I agree that sucks, but that doesn't prove all languages that don't compile to native binaries are a recipe for failure.

Java and C#, for example, are excellent business software languages.

It's all about picking the right tool for the right job. There are no insta-fail languages.

Again, please explain. What, exactly, is the problem with languages that don't compile to native binaries?

What about languages that typically use runtimes but have options to build to a native binary anyway?

Also, if you aren't using a language that compiles to a natively executable binary then you have failed before even beginning.

You're either showing your age, your dogmatism, or your ignorance.

Or, prove me wrong and explain what you mean.

That is not a very useful definition of addiction.

By that definition you're addicted to masturbation. You should get some help for that.

This guy's a humour guy.

How is it a contradiction? I've been smoking "on and off." I've gone several consecutive *years* where I haven't smoked. I also never have any difficulty stopping (in fact, stopping is easier than starting as it's hard to find where I live).

None of that sounds like addiction to me. Maybe we have different definitions of addiction.

Not a humour guy, are you?

Or start streaming burgers digitally to reduce overhead.

I can't tell if you're kidding.

I've been smoking marijuana on and off for almost 20 years now. I'm not addicted, and I've never been tempted to smoke during the work day or even the night before work. My clients have always been happy with my work and past clients even reach out to me asking me to come back (I'm a software contractor). I'm known for being reliable, quick thinking, creative, and productive.

All that to say: Your idea of what smoking a bit of marijuana is outdated.

Thank you for the interesting response.

the notion of universal human rights is a McGuffin. It's a noble McGuffin, no doubt, but the term Paper Tiger absolutely applies.

This is a very good summarisation of my view ont this. Thanks :)

Thank you!

Your response is very considerate and informative. It's the kind of post I used to see all the time here on slashdot but has become increasingly rare.

What you describe is very interesting and I will definitely listen to that podcast :)

Thanks for taking a moment out of your life to engage in a civil discussion with me :)

Thank you for the response. That covers human rights with regards to the the US.

I'm hoping the OP or someone else can clarify the bit about the "unalienable right of all humans not just Americans."

Well, if you have nothing to hide, then you shouldn't mind, right?

And, of course, you're a good person who would *never* want to watch dirty videos ;P

I suspect the author of the article either has an agenda or didn't bother to do any research. Either way, fuck you slashdot for posting this shit.

> is an unalienable right of all humans not just Americans

As granted by whom? I'm seriously you asking this question. I often hear people go on about human rights, but nobody seems to know who or what has granted them. I, personally, have no clue.

The idea of absolute and universal rights seems too good to be true. I suspect people who make reference to them are either mistaken or are mentioning them rhetorically.

Can you elucidate?

It is not like Cygwin.

IIRC Cygwin requires your applications to be recompiled with Cygwin support. WSL runs native binaries by doing system call translation.