionary biology.
According the space nutters on Slashdot all you need to fix those issues it is some tinfoil and to watch more Star Trek. The idea of sending people to Mars is a joke. We aren't ever going to live anywhere else but the Earth. We evolved on Earth.
This is almost as dumb as Bill Gates predicting AI will take over. We are no closer to AI than we were 40 years ago, and no closer to putting people on Mars than we were 40 years ago either. It may not even be physically possible to create an AI or live on Mars.
100% correct. We are no closer to AI now than we were 40 years ago. Chess or Go playing is not AI. Neither is Siri.
Exactly right. If you read Bill Gates book (the first edition) he got everything wrong. He didn't even mention the Internet. He isn't a big thinker.
Companies aren't writing "free" apps for fun. They are making money somehow, usually by selling all your phone data to the highest bidder. Individuals might be writing them for fun, but they also might be stealing your data.
And people still used it? How stupid. I guess Apple was smart not to use it for any of their projects.
You don't know what production code is. Your personal projects are not production code.
In 5 years Swift won't even be around. Apple will have moved on to something else. But enjoy chasing them around.
I was around 18 years ago. That is my point: why would you use a language that is in flux and a single corporate entity can control or drop on their whim? And no: things don't have to change every 4 months. But go ahead and waste your time "learning" Swift, Rust, ObjC, etc if you want.
But is is 2016 now. Why would you choose to go back to 1985 when standardized languages didn't exist? Insane. You can continue to chase Apple around if you want, but if you are a young programmer you are foolish to invest time in some corporations language that they can discontinue at any point.
You can "figure out" things and rewrite your codebase every four months or you can avoid language controlled by a single corporation that changes things at their whim. It is your career I guess.
Yes I am suggesting C++ is a lot better. What the fuck does Microsoft and cross platform have to do with anything?
I guess the fact that 18 years >> 4 months is lost on you. Oh well, enjoy Swift until Apple gets bored with it and discontinues it and replaces it with something "better".
You are conflating compilers with language stability. The fact is that Apple could discontinue Swift tomorrow and you would by out of luck. Avoid corporate controlled languages.
Apple told developers that Swift 2.2 would be obsolete in 4 months? Wow, and people still used it? How stupid.
C++ is 30+ years old. Swift 2.2 is 4 MONTHS old and is obsolete. I hope you see the difference here.
Cobol, K&R C, Pascal are not obsolete - just no longer widely used. However you are right about Java 1.1, another corporate product. You seem not to be able to grasp what I am talking about here. K&R C was released 40 YEARS AGO. Swift 2.2 was released 4 months ago. Moron!