Definitely another reason to stick to C. In C you don't have to change to another language or another framework, or yet another design principle, or whatever hype that is being followed by a horde of idiots that think they're incredibly smart.
C is still C. I love that so much. No endless discussions about type safety. And yes, with C I can shoot myself in the foot, which is great because I like sharp tools that can cut. Tell me of a cook who prefers a blunt knife. But at least, I'm the one doing it in contrast to web development where you use hundreds of amateur libraries that kill you in a snap, without you ever finding out what actually happened.
You're going to get buried for the odd knife metaphor :/
Even if we ran with it, like, would a cook use a knife with a sharp handle because it's "more sharp"??
I get what you mean though: C is pretty liberating. It gets out of your way and let's you be pretty precise about what you want it to do. In return you have to... well, be precise. If you have a bug it feels like you just need to get better. If a language makes too many promises and fails you, it feels like it let you down.
But I feel that way about Java vs. Scala, so what do I know.
The problem with C isn’t you shooting yourself in the foot. The problem is that off-by-one errors and buffer overruns that are trivially easy to produce in C turn into security bugs that affect your users.
If you don’t have any users, fine, but no one writing a nontrivial program for use by other people should be doing it in straight C at this point if it’s at all possible to avoid.
That is not really the case here. I woke up already long ago, but there is no way I can stop the idiots. Only governments can take action by law, not me.
France and Germany will not allow for Facebooks' Libra coin. It shows how fast they can act if their economy is at stake. But for decades already they allow pesticides for agriculture. They could and should know about allowing for mass extermination of entire insect species. So tell me what I can or should do if they let this sick economy prevail?
That's an example of where democracy works because the voters are educated and care about important issues. In countries that are full of uneducated idiots, it doesn't work so well and glyphosphate isn't banned.
Indeed, insect population decline was the first cause that came to mind, and then I read:
> In addition to habitat loss, pesticides may have taken a toll.
Which is also the main cause for insect population decline. I just cannot believe why governments still allow the use of pesticides, it is so damn wrong just for economic purpose.
It's even pre-industrial age model. School and its strict class system originate from the church. And I totally agree it should be disrupted by a more scientific proven model so kids can actually start to enjoy learning. The problem is that we have billions of people that were conditioned in traditional school. There is practically no way to change those peoples minds, whatever argument you come up with, it's futile. That's all the downvotes ;)
You're right, there are some elements from the Agrarian Age, namely getting summers off to help with the harvest. But, if it's one thing I have learned, it's that anything can be disrupted!
You have a point there. In regular school you are forced to be 'social' or risk punishment. I put 'social' in quotes because I think what is considered social is subjective and mostly made up. But watching how people are treating one another in this world I'm not sure if that social component is really working out good. Homeschooled kids are definitely not as slavishly as the 'socially' drilled kids from regular school.
> Most homeschooled kids I've known have been very behind their schooled peers.
Behind? In what? We are homeschooling our daughter. For her age she's amazing with computers, english and painting/drawing(which is her passion), and also unlike her peers at school she learned to enjoy life long learning and has become autodidact as well. She never learned the usual things taught at school like: forcing other people what to do, bullying, all day on social media, hate to learn, etc, etc..
Might be a harsh wake up call in the future. Unfortunately world does not revolve around what you are or can do. Not even what you do. It is fundamentally unfair and it's just that different might makes right nowadays, rather than violence.
> Globalisation is fundamentally about individual freedom.
You mean individual freedom for the rich?
> This dynamic has raised hundreds of millions of people out of poverty
And billions of people into modern slavery. And so much more complex misery that it is impossible to comprehend.
> It has increased pollution and accelerated the rate of consumption of resources.
Indeed! We are totally destroying life on this planet and it seems most people don't realize it's the economy. Economists have a 'raise people out of poverty' fallacy for this. All these false truths we learn at school are so persistent, amazing.
No one seems to understand! Macro or micro economy, for me it's just another pyramid game. For some reason most people are completely unable to see that and can only humdrum what they've learned at school; that 'our' economy is a boon. Well, it might be a boon for the rich, but not for us commoners/slaves. And as a side effect this economy(of waste) is destroying not only billions of lives, but also our entire planet and species.. And we are so smart that we have an opinion whether to choose between Trump or Clinton, while neither of them desire to end this idiocy.
I would not be surprised if we eventually find out humanity has already multiple times wiped everything from this planet in the last billion years. And IMAO we are stupid enough to do it again and again.. It all comes down to: Greed, Vanity, etc..(you know your sins don't you?). The flesh is weak, so weak we'll probably never learn..
> Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook
No way! Has that ever been news? It is the first thing that comes to mind when some product 'needs' to be connected to the internet. Sending private data is most likely the only reason a internet connection can be made with the device. All the 'great' software around it is only fluff supporting to lure people sending their private data unknowingly. Do they send microphone and camera data home? Of course, that's the cream. Oh, and do they protect your sensitive data well? Nah, that's not a priority, who cares..
In the past you bought a new tv, and the manufacturer was happy and treated you with respect. Today you think you buy a tv, but tv is actually the secondary feature, you just bought an intrusion device that collects your private life in order to send it to the manufacturer for selling it.
I have a new x-large smart tv which I would never connect to the internet for these reasons. I use a dedicated pc with a good graphics card that connects through HDMI. On my couch I have a wireless mouse and keyboard. With this dead simple setup I cannot only watch regular tv, I can of course do anything you can think of doing on a pc. It also has become my favorite gaming setup.
I think governments should be more active to protect citizens of course. Non-technical people are prey nowadays. I despise this new economy and I'll never ever want to make any money of of it, I'd rather live and die poor.
The problem is that I want to just use the netflix built-into the TV. Firing up a separate device just to watch something seems like a waste of energy to me, and then I probably need a separate controller for it(like, I can control the PS4 with my TV remote, but I cannot switch it on remotely without using the DS4).
>>I have a new x-large smart tv which I would never connect to the internet for these reasons. I use a dedicated pc with a good graphics card that connects through HDMI.
Assuming you use windows on it, haven't you just traded one type of telemetry for the other?
No. It's a linux, and there is no mic or cam connected. I use Netflix too, works like a charm. And I can understand your temptation of using the Netflix button on the remote control, it's one of the lures.
Inkscape is just totally awesome and very much needed. Without it the only serious option left for vector graphics is the overly expensive Illustrator, entering Adobe's sucking subscription model where you can only edit your own files when a subscription is paid.
Inkscape is another great example of why we should try to support open source if we can.
Definitely another reason to stick to C. In C you don't have to change to another language or another framework, or yet another design principle, or whatever hype that is being followed by a horde of idiots that think they're incredibly smart.
C is still C. I love that so much. No endless discussions about type safety. And yes, with C I can shoot myself in the foot, which is great because I like sharp tools that can cut. Tell me of a cook who prefers a blunt knife. But at least, I'm the one doing it in contrast to web development where you use hundreds of amateur libraries that kill you in a snap, without you ever finding out what actually happened.