I think nil/null is a symptom of the real issue: the language permits partially constructed data types, so it has to assign something.
That's a consequence of the "always mutable" model whereby the responsibility of initialization can be shared by the object constructor and the caller.
But there are many cases where it's very intuitive for the caller to set up an object, especially in the objects as actors model.
I think to make that work, you'd want to track the evolution of the object's state, especially noting when all fields have defined values.
> It's interesting how it's easier to change time than to change the hours in which we work.
I think the main pain point would be customers being confused as to when companies are open.
This doesn't even work well with smartphones; all the calendar apps are hopelessly manual and can't answer something like "what are good times to run an errand involving steps X, Y, Z."
At best, you can ask it when people are available for a meeting and it will show you that everyone important is booked solid.
Haha, well, I'm skeptical that obscure exegesis is much of a way to get closer to God, though maybe for this audience it could be.
As it's impossible to quantify the unknown, when we approach a subject we're not familiar with, our bias is to assume it's very simple. So I think it's helpful to dig in a little to give a hint at the vast amount of scholarly work done on these subjects.
To Catholics, as with all Christians, God is Jesus Christ.[1]
The Islamic view is that Jesus of Nazareth was a prophet.[2][3] (The audio answer is a bit long, but quite good.)
The argument that Allah is the same as the Father in the Christian trinity depends on various heresies[4] (incorrect claims), maybe one of Monarchianism, Sabellianism, Tritheism.
So, no, neither religion accepts that they are one and the same. And this is due to central tenets of each respective faith.
Adblock Plus has their "acceptable ads" feature[1] so it's already a thing. But there was some controversy around it, which I don't recall well enough to give a fair hearing.
Also, Firefox has a good deal of tracker blocking[2] built in that tries to go after browser signature recognition. I think the problem with that is it can break some sites, though I have it on and don't see a lot of problems.
Beyond that, many ad blockers let you customize the lists, and there are tracker blocking lists. But I think they all default to standard ad blocking, so the hindrance is configuration.
That should be an ideal application. Usually the trouble with 3rd-party garbage collection is that it has to discern pointer vs. any other machine word. That's more of a problem with C; this is why the Boehm GC library calls itself "conservative". A runtime like V8 can follow a spec when it allocates memory so everything is properly marked.
I don't think this argument is well stated, so I'll give it a shot.
CloudFlare is very basic infrastructure and there are a handful of companies providing such infrastructure, thus a group can be effectively deleted from the Internet if these companies decide or are pressured to do so. (Example of pressuring: Patreon dropped some accounts at the behest of Mastercard.)
So maybe the real question is, "does this notion of the integrity of DNS extend to other basic infrastructure services?"
I don't think you're going to get another Hawking. His story is hard to match because the guy basically shrugged off ALS and flourished for 50 years. The MC Hawking jokes are funny because they're true.
But while I think the people like Nye and Tyson are important, someone more in Hawking's mold needs to be a genuinely novel contributor. I'd put Leonard Susskind's name in the hat.
That's a consequence of the "always mutable" model whereby the responsibility of initialization can be shared by the object constructor and the caller.
But there are many cases where it's very intuitive for the caller to set up an object, especially in the objects as actors model.
I think to make that work, you'd want to track the evolution of the object's state, especially noting when all fields have defined values.