The vast majority of business applications could be developed in just about any modern programming language. When it comes time to hire developers, then popularity is a pretty significant attribute. If you could build an application in less code with Haskell, but you would struggle to find developers who know and enjoy Haskell, then that probably isn't a good tradeoff for the company.

There's nothing free in this world. If someone has spent time and money to create something that they give to you for free, then they intend to get paid in some fashion down the road (either through future sales, ad views, monetizing your data, etc.).

I don't see the appeal. I played Lost Ark for about 2 hours and then uninstalled it. The story is silly, the loading/wait times are absurd, and the combat is little more than button mashing the same rotation over and over. Although I didn't experience it myself, I've read that the game requires massive grinding. I'll go back to playing Diablo 3 before wasting any time on this game.

"According to Wyden and Heinrich's letter, the CIA's bulk collection program operates outside of laws passed and reformed by Congress, but under the authority of Executive Order 12333"

According to Wikipedia: "The U.S. Supreme Court has held that all executive orders from the president of the United States must be supported by the Constitution, whether from a clause granting specific power, or by Congress delegating such to the executive branch"

Do we live in a monarchy? The President can't just make up executive orders out of the blue.

So a team of researchers from Lakehead University honestly spent time researching and documenting this? Apparently Lakehead University has more money than they need.

I think Chatbots are only useful for people who don't know how to use a website. Basically, Chatbots are a slightly more intelligent version of a site map. They can guide a person to the page they are looking for. Which makes them completely useless to me. I already know how to use a website and how to use a site map. If I still need help, then the functionality doesn't exist on the website and a Chatbot is useless in that scenario.

Matrix Resurrections is more of a critique of the movie industry, which apparently is willing to put out one mindless sequel after another in the hope of recreating the magic of the original movie. I've read crappy fan fiction that had a better story than Resurrections.

I think the medical insurance companies are in on this scam. First of all, these kinds of astronomical bills scare people into never wanting to go without medical insurance. Second, it allows the insurance companies to apply pressure to hospitals that are not in network because they know that most people would never be able to pay these rates. The result is either to go along with the insurance companies or face debt collection and bankruptcy.

If medical bills were reasonable, then a lot fewer people would consider medical insurance to basically be required.

Wow! Talk about False Equivalence!

At least ONE MILLION Uyghurs have been arbitrarily detained in the Xinjiang internment camps since 2017. The Chinese government has subjected Uyghurs to widespread abuses that include forced sterilization and forced labor.

Please tell us what human rights issues in Canada come anywhere close to that in scope.

This is what gets marked as Insightful?

For a thread about misinformation, your post is filled with it.

First, Kyle didn't arm himself before traveling to another state. He got the weapon after traveling there.
Second, Kyle wasn't "uninvited" to another state. He drove there the day before for work and stayed at his stepfather's house overnight.
Third, Kyle wasn't "uninvited" to patrol. The owners of a car dealership there asked Kyle and his friend to protect their business after they had been vandalized the night before.

They didn't all do the exact same dumb thing. Is there any evidence Rittenhouse pointed his gun and threatened someone who was just standing around? Any evidence of Rittenhouse chasing down someone with obvious intent to harm them?

They all went to the riots looking for trouble. Some of them had guns to protect themselves. I agree that is a stupid decision, but nothing illegal yet.

The difference is that some people choose to actively threaten harm to some other people who were just there.

Don't forget about the politicians. In exchange for supporting billion dollar trade deficits with foreign countries, they get cushy business contracts and board positions that pay millions to their family members. Don't worry, it's not a bribe because the money is going to someone in their family instead of directly to the big guys.

If you're using Windows Home Edition, then you've already agreed to send "telemetry" to Microsoft servers. Forget bookmarks. Legally, they could be sending every single website you visit on ANY browser to the home server (under the guise of improving Windows, of course). Given that, it seems a little silly to worry about synching bookmarks in Edge. If you don't trust Microsoft with your data, then you definitely shouldn't be using Edge and probably shouldn't be using Windows.

Gotta love politicians passing laws that mandate technology that doesn't even exist yet.

So after several decades, we finally have enough evidence to conclude that the risk of serious side effects outweighs the benefits of low dose aspirin? Yet some people seem to think we know everything we need to know about mRNA vaccines, even though it's a new type of vaccine that has only been given to millions of humans in the past year. I actually decided to take the risk and get the vaccine, but I have nothing against people who aren't willing to take the risk.