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Comment Re: Energiewende (Score 1) 74

but the amount of CO2 produced is so miniscule compared to burning fossil fuels that to a good first approximation it is zero.

Actually, that would be a lie by misdirection, because the actual competition are renewables and storage and there nuclear does not look too good. Not that the nuclear fanatics are above lying ...

Comment Re:I have to say by now I approve (Score 1) 5

Rust (or any tool for that matter) is of no benefit if it makes the people using it more complacent towards the problems it can't prevent.

I agree on that. But I do not think the tool choice plays a role in whether people take something seriously or not. Some people do understand risk and risk management, but most simply do not and nothing will change that. The benefit of Rust is that it is likely quite a bit harder to learn that C and that selects the people for those that actually want to do this right and are willing to invest significant effort and bring significant talent to the table. And that may make a significant difference. In any case, I do not think it will make things worse. But we will find out.

Comment Re:It's working (Score 1) 74

All I ever hear is bitching and moaning after Ukraine blew up the Nordstream pipeline about how energy availability is out of control and causing German companies to close or relocate to America.

And where did you "hear" that? Because the only factor I see is some (!) German manufacturers thinking (!) about moving parts (!) of their production to the US because of the tariffs (!). Most (!) then decide against it after looking at the facts.

Comment I have to say by now I approve (Score 2) 5

While the Rust community is certainly toxic in parts, the language has one really big advantage: It is hard to learn!

My take is this does more for security and reliability than all the security features it has, because it keeps the clueless coders (which is the majority) out of it.

Now please fix the one glaring defect Rust has: No spec. And no, do not tell me "the implementation is the spec". That is amateur-hour nonsense.

Comment Re:Germans just cannot help themselves, huh? (Score 0) 58

And than you look at the US doing this crap for far, far longer. Bug-planting by law-enforcement has a long, long tradition in the US. The difference is that in Germany, so far, this was completely illegal for law enforcement. Whether this will stand in Berlin remains to be seen, but I doubt it.

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