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The single biggest everyday-use thing I miss with PHP is keyword arguments. With PHP the only real equivalent is passing an array of arguments and then checking if each possible ke…

The most provable thing is that if you ever make the mistake of granting them access to your email account, everyone on your contact list can expect multiple spam messages FROM YOU…

Extensions are still a big malware vector so I can't see this as anything but a net win as long as developer mode remains available for power users.

Comcast/Verizon/AT&T/et al already have terrible reputations. They also have dominant local monopolies and the legislative power to defend them.

Yep, it's a social status dogwhistle, just like requiring college degrees for jobs where it is in no way relevant. There's also a significant racial component to it. It's not a coi…

It's astounding that an article like this is published in 2013 anywhere but the dark corners of supremacist sites and the memoirs of fading British lords, where it belongs. This is…

I love these "economists" waffling on about reasons why young people aren't spending money on X like their parents used to, that have nothing to do with oh I don't know "stagnant w…

At which point you're back to the same basic problem with passwords: the weakest link and root-problem is the average user's lack of knowledge. There wouldn't be such a mad scrambl…

Never forget that you are not the customer, you are the product.