Being easy to understand is one of the primary goals of any programming languages.
The problem with Javascript is that it isn't easy to understand. Javascript is easy to write.
That's why it's easy for novices to pick up and why it ends up being spaghetti code. It's very unrestrictive and allows writing very poor code that works based on assumptions and breaks when the assumptions aren't met.
It made sense at the time because it was just a scripting language for some minor website things, and you didn't want your site to crash if your script ran into a problem.
Now it's being used to write full fledged applications and it's past design choices are still haunting it.
Let's see... I don't provide my credit card to anyone when pirating. The only way they are getting my credit card is breaking into my house. (no, mkv files can't have viruses).
But I do need to provide my credit card info to HBO, which they store, on their likely poorly secured servers.
The number of credit cards stones from data leaks very likely exceeds the number of them stolen because someone got duped when trying to pirate.
Sounds like the person worked for either free or very cheap in the hopes of advancing in the industry and getting big payouts.
Ironically, they probably took place of someone who stood their ground and demanded upfront pay.
The problem will persist as long as there is a supply of people who are willing to work for free or cheap.
This is very similar to video game development industry. There is a large pool of developers who are passionate about games and are willing to work for cheap with poor working conditions. The only real solution has been to dissuade new developers from trying to enter that niche and work in a different area with double pay and better conditions.
Wow he got a death threat in an email, which also asked for his address lmao.
Poor guy. First day on the internet must be tough.
If you receive a death threat that you think is real, you contact the police and the FBI. But considering that the man who was threatening him didn't even know his address, I struggle to think how he thought it was an actionable threat.
They are offering 10gbps residential speeds. That's the highest consumer hardware is capable of. And even then, you would need a $100 network card to make use of it.
And even then, this is faster than sata3 ssds. You'd need an nvme ssd if you want to download a file at that speed.
Futhermore, unless you have a personal server somewhere, or paying a huge premium, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone serving you anything at 10gbps. Your best bet would be steam or an expensive plan from a file hosting service.
The author of this article is a grade A dumbass, or it's a paid smear piece. Honestly I can't tell.
If he's comparing theoreticals, why not include the theoretical 44000Gbps of a fiber optic connection? If the author is somehow reading this: 44000 is more than 20!
Providers have been using G for speeds for a long time. Just because the media became obsessed with 5G for some reason, which uses G for Gen, doesn't mean the other use of G became intentionally confusing.
They can just call it DOCSIS 4.0
And nobody, including myself will know what it means without searching. The actual speed is 10G. As in 10gbps.
The percentage of users that solely used the 3rd party apps to view and comment was relatively small.
Reddit doesnt produce any content itself, so viewing and commenting in general isn't particularly important. What matters more are valuable contributions. I would posit that 3rd party app users provided disproportionately more valuable content than the official app users.
There is already an army of repost bots which aren't going away. The bots don't care about the health of the platform, so we can assume they are at maximum repost saturation.
And reposts still require new content generation to make reposts. You can't repost the same stale content perpetually.
I don't think reddit is going to just die. But it's popularity and userbase can dwindle over time. Tumblr still exists, but it's a shell of its former self.
If you want shit with removable batteries, cool, go out and make your demands heard.
They have. That's why the regulators are making these laws.
But why should your demands be pushed onto everyone else as "pro-consumer"
It's pro consumer because it benefits consumers. As of right now, most portable electronics have a built in expiration date. Most people lack the skills to replace a built-in battery and official stores rarely do replacements, so it's down to a 3rd party shop which is difficult for less knowledgeable consumer to find.
It's the same reason why we have any regulations against anti-consumer practices. It's because these practices often rely on deceptive practices and consumers ignorance. In this case, the consumers are not informed that the device they are buying is built to expire after a few years.
I don't see any argument you could make about usb-c or removable batteries hindering your usage of the device.
Most countries mandate that products come with a warranty. I haven't heard anyone saying "what if I want to buy a product without a warranty?" Because why would you?
They arent being altruistic. Having their browser engine implementation being dominant gives them an incredible amount of pull in the space of web standards and their adoption.
Some good has come out of this and the web has been advancing rapidly, but they have abused it plenty of times as well.
He paid 44 billion for twitter, that's pretty big chunk of his wealth. And most of his wealth is tied to his shares in Tesla/SpaceX and he can't liquidate them without massive negative impacts on their value.
A lot of billionaires are rich on paper. $44 billion of liquid assets is much more than it would appear.
People need to stop with these conspiracies that it's some kind of 4d chess. We have a recorded history of Musk trying to get out of the deal with every excuse in the book. He only folded when his private communications becoming were being considered to become part of the legal process.
He ran his mouth, like he has done before with Tesla, except this time he got held accountable for it.
Being easy to understand is one of the primary goals of any programming languages.
The problem with Javascript is that it isn't easy to understand. Javascript is easy to write.
That's why it's easy for novices to pick up and why it ends up being spaghetti code. It's very unrestrictive and allows writing very poor code that works based on assumptions and breaks when the assumptions aren't met.
It made sense at the time because it was just a scripting language for some minor website things, and you didn't want your site to crash if your script ran into a problem.
Now it's being used to write full fledged applications and it's past design choices are still haunting it.