Perhaps. That does not change the fact that when you bloviate, demean and deflect, as did Trump, you will be disliked and distrusted. Reputation matters when making a claim that--in that moment--could not be supported with real evidence. Was it a plausible theory for the origin of the virus? Sure. But, when that message becomes entangled with a larger xenophobic rhetoric, then it just seems like, well, xenophobia. Again, the context matters.
It is important to consider the context within which these suggestions were initially put forth. We had a president that claimed to have Coronavirus under control, that it was no worse than the flu and who openly and frequently cast doubt upon the only expert in the room. Perhaps had his behavior been a bit more tempered, he would have been taken more seriously.
Oh man, I’ve used Pop exclusively for 2 years now. I run it on a Thinkpad X1 Extreme, and I love it. I switched from using Macs (for the better part of 20 years) after the whole 2018 keyboard debacle. I can’t imagine going back. Only downside is the terrible battery life on the X1 Extreme.
To an extent, you are correct: many countries participate in the cyber-spy/cyber-espionage game. Where, perhaps, you are incorrect is that this is normal. The GRU has lead exceptionally aggressive cyber-attacks on just about everyone, particularly Estonia and Ukraine.
Thank you so much for your response. You may have convinced me to have another look at Prolog. I stumbled upon it 15 years ago, but never used it for any real project. I just remember really loving its declarative style.
This looks really great. It's interesting to see that 99% of the source code is Prolog. I'm curious to know what advantage--real or perceived--did Prolog provide over some other, more mainstream language?
Also, @ggleason, based upon your experience with other languages, would you still use Prolog if you had to do the whole thing over again?
Or, you could view this as being a developer addressing an inefficiency in a process. I, for one, view that as a positive trait for someone in this profession.
I’m not nuts about standups, Slack or the multitude of distractions dressed up as productivity tools, but I understand their value as a means for helping distributed teams feel some sense of camaraderie, even if that’s not the original intent.
I'm currently typing this response from a ThinkPad X1 Extreme, running Pop_OS.
I've been a faithful MBP user, and before that a faithful PowerBook user. My 2017 MBP was the last straw. While I appreciate Apple extending the warranty on the keyboard, it is entirely impractical for me to continue sending my primary work machine away for 5-7 days for repairs.
I'm curious to know what the key differences are between the modern western diet and the diet of our ancestors. Are you primarily speaking to our consumption of processed foods? Also, what was the diet of our ancestors, and how was this information about our ancestral diet ascertained?
...and this is why we can't have anything nice. This should give all of our lawmakers, wanting to impose more and more restrictions on how we use the web, more fuel for their cause.
Who needs HBO? Let's create incentives for the writers/directors to disseminate their work via alternative channels. Why the hell should HBO have a strangle-hold on that market?
I'm sorry, but this feels to me like an over-dramatized heap of bullshit.
First, the statement, "Rails. You clearly messed up." is self righteous bullshit at its finest. Rails didn't mess up; the programmer(s) at Github messed up. No conscientious developer lets the end user mass-assign variables carte blanche. But with that said, _every_ developer messes up every now and then despite their best efforts; some times they mess up in a big way.
Secondly, if a user discovered a vulnerability in something I wrote, and they handled it like homakov did, I'd ban the shit of them until I knew for sure that they weren't a threat.
Finally, Github handled this exactly the way many companies would handle it: it's called damage control. These guys are really good at what they do, they provide a great service and they offer-up a lot of their tools to the FOSS community.