I’d say at 1000 lines it usually makes sense to extract some parts into other files. But sure, I guess most obscurities have positive aspects. On the other hand, nothing is stopping you from writing a separate file with only function signatures next to your python scripts. It’s just not required, because why would it ;)

The stone-age called, they want their languages that need header files back!

(I use Rust btw.)

I also think it’s more descriptive. Just like blocklist and allowlist.

This is brilliant! So few people get that. Also, polititians love to claim than public investments lead to inflation because of increasing state “dept”. This has been disproven and you’ll hardly find a serious economist claiming it since it’s much more complex than that and depends on the kind of investment and political rules of course. But by claiming this, the public seems even more dependant on the extremely rich, because they are the only ones capable of investing (and thus earning). And it’s a great argument for cutting any kind of social service. I think biden is a positive exception at the moment when it comes to this principle, but here in germany it is disastrous what the government does (and especially doesn’t do) because of austerity that is proven to be harmful so many times just to keep up this lie about inflation and public dept that our children would have to pay back (bullshit!).

Hey! Don’t remove the context menu key, I use that! The alternatives are 1. using the mouse (no!) and 2. Alt+F10 which is awkward.

I think you could even get rid of the iter() and the collect() since it’s a small fixed size array.

Unfortunately that support would be worthless if only firefox does it.

Python is actually mostly strongly typed. Strongly (e.g. can’t use a number as a string without explicitly converting it), but dynamically (can change type of variable at runtime). You probably would prefer a statically typed language and I agree.

PHP is a shit language, but far from dead. There are too many legacy killer apps that are used A LOT and won’t be rewritten in a different language anytime soon. E.g. Wordpress, Mediawiki (The engine behind wikipedia and other wikis), Nextcloud, Typo3, …

The JS one is not surprising at all. There’s no other loosely typed multi-paradigm scripting language where such insane shitloads of money and developer time have been spent for optimizing its execution (by some of the largest tech companies). Kinda funny considering that the language design is complete horse shit.

Your 2nd point is really quite surprising. I also wouldn’t have thought that java would beat Go in both energy and time by that margin!

Wow, a proprietary quasi monopoly changes their business model into something extremely exploitative and hostile. I am totally surprised! Shocked even! Blimey!

Seriously, why spend years of your life learning to work with some technology that can at anytime be made instantly obsolete or impractical to use when some random asshole you don’t know decides something dumb. If there’s a FOSS alternative, always prefer that.

Oh yes that really is the worst. I actually just did that powershell wizardry for my GF setting up a new laptop. But I also recall having to unplug ethernet when installing 10 (a later version of it!) in order to get the option to have a local account. Also windows (that I only have use for very specific work) often prompts me to “finish setting up my computer”, meaning logging in. Not gonna happen.

Oh and in 11 they also managed to effectively destroy efficient workflow. I had to buy a dubious thirdparty software to make the UI usable again (“StartAllBack”).

Windows 11 is indeed a trash spyware fest with forced installs of shit you don’t want.

10 is not better though. Everything that came after 7 was bullshit tbh.

…easier to use but has only got a fraction of the features.

Yes, I just tried it and I am in awe :D

If this works, it’s a game changer!! I would have neede this two days ago xD Will try it later!

Ibm replaces COBOL: Great idea

… with Java: Questionable idea

… using an LLM: Exceptionally bad idea

The problem is how do we get there? In a market there will always be actors powerful enough to corrupt the governmenta and influence regulation in an undemocratic way.

Sure, just give evee a “rock stone” :P

Um actually… Opera and Edge weren’t always based on chromium!