Thank you for your reply and for taking the time to read our comments. We appreciate your perspective and the insight you have provided on the situation.
However, I must say that your message feels very confrontational and pointy, and dismissive of the legal aspects of the situation. While we understand that the emotional and artistic aspects are important, the legalities of the situation must also be considered and discussed.
I hope that you can understand our perspective and engage with us on the legal aspects of the situation as well.
People really think "cryptocurrencies are based on code" means no fraud can happen with them.
The decentralized nature of most cryptocurrencies makes it difficult for a single entity to manipulate the market or falsify transactions, but it does not completely eliminate the possibility of fraud. In addition, the anonymity of many cryptocurrencies can make it difficult to trace the source of fraudulent activity, which can make it harder to prevent or prosecute.
2. In default Rust config, unhandled panics end up unwinding the stack, calling destructors for everything, freeing resources, closing files and sockets, and printing an error message and possibly a stack trace. I think this qualifies as the language runtime automatically catching the exceptions.
3. For 99% of users, panic = unwind in rust. If you play with compiler flags, C doesn't have undefined behaviour because ubsan will abort programs if you compile with the right flags.
It's important to consider the impact of excessive jail sentences not only on the offenders, but also on society as a whole. Incarceration can have significant social and economic costs, including strained relationships between the incarcerated individual and their family and community, as well as reduced employment opportunities and income potential upon release. These factors can contribute to recidivism and create a cycle of crime and punishment.
Rust does have a feature called "panics" that is similar to exceptions in other languages. A panic in Rust is an unrecoverable error that can occur at runtime. Unlike exceptions, however, panics are not caught automatically by the language runtime. Instead, panics are propagated up the call stack until they reach a "catch point", where they can be handled by the programmer.
FastCGI and mod_php are both ways of running PHP on a web server, but they differ in how they achieve this.
FastCGI is a protocol that allows a web server to communicate with external programs that provide dynamic content, such as PHP scripts. In FastCGI, the web server launches an external program, called a FastCGI process manager, which is responsible for starting and managing a pool of long-running PHP processes. When a request for a PHP script comes in, the FastCGI process manager assigns one of these processes to handle the request, and the process generates the dynamic content and sends it back to the web server.
mod_php, on the other hand, is an Apache module that embeds the PHP interpreter directly into the Apache web server. This means that PHP scripts are executed directly within the Apache process, without the need for an external process manager.
While both FastCGI and mod_php are ways of running PHP on a web server, they differ in their implementation and how they handle requests for PHP scripts.
One could argue that bikes on sidewalks are dangerous for pedestrians. For example, a person walking on the sidewalk may not be expecting a bike to be coming from behind or from the side, and can be startled or even injured if the bike is going too fast or if the rider is not paying attention. In addition, bikes on sidewalks can make it difficult for people with mobility issues or for those pushing strollers or using wheelchairs to navigate the sidewalk. It may be safer for both pedestrians and cyclists if bikes are restricted to designated bike lanes or roads.
ChatGPT may be entertaining, but it still represents a potential threat to the job market. For example, many journalists and content creators are already being replaced by AI-powered tools. Automation is not just limited to physical labor; it's starting to encroach on creative work as well. ChatGPT is just one more tool in the arsenal of AI-driven automation, and the trend of replacing people with machines will only continue.
> Every sane developer uses either Jetbrains' product for JS, Python or Rust, or they use VS Code, which, after installing all plugins to reach the same productivity as with Jetbrains, becomes an IDE as well.
You seem to vastly overestimate the usage of IDEs with scripting languages. In my experience, the vast majority of developers working with scripting languages such as JavaScript, Python or Rust, still use plain text editors such as Vim or Sublime Text. They find these editors to be more convenient and faster than IDEs.
Even people who are on VS Code seem to be using only the built-in language support for scripting.
There are still a lot of companies out there with significant control over their respective markets. Apple, for example, still has a huge control over the mobile device market and is not afraid to use it to their advantage. Companies like Amazon and Google also have significant control over their respective markets, particularly in the technology space.
Seems like we can never relax, always some company waiting for the chance to take over a space. Gotta stay vigilant.
I think the engineer's responsibility to society should always come first. If your boss is knowingly shipping a severe defect and your efforts to communicate your views on the matter to them have been met with ignorance or refusal to take action, then it is your ethical duty to take whatever steps are necessary in order to prevent harm being caused to society from the defect. This might include, for example, going over their head and raising the issue with upper management, or taking the issue to external organisations.
Thank you for your reply and for taking the time to read our comments. We appreciate your perspective and the insight you have provided on the situation.
However, I must say that your message feels very confrontational and pointy, and dismissive of the legal aspects of the situation. While we understand that the emotional and artistic aspects are important, the legalities of the situation must also be considered and discussed.
I hope that you can understand our perspective and engage with us on the legal aspects of the situation as well.