>This package uses the novel (at least, novel to me) method of embedding a small C program (Trealla Prolog) through WASM/WASI and exposing it as a regular Go library
The message in question is too technical for an end user, and offers no options for recovery. This is exactly what is wrong. Nothing to do with humor, or being cutesy.
I don't think it's fair: it's absolutely possible to be motivated by the recognized fact that you provide for your family, and still have healthy friendly relations with colleagues, and be interested in a long-term success of your employer.
It's also absolutely possible to create an ugly monster of organization while cheering up your team with whatever we-change-the-world mission.
First, it assumes that resources is the only dimension here which is incorrect. History is full of failures of well-resourced, and practically unrestrained security services. Second, safety is not a set of just "on", and "off" states. It's a game of probabilities.
Complex tasks often contain chunks which can be delegated from more to less qualified members of team (for mutual benefit). It's fine. But selling worktime of absolutely inexperienced people who at times don't even understand that spreadsheets they carry around as experts, and pretending there is some sort of superintellectual efforts were done when charging customers is still looks very much like snake oil business. And "security" industry is full of this stuff
>"How often” as used in colloquial English is not measurable
So what "observe how often" means then in your colloquial English?
I legitimately asked about stats. On this forum I presume you know what it is, how it's different from anecdotes. And it makes your behavior look not particularly honest.
You could have sincerely answer: "I have no data, but I have a gut geeling/impression" - that would spare you from wiggling around, and claiming that English is not to express facts.
It's not about age. I'm rather oldschool, and I like programming ligatures very much. When => intended to imitate thick arrow, seeing thick arrow instead is reasonable, I think
I'm asking in good faith, of course. You wrote "just observe how often", and "how often“ is measurable. So there must be a record. I don't observe much crimes at all in my everyday life. Likely my life is not a good sample, but it just to point out to the obvious fact that what you belive to be an obvious fact may not be an obvious fact, but a political bias instead
This explanation cannot stand history check. When broadcasting worked over radiowaves, and press required literal printing presses, the entry barrier to become a medium was several levels of magnitude higher then it is today, and consequently grip of corporate power was stronger. One may say this is why public had better opinion about media - because it was a closed club, or a caste if you like, and media's dirty laundry very rarely had a chance to appear before everyone's eyes. Not because media were better, but because consolidation let them sit on their pedestals unchallenged. And btw we should stop pretending that growing audience cautiousness towards mass media is some kind of problem.
I suppose it's not intended to be a laptop, but rather a "communicator" device as they used to call it a decade, and something ago. Small physical keyboard is worse than a full-size, but better than small on-screen one. At least, as far as me experience go. I did a lot of emailing with Nokia N900 (3.5" screen size, phys kbd), I would not do it on any modern smartphone in spite if them being wider, and longer
It's common to say "political" when a topic in question is challenged. But everything can be. Zeitgeist, and context changes, so the very same sermon becomes "political". For what I know Catholic position on abortion didn't change from OP's childhood. His perception probably did.
Looks like it supports parent opinion:
commit - bind to a certain course if policy. It's legal obligation, not a statement about guarantees in physical world (like "this alloy won't melt below t°C")
For functional lang transpiling to C, you can look at Fennel - a Clojure dialect over C. However, if you want functional and statically typed, then you are probably out of luck.
I see what you mean, but I don't think GDPR is really a valid example, because data-protection became at that moment a global concern, so quite a lot of companies were ready for it, there was an expectation that many jurisdictions will folow the suit anyway, and generally it wouldn't be bon ton to resist it. There are lots of very visible cases when it doesn't work like that: search, app markets, availability of news sources, medical information - what you see is dependent on your location, and sometimes even on your passport color, and as I see it it's more often restricting you as a user, than protecting.
Sometimes legal solutions is what you want, but... For starters, one can't legislate for the whole world. It means this kind of legislation will farther fragment the internet (unlike purely technical solutions). Legislation targeting particularly dynamic technical fields may not age well. Also, it is a product of various compromises which often produces a minefield of consequences.
In this case that functionality is broken right from the start. There should be a visible lang switch on a website. All other solutions are too technical, and/or have unexpected consequences, and/or lack flexibility.
Your first argument could be somewhat interesting point for debates if the latest planned economy attempt were some hundreds years ago. The second one is no argument at all: planned economy is a radical departure from the feedback loop of the current economy within which all corporations operate.
Not sure I see your point. "Choosing to spend most of your other conscious hours consuming media" is certainly choosing to waste a significant part of one's lifetime. Doing it all the time is wasting most of it, and likely being broke (with exception of rare edge cases). The question we touched in this particular branch: whether extra work constitutes a better alternative to more gaming/media in the absence of other obligations/fields of activity (such as family)
Because there are 0 successful examples for it. And as someone born in USSR let me say if you like to experiment with planned economy you better choose a country nobody will regret leaving in dust afterwards