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Hmm, given how compilers & hardware can introduce incorrectness and security vulnerabilities in otherwise valid code, it makes you wonder if anyone can really claim "end-to-end pro…

I'm not talking about the challenge, but those supposed commercial JS libraries with DRM that you're advising "should take notice". There are no mainstream examples of such librari…

Those home automation products are marketed to the people who have the money to buy such fancy home automation widgets. Those people also typically want to "save the environment", …

Oh, Jesus, this looks like the unfortunate result of a Windows Phone and an Android phone in a teleporter accident. Many here are cheering as if this is good somehow, because Micro…

It'll be interesting to see how they plan to market this to people, because I have to tell you... "your thermostat integrates with your car, washer and jawbone bracelet" is damn co…

I think you're confusing JS minification with obfuscation. Minified code looks obfuscated, sure, but it's not done to deter "hacking", just to make the code smaller.

> "At some point, the 'bad actor' has to access 'legitimate' banking institutions to exchange the Bitcoins to fiat and that is the weakest link." And on the contrary they can do th…

They say that, but there's one giant missing ", because..." in that paragraph. They never explain why they render in 10 sizes (why don't they know which sizes they need), and why i…

At scale, processing thousands of highly granular items (images) in any way is an embarrassingly parallel task even in its most crude and naive implementation. So claiming "fast", …

So how many people's lives were saved by this coverage and condemnation, that's the real question. I don't think some country's ruler gives a damn about coverage and condemnation, …

Who needs prank calls when we can troll the comments sections of news websites. Wubba lubba dub dub! Plus... honestly: "underappreciated prank calls". You gonna talk about some anc…

I posted this because I found it of particular interest that the blackmailers ask for payment in Bitcoin. It makes you think if Bitcoin is turning into a giant example of "be caref…

Nice, we're evolving the same mechanisms for quick herd notification that animals have. This is why humans and animals scream when we're in danger (not because screaming is a very …

People who need Erlang, know about Erlang and don't need "onramps". Dumbing it down hasn't been necessary for Amazon and Facebook to adopt it, among many. Not every bicycle is inte…

No, it's still an important distinction, because there's a lot less to JIT in Python, compared to Java, which is why I specifically mentioned that bit. And to prove my point just b…

I get your point, but housing isn't like ice-cream. You can't just decide you don't want ice-cream because it's too expensive. The alternative is living on the street, which brings…

> He was dispelling the common misconception is that Python is an "interpreted language" and Java is a "compiled language," when the reality is that (in their most common implement…

This is a scam. By creating false associations between the product, and donating to give clean water via a massive marketing campaign (which includes a sophisticated web site and p…

Economy is a fuzzy topic. You can't quite model it right, you can't experiment by eliminating all the variables but the ones you test and so on. It's not an exact science. So peopl…