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vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

In my eyes, the most important argument for protecting your data in any case is that you lose the control on how the data is interpreted by anyone. Privacy just limits the possible (legal) perspectives anyone can have on you. Any data you lose can be used as facts, even if they are out of context, incomplete or perceived or stored in a way that distorts the data. Any data collected leads to reversal of evidence. And it is much harder to fight that, because you have to attack the technical aspects on how the data is collected and/or what is wrong with the data (by giving up more information).

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

The obvious solution: Get you business out of those countries with expensive litigations (or a patent system). I think, it will become a competition issue like we have with tax heavens.

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

I agree. It's a commercial top-down event. It is all about monetization. North Korea could not organize a better 'party'.

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

I don't get why people cannot get their head around the differences between a RuntimeException and a generic Exception (which btw. are not the only types that can get thrown). What's so hard?

If my contract gives you exceptional cases that you are forced to deal with, I don't want to punish you. I throw those to help you (like an SQLException of my JDBC driver which does not affect any further operations). Of course, those "checked" exceptions must have a purpose within the contract (JDBC-Statements can fail and I tell you why). Otherwise, I use them in a wrong way (like a lot of us do) and should have thrown a RuntimeException instead (the database you're connecting me to is invalid). So a RuntimeException (unchecked exception) is just a case where I cannot serve the contract anymore because of something I failed to deal with and cannot recover from by myself.

The mistake is not the differentiation between checked and unchecked exceptions. The real mistake is the lack of documentation (2 lines at RuntimeException's head) that clearly states the purpose of those types, including examples. A lot of programs and APIs would have got this right. People need to think more about the language and the intends of words used in it. There is not much different to normal spoken language.

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

That's the correct question.

The only reasons for changing a running system: 1) You run out of staff that is able to maintain the platform. 2) You run out of hardware to run the platform. 3) Both, staff and hardware costs outgrow the costs of a rebuild.

And the new platforms will run into the same problems as the old ones. In the end, we just create the same solutions, but on different platforms. That's the big misconception a lot of people have about new stuff like Node.js. They think, the fundamental problems will just vanish.

The big advantage of Java is the specification process and the reliability that comes with it. Yes, and that's also the reason, the Java platform is not changing as much as other platforms. But that is much better for building complex systems that have to last as long as the old ones (COBOL etc).

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

Lets face it: There is no system that fits all the needs of everyone and is simpel and easy to use from everyones personal point of view. There is no such thing and each system that does say otherwise, lies. All specializations come with tradeoffs.

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

You are talking about a first world problem. But Linux distributions are not only for first world countries with high speed Internet available at every square meter (in a major city). It is still important whether Linux can be installed on refurbished hardware in Africa, only by a CD drive.

I guess, Apple does not have those users in mind.

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

The problem is Time. You would have to save (or predict) the state of the universe for measuring the distance somehow. And the universe changes constantly over time. Lets say the universe evolves by the speed of light, that would make it impossible to measure it at all. This would mean to everything inside the universe, that it is infinite.

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

I prefer streamingsoundtracks.com - with soundtracks, I only get jewelry done! ;)

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

I totally agree. And if #2 is implemented, they have to give a larger amount of that money away again, to pay the sites displaying their ads. That's the money which makes the current net income look like a good thing. Also the S-1 file does not propose new strategies to build a sustainable business. This IPO is to cash out, to pay the investors and employees.

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

So 'Tiny Tower' and 'Dream Heights' are rip offs of 'Sim Tower'?

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

That is why I believe, that this is more about espionage than security. Even if it happens rarely. Security is just the official excuse.

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

First hacker rule when crossing a border: Wipe your disks or do not bring disks at all. This also applies to companies who do have strong competitors who work with the authorities (e.g. if you travel to china / US).

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

Next year's resolution: Getting out of holding / prison without compromising the passphrase to your fully encrypted disk.

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

I always wondered why the majority of larger sites are using external Ad-servers and not a server within their own domain which requires less quirks to deliver and measure ads.

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

Infringing plattforms will adapt and at some point they need to blacklist the entire Internet.

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

Sounds like he has worked alot on awful Java projects. He probably writes something equal to this about Python in the future.

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

In doubt mankind will survive another 2500 years.

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

People are naive, so are businesses.

vor 15 Jahrendiscuss

I wonder when the spammers start to pay for those incidents...

Hope, you and your friends are well!