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Comment Re:Note that this isn't being released for Windows (Score 1) 29

by Teckla (#63458762) Attached to: Google Releases Emergency Chrome Security Update

So if you're still using Windows 7 uninstall Chrome and use Firefox as it is the only mainstream browser to support Windows 7 (and 8.1). Of course, you really shouldn't be connecting Windows 7 boxes to the internet anymore so only do this if you physically can't use a different OS.

People keep saying this, but I don't understand why they say it. Win7 box behind a firewall. AV turned on. How is a mature well-patched OS (Win7) LESS secure than oh, say, Win10 which seems to have more vulnerabilities every day?

Because Chrome, and all other web browsers, use a bunch of DLLs supplied by the host OS. If the host OS no longer updates those DLLs, then those DLLs contain known vulnerabilities.

Comment Re:Mixed feelings... (Score 1) 126

On the one hand, I'm not 100% confident, as Go was receiving this much fawning praise and popularity of it seems to have plateaued out at a far lower level than folks thought.

This plateau is the fault of the developers that work on Go at Google.

They refuse to give non-Google developers what they desperately need, such as access to goroutine ID, so that logging and debugging complex systems becomes 100x easier.

The reason? "Goroutines are supposed to be anonymous. If we give people access to the goroutine ID, they'll abuse it."

Go is a hopeless cause at this point. <sigh>

Comment Re:Uptake of EV's (Score 0) 54

by Teckla (#62805301) Attached to: Australia To Target Vehicle Emissions To Boost Electric Car Supply

The poor people who can only afford 1 car to drive need a car that can be used for everything, daily life and ability for things like taking trips and even towing a trailer.

Don't underestimate the power of an econobox for day-to-day driving (whether it's gas or electric) and renting for those occasional trips!

Comment Re:Uptake of EV's (Score 3, Interesting) 54

by Teckla (#62805275) Attached to: Australia To Target Vehicle Emissions To Boost Electric Car Supply

Australia (and US) should both be pushing harder on PHEVs - they make up for a lot of the shortcomings on BEVs.

A buddy of mine is a district manager for Toyota in the U.S. and he tells me PHEVs are the worst of both worlds when it comes to maintenance because they have all the issues of both a gas car and an electric car.

In his opinion the better mileage ends up not being worth it.

Comment Re:Uptake of EV's (Score 0) 54

by Teckla (#62805259) Attached to: Australia To Target Vehicle Emissions To Boost Electric Car Supply

Similar problem in the USA. EV's are expensive. Upper class types have no problems, but the average Joe doesn't have $60K for an EV, so as long as EV's cost twice as much as a "conventional" car, people will nurse that conventional car till it does a One-Hoss-Shay....

I agree that EVs are expensive... but where did you get $60k and "cost twice as much" from?

In my local area, Nissan LEAFs are $28,xxx new and well under $20,xxx used.

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