The growth of messaging apps like WhatsApp and WeChat, which reflects a preference for communicating with smaller groups of contacts more frequently, in contrast with the one-to-many mode of communication popularized by social networks like Facebook and Twitter
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#22Everyone is saying that Javascript is the world's most popular language, or at least soon will be. That saddens me as I do not care for it at all. It's not like I can't learn how to code in JS, but to do so I find quite unrewarding. I don't see 3D printing being commercially interesting for at least another few years. For anything you really seriously want a custom-made part for, you'd want a metal part made by an ex…
Unfortunately Javascript will be the world's most popular language for a long time, until the web moves away from browsers. Which could actually happen within our lifetime, given the rise of mobile.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most important tech trend?
#23Everyone is saying that Javascript is the world's most popular language, or at least soon will be. That saddens me as I do not care for it at all. It's not like I can't learn how to code in JS, but to do so I find quite unrewarding. I don't see 3D printing being commercially interesting for at least another few years. For anything you really seriously want a custom-made part for, you'd want a metal part made by an ex…
Unfortunately Javascript will be the world's most popular language for a long time, until the web moves away from browsers. Which could actually happen within our lifetime, given the rise of mobile.
I should be clear that I am not by any means a language zealot. There's lots of people who like Javascript, and that's just fine with me.
For reasons I'll go into later, I just became a vegan. I've done it before, I know how to be a vegan and be happy with my diet. Tempeh is popular among vegans, but I regard is as foul, I'd rather drink sewage, but I'm completely cool with someone else eating all the tempeh.
What I like is to stress over cache misses.