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I think this is an important point. Culture plays a huge part in the decision making process. Good security generally starts from an organizational acknowledgement that security is…

Agreed, Flash is great for multimedia. That is largely why it is still so widely used. I just don't prefer it over security which is why it is blocked for me by default ;)

This is great. Reading (and maintaining, refactoring, improving, etc.) obtuse code is often much more difficult than a fresh slate. Its also a major real world requirement. Where i…

I know this was a major factor in joining the company I work at currently. They were quick, they didn't waste my time, they were open and answered questions that I usually would ha…

Is it possible that a regular time series could have better read performance (particularly in aggregations) vs an irregular one due to determinism/randomness - or is that irrelevan…

1. Node is not a language it is an implementation of a language, so the title would really be TCL vs JS or Dandelion vs Node... 2. In which case you would be opened up not only to …

I was also curious about the lack of promises

Not at all, but it is still their main source of revenue.

"In aerospace if you launch a vehicle, you can’t go fix it,” James says. “It’s 10,000 miles in the air by the time you realize something’s wrong!" - And I think that I get nervous …

On a related note, I think depending on ad revenues is not such a sustainable practice. Its a feast or famine strategy and eventually a lot of businesses are going to realize that.…

Agreed. Ads are a significant liability for both User experience and security.

That is irrelevant. I prefer to not have ads and Google is generally kind of to comply and suggest developers respect ad-blockers as well, even though the vast majority of Google's…

Correct, YT issues are more often caused by server/network latency rather than the client.

Ads exist in Native apps as well. At least in the web I have the option of browser extensions to provide a more customizable UX. With adBlock I don't get Youtube ads on Chrome so t…