Funny, that "if one created, two removed" was a law imposed by a Principal Software Architect to me and my team regarding apps and apis as part of a rationalization program. "If you create this new API, make sure to remove at least two". I have to say, after two years there, that helped a lot to reduce redundancy and complexity. But well, apps and api are not the same of public policies... who knows.
So are you recommending to invest savings on stocks and bonds rather than a house? I mean, I wont argue / refute you reasoning, I just simply dont have the knowledge to do a proper analysis. Ill just say that my 78 years old parents, that not even finished high school, always told me to first buy a house, then think about the rest. Being an owner feels like the best decision Ive ever made. If something happens to me, I have the safety that my family have a place to live in.
Hey, Im a Javascript developer and my experience es far from 'miserable'. Anyway, I see your point, and makes sense. I think node and npm helped a lot to actually achieve the flow you mention ("install dev tools, start a new project, build and go!").
Isnt something like a Windows Insider program for hardware and software companies to early test their products prior to general release? This seems like the result of lack of basic QA, both on Microsoft and third parties.
Honest question here: Why tech community is so hard with Windows mandatory updates, and kind of flexible with other companies? Maybe its just me, but the ratio of posts and articles blaming Microsoft for this practice seems to be disproportional. I mean, my Mac asked me 875 times about accepting something about iTunes. No matter how many times i click on decline, it keeps appearing there all the time. Same thing with Chrome: It got silently updated (just figured it with last update that brought Material Design to the interface). If avoiding updates to a system is kind of a user right, then it would be fair to have an option to stop updates in cloud based systems as well (IE: My email service).
Massive Backtrack seems quite a hyperbole. I would just say adjusting to the new reality, where still millions of users are using W7 and this hardware, and let them without, at least, security updates, seems like a horrible plan.
I think you nailed it. Oculus is order to not become a niche product needs to be sold as part of a console bundle. That would make premium VR to a one pressed button distance. Maybe Project Scorpio + Oculus? Scorpio specs seems to be enough for a good VR experencie.
'Closer to irrelevant' is a bold statement to say. Windows is strong, not as strong as in the 90's where it was the only consumer oriented OS, but is far, far away from being 'irrelevant'.
Android has reached a level of maturity that makes comparison with Apple ecosystem neglectable nowadays; simply its no longer a selling point compared to previous years.
Also, high end Android phones were able to introduce new technologies to the mobile market much faster that Apple (in example: VR).
Just anecdotical, Im a Windows Phone user, but due to R&D work I use Apple and Android devices regularly. That unique, luxury feeling of Apple phones is no longer that visible as it was a couple of years ago.
No private organization has committed crimes comparable to the ones committed by authoritarian governments. I could mention USSRs pogroms, concentration camps on Germany or summary executions in Cuba, to name a few.
I was referring socialism as a society where state does not allow private property (at least to a major extent), and violates individual human rights in favor of collective ones.
Florencia, Cristina Kirchner's Argentinian former president daughter, had 5 million dollars in its bank account. Being daughter of a former president seems to be the more rewarding job in our countries.
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/218148/florencia-ki...
Remain camp also had a large support on media (John Oliver's LN just to mention one). So I asume Brexit could potentially had a lopsided victory without media support for pro EU. Anyway, back on main topic, having more options is always a good thing. Facebook could actually help make content streaming more accessible to many people.
Governments are the more dangerous, objectively speaking. All of them have the monopoly of army and public forces. Not a single corporation in the world could be equally dangerous just based on this.
I dont see mandatory updates as a bad thing per se. I think ideally it would be a way to allow users that wants to use older versions to pay a fee to do that (Basically to cover the maintenance service due to keep patching legacy versions). I think its understandable that MS dont want to keep investing in phased out software.
Is there any source to confirm "Facebook as a company doesn't have high levels of consumer trust"? I even find hard to understand what consumer trust means in a precise way.
Just to add my two cents to the discussion, Typescript is implementing Non nullable types [1].
I think i'd be convenient that any language being used for large projects would support this feature.