This is also a good reminder that anyone can have a modern web browser.

Now that browsers are auto-updating this is a good time for us as developers to weed out all the non-updating browsers. I've not been a big fan of browser exclusion but after waiting so many years for all the garbage versions of IE to die (<= IE 10) I've become a grumpy old man. You can have notices appear when an outdated browser is found and link the user to a better life. e.g. http://browser-update.org/

If someone actually prefers to be left out, that should not hold everyone else back anymore.

How are "developer" features not features for the end user? Don't users interact with web pages?

By that logic you could argue that HTML 2.0 form support is only a developer feature. The fact that it enables the end user to input data doesn't make it a feature for that end user?

Yes, it seems like every single app now needs full control of our lives. I'm not happy about granting such sweeping powers where they are clearly unnecessary.

Except the apps from f-droid, for some dumb reason open source apps tend not to overreach on permissions and snooping.

Oh, but I guess now we can assume those are 33% malware since it's not the play store.

Because only Americans live and work in France.

While we're at it let's make a stamp of Adolf Hitler. He also was a bad person who advanced technology.

Yes, IIS may have won the west, but thanks in part to its susceptibility to virus, the Apache came back to dominate the world.

^Yes, exactly.

A rather convenient, pointy-haired boss comparison of apples to oranges.

I'm just confused why his boss didn't compare an employed coder to a volunteer worker who does everything for free.

Your boss isn't only ignorant of the complexities of coding, he's also ignorant of the construction buisiness.

The builder's employees are usually paid by the hour, in which case they are also paid for fixes.

This.

Let's not make this a "bring back vinyl records" thing.

I'm getting up there in years myself, and seriously guys, a new look or a mobile-friendly design shouldn't be cause for a stroke.

Or perhaps those of us evil enough to be born outside the USA made a serious error in thinking that we exist?

Arctic vortex is an annual thing around here. Or at least it would be if we existed.

And of course, spying on your OWN citizens is completely normal and historically popular as well. Often with Orwelian results.

I guess I am among those who are surprised anyone is surprised that the NSA has been playing big brother. What does surprise me is that there are efforts to curtail NSA options in-country since it is surely expected that they keep an especially close eye on any terrorist cells within the border.

It wouldn't surprise me if they use their foreign leeway to spy internally from without.

Monsanto, a.k.a. federal government, will obviously kill any chemical bans long before they see the light of day. But are they doing any research on a patentable super-bee?