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Comment Re:Meanwhile slashdot has released popup ads (Score 1) 35

Visual Studio and Eclipse are typically used for statically typed languages (C# and Java), so you get IDE magic like automatic refactors, renaming, jump to definition, etc. It's nice, and helps you program faster.

However, in the real world most people use dynamic languages like Python, which loses all that IDE magic (AI can kind of help here). btw IntelliJ has been more popular than Eclipse among Java programmers for more than a decade now.

The conclusion is that most programmers don't care about programming more quickly/efficiently.

Comment Re:The headline is wrong (Score 1) 67

You can't call something a "serious bid for top talent" when you don't even know what the terms are. Applications haven't opened, and the details about eligibility haven't been released. It's premature to make conclusions about what they are trying to do (let along what they will do) without those details.

Comment Re:There is no unmet demand in the US (Score 1) 142

If the gate to production is lithium batteries, then you might as well use the batteries you have in luxury cars instead of cheap cars. At least, that is optimal from the manufacturer's perspective.

If you can get batteries for both (which will eventually happen as production increases and prices come down), then you will make both luxury and cheap cars.

Comment Re:maybe I'm too dumb, but (Score 2) 72

Go to https://brew.sh/ - this is legitimate software for macos and the installation instructions are basically "paste this into a terminal".
It downloads a shellscript from github, and executes it.
There are quite a few legitimate programs like this, which trains users that this is normal.

Comment Re:PowerShell defaults (Score 2) 72

Same on macos and linux, it's not a windows specific fault.
In fact there is a lot of legitimate software which provides "paste this into terminal" instructions, for instance homebrew on macos (https://brew.sh). This then goes and retrieves a shellscript and executes it with no validation.

This is a general purpose computer fault. The fact is general purpose computers are not a suitable tool for the masses, they are highly complex tools only suitable for those who know how to use them safely. Most people would be much better off with an appliance.

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