If we're talking about the same guy, he had to manage the economy of a country that has been constantly been fucked up by it's government. That probably also contributed to his fascist ideas.
Honestly, given the context of a browser, Javascript's "Everything is better than crashing" philosophy does not seem too out-of-place. Yes, the website might break, but at least it would be theoretically usable still.
Yes, a statically typed language would help, but I'd rather not have one that is "these two types are slightly different, fuck you, have a segfault", but rather one that is slightly more flexible.
With C, you need to carefully craft your own gun with just iron ingots and a hammer. You will shoot yourself in the foot, but at least you'll have the knowledge that it was your craftsmanship that led to it.
With C++, there are already prebuilt guns and tons of modifications that you can combine at will. If you shove it in the right way, you can make a flintlock shoot a 50 cal, but don't complain when your whole leg gets obliterated.
If your daughter was doxxed, can't you file a criminal complaint directly with the police? At least where I live, it would be grounds for a criminal investigation.
That "fairly concise analysis" has way too much "gun manufacturer says guns are not a problem" energy to be trusted. Specially comming from an investment firm, which are the Masters of Scamming.
nodemodules is so heavy it is the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy.