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  1. Re:I Greatly Dislike Breaking Changes But... on 'Java 9, It Did Break Some Things': Oracle Bod Admits To Developers Still Clinging To Version 8 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I was reluctant to move to Python 3, but now I see that this had to happen. Substituting iterators for lists in the APIs was essential to make it scalable to big data. Its not just for parsing little log files anymore.

    Why not simply create new APIs and deprecate the old old ones.

  2. Wasn't one of the original design principals to not hide too much, e.g. the developer is expected to know the difference between an array, an array list, and a linked list and when each ought to be used?

  3. Make them opaque somehow? I recall 20-years ago professors deciding they didn't want new students to deal with the complexity around IO in Java and wrote a library for it.

  4. At a certain point the difference is dominated by your reaction speed, network latency, etc.

  5. Re:Permanent DST is evil on European Parliament Set To End EU-Wide Daylight Saving (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    Personally I don't care either way, pick one, the other or split the difference. Changing is dumb, and has been shown to straight up kill people through road accidents and heart attacks.

  6. News at 11 on Samsung Is Working On Two More Foldable Smartphones (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Company on a yearly cycle is already planning next years devices.

  7. Re:Does Facebook scan conversations? on Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Shift To Emphasize Encrypted Ephemeral Messages (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe they just feed it into their profile building algorithms and toss the original message.

  8. I doubt it was clearly disclosed to the buyers.

  9. Re: Coincidentally on 40% of 'AI Startups' in Europe Don't Actually Use AI, Claims Report (forbes.com) · · Score: 2

    the point
    your head

  10. Re:AWS customers on MariaDB CEO Accuses Large Cloud Vendors of Strip-Mining Open Source (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It boggles my mind that so many small/medium/large businesses in retail, wholesale, transportation, distribution, etc. are trusting their data and IT to and funding a company that is out to put them out of business. AWS is the ONLY real money-maker at Amazon. Their online retail operation is FINALLY making a 2% profit!

    Their retail side has intentionally not made a profit and has sunk the money back into infrastructure growth.

    It boggles my mind that so many small/medium/large businesses in retail, wholesale, transportation, distribution, etc. are trusting their data and IT to and funding a company that is out to put them out of business. AWS is the ONLY real money-maker at Amazon. Their online retail operation is FINALLY making a 2% profit!

    Read the terms of service

  11. Re:Coincidentally on 40% of 'AI Startups' in Europe Don't Actually Use AI, Claims Report (forbes.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    If someone says they have a rabbit, and they pull out a rabbit's foot would you agree with them?

  12. Coincidentally on 40% of 'AI Startups' in Europe Don't Actually Use AI, Claims Report (forbes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No one does, at best people are using machine learning.

  13. We need to trust regional CAs less, the classic example is the Hong Kong Post Office. Mozilla's list of current roots - https://ccadb-public.secure.fo...

  14. Knee-Jerk? on Can the BBC and ITV Challenge Netflix? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    10-years after the fact?

  15. Re:What does the $94 per update per radio cover? on Police Department Accused of Updating Their Radios With Pirated Software (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    I don't think there is anything that could legitimately cost $94 dollars a year. Its a straight up rip-off from Motorola.

  16. Re:Someone has to ask... on Microsoft Excel Can Now Turn Pictures of Tables Into Actual, Editable Tables (thurrott.com) · · Score: 2

    Well on a PC what would you do? try to hold paper up to your shitty webcam blocking the screen so you can't see what it is capturing or focusing on?

  17. So rent a car for a road trip, or think about how much time you're not spending at the gas station the rest of the time.

  18. Re:CR gave a 'cannot recommend' on Tesla Launches Base Model 3 For $35,000 With Shorter Range, New Interior (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    CR also rated Model 3 as having the highest owner satisfaction of any car on the market.

    Most cult members like their choices too

  19. Re:Hyundai Kona Electric on Tesla Launches Base Model 3 For $35,000 With Shorter Range, New Interior (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    The problem is not demand but production. They're making them in tiny quantities, because Hyundai earns basically nothing on its EVs. [goauto.com.au]

    Coincidentally neither does Tesla ;)

  20. Re:How is it "better"? on Tesla Launches Base Model 3 For $35,000 With Shorter Range, New Interior (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Does it have AWD, or even an option? Doesn't seem ike it from the specs.

    Speaking as a Canadian - basically no one needs AWD, just buy appropriate tires.

    6.2 inches of ground clearance - Just 0.3 inches more than a MINI countrman, 0.7 more than a model 3 so claiming it is "an SUV" is kind of misleading.

    Its a cross-over which is the most popular car type these days /shrug

    Not sure in what way this car is actually better

    Well, it comes from a real car manufacturer with a proven record of reliability. So you know it won't arrive with say a wheel different than the others and be in constant need of repairs.

    As someone else said in another comment, without some approach to long range quick charging it's not a viable option for a lot of people (though I guess you could buy a Kona Electric for everyday use, then a Tesla for roadtrips and return it).

    Their site says an hour to 80% /shrug

  21. Re:Closing their stores? on Tesla Launches Base Model 3 For $35,000 With Shorter Range, New Interior (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Going to look at a car and drive it before you buy it is annoying? The part that people don't like is the people, thats a solvable problem - pay a reasonable salary not commissions.

  22. Re:READ BETTER - it is not sent in plaintext on Cryptocurrency Wallet App Coinomi Caught Sending User Passwords To Google's Spellchecker (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Even after sent to Google, you'd need a MTIM who somehow knew that to look at the contents of translate and know that it was for Etherum. Seems pretty far fetched.

  23. Re:and your own storage drives as well. on Microsoft Takes a Big Step Towards Putting Xbox Games On Windows (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I follow what you're saying?

  24. In Other News on Dry.io Wants To Democratize Software Development Using AI (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I want to cure world hunger, I have a hand-wavy idea about giving food to hungry people.

    Maybe we should save news articles until people actually accomplish something instead of wanting to?

  25. Microsoft owns PC? on Microsoft Takes a Big Step Towards Putting Xbox Games On Windows (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting take, PC gamers happen to use Microsoft's OS but their gaming platforms (Microsoft Store, Xbox on PC) have effectively a 0% market share.