The 80s was a demonstrate market viability era and the 90s was a build-out the market era. Those are exciting times, and we should be thankful for being there to witness it.

Now it's just market maturation, which is never as exciting or interesting.

> And since Rust code can largely if not totally avoid such problems when properly implemented, memory safety now looks a lot like a national security issue.

When properly implemented. That's the whole issue, isn't it? After all, the same can be said for C++, too.

I'm not a Rust expert by any means, but I'm familiar enough with its memory protection mechanisms to know that competent C++ teams have established conventions providing the same memory safety. The advantage Rust has is you don't have to rely on convention, which makes it easier to use 3rd party libraries. On the flip side, C++ teams tend to not use a plethora of 3rd party libraries and the ones they do use tend to be extensively used and well-known.

What I'd like to see is a non-trivial problem system specification provided to an experienced Rust team and an experienced C++ team and see which team is faster. Wouldn't surprise me if the Rust team were more productive, but it also wouldn't surprise me if they weren't anywhere near close to being twice as productive.

From my experience and what I've seen - the people most ripe for being replaced by AI are the so-called "leaders" running today's corporations. I'm waiting for shareholders to insist the board and C-suite be replaced by AI.

In all reality, what will probably happen is a startup will grow to the point where they need to get more "executive leadership" and employ AI to provide it - that way the founder(s) retain control. If they're successful, then the investors in public companies will demand their leadership be replaced by AI.

Just watch.

Then they will be singing an entirely different tune when it's their jobs that have been displaced.

Automatic transmissions are the exception in motorcycles. The norm is a manual transmission. You'll save a lot on gas, too! It's not unreasonable to get 55 MPG and up on a motorcycle.

Let's not kid ourselves, the EV is still better for the environment - but it also costs a lot more. If you're a young Gen Zer pining for a clutch, then a motorcycle is the way to go! You'll save on vehicle cost, insurance, and gas! You'll have loads of fun, too!

I must have missed when the climate scientists predicted doom and gloom for 2022. I recall their being more concerned about 2122.

What you should be concerned with is things are progressing faster than were anticipated in the 1990's. That starts pulling back that 2122 date. Now you may think this doesn't matter because I'll be dead by then - but here's the rub: we have to start mitigating these effects now so our offspring don't bear the brunt of our bad decisions today. It's no surprise to see our species sucks at long-term global planning.

The Xbox was one bright spot in an otherwise bleak product landscape. And now they're hell-bent on ruining that? They got rid of Sinofsky. When are they going to get rid of Ballmer?

"There is a reason we don't have and use just 4-5 letter words for everything."

Apparently you don't use Twitter...