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Comment Dual use (Score 4, Insightful) 140

While I seriously doubt Russia will use a doomsday device in space(eg a device that ruins space access for decades or centuries), the militarization of space is underway. SpaceX is actively working on Starshield and that will likely piggyback on Starlink satellites, thus making them legitimate military targets in a conflict. In contrast, Starlink by itself is more like how trains and railways can be used by the military, but have primarily civilian purposes.

Comment I like Rust... (Score 3, Insightful) 151

I like C++, C, Zig, Python, Fortran, Erlang, Lua, TypeScript, and honestly anything except Java. I really don't care.

In this case, the language did exactly as designed, because sometimes you really prefer speed or simplicity of the code more than safety. With this particular line of code, perhaps the function that was called can be made safe. And, for the kernel, I think this implies unsafe sections should be scrutinized more closely, even if they're a single line.

The real problem I see is the assumption that Rust code will be bug free. A train doesn't require constant steering, but a conductor can run it off the tracks or ram it into another train. Rust is similar in how it drastically limits the degrees of freedom, but it doesn't stop a dedicated developer from writing bugs.

Comment Re: Senator Whitehouse (Score 1) 168

We need to move back to self hosted and distributed social networks. But, I think it's doomed to failure. I couldn't even convince my wife to try a new app or platform. Unless it's very popular and there's makeup influencers she likes on it. I don't think the population at large cares enough to make a change.

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