Noticed that share price went down. The only way to get C-Suite poms to notice an issue is if the share price is down. Maby they will take security serious now.

Notice who is NOT on the list of countries?

China and Russia stand out as missing.

Wonder why?

All of the extensions as library add-ons are classes. Library packages like Wire or code that support some hardware, are mostly classes.

Sure, the basic syntax is C, and if you just poke around with turning some LED on or off, more like 'C' than "C++".

But if you want to use almost any other hardware in a project, the access is provided as a class, with source in .H and .CPP files.

Having retired from doing C++ for a living, and slipping in C++ features not covered in the Arduino tutorials, the standard Arduino IDE language is definitely C++..

As for shifting from Arduino IDS to standard production IDEs, like Visual C++ or GCC compile ecosystem, the same coding principles apply. Easier than shifting from Java to Basic. (Or Pascal to assembler...)

My point is all these folks noodling about with Arduinos are learning a mainstream language. And that is valuable in itself.

Not sure if counted by this index, but remember Arduino IDE code is C++ in disguise. Thin disguise, but not described as C++ in the tutorials or references. :)

So thousands of DIY folks are learning C++ on the QT.

Police do this all the time, with 2 or three jobs at the same time. Log off, go to a bar or stadium and be private guard to 4-8 hors. We pay them so little, they have to moonlight to make ends meet. If this guy lives in California, this might be needed to pay the absurdly high housing costs.

Off in the corners of specialized software is a program called JMRI (Java Model Railroad Interface).

In the early 200's a patent troll tried to collect on a patent of JMRI technology. Which JMRI had deployed as open source.

Turns out the troll copied the source, deleted the open source references and sold it as his own software.

He then sued JMRI for royalties on the code he stole.

The win by JMRI helped set legal precedent for slapping down trolls when they steal and rebrand code.

Open source is alive today in part because of JMRI.

(I use this software several times a week!)

For more information google "JMRI Lawsuit"

Thomas

DeSoto, TX

Why 3 for US, we just need one?

One zone for Europe

One zone for NA and central America,

One zone for SA

One zone for Russia (OK, maybe 2?)

One zone for China

One zone for East Asia (Korea, Japan, Indonesia, etc)

One zone for AU/NZ or they could use the East Asia zone.

Africa would use the EU time zone.

7-8 zones would be all we need.

After WW2 ended in 1945, railroad management teams saw only boundless opportunities for travel expansion. They bought new equipment, advertised heavily, and even cooperated to pass (passenger) cars from one carrier to another to reach more distant markets.

But the public had found the automobile, and the businessman found the airplane.

By 1960 losses were mounting, and soon few trains would carry people. In 1972, the government took over as AMTRACK. (Not a happy ending!)

Now in 2020, businesses have found ZOOM and online video conferences. And so the wheel turns.

Back when I was writing in assembler, we needed to know all the key codes from keyboards. Then we discovered that the standard keyboard drivers translated the key codes into Ascii. Including control codes, so 'Enter' and "Return" both generated 0x0D (or 0x0D and 0x0A, also known as carriage return and line feed). Never looked back.

A Farside facility has been in SF since the 50's. Not sure Arthur C Clark mentioned it, but thousands of SF stories have included a Farside facility for research. Be nice if feasible. Thomas, DeSoto, TX

Playing Civ V, Moo V, and Stellaris. WIth a little Space Empires IV thrown in. Also trying to learn Turbocad and update some Arduino sketches.

Just saw an autoplaying advertisement. And they are cycling through. Nice pics of half undressed ladies, but nothing I will buy. And this is on slashdot. Let's start here.

Groklaw was able to put these proceedings in context and explain the issues. I understand this video due to Following Groklaw for years. Suing for defamation usually means two things: 1. The opinion is accurate and 2. business profits are affected.

Does this make more sense in Mandarin? Otherwise, this is Monty Python Marketing Group.

I was writing drivers for this type of display when I first learned 'C'.

In the 1980's.

We used these for legal sized tax form display.

Another old idea that is coming back around.