For me, it was the garbage collector, and the fact that I'm more interested in systems/embedded programming, where the GC is a no-go. The -betterC [1] was good, but not good enough to replace C in my projects
I'm a bit disappointed that the integers are not latin numerals, though I'm sure someone considered it for a moment before realizing what a horrible idea it would be.
> 1. Over 80% of breaches happen because of KNOWN but unfixed vulnerabilities.
This reason only makes sense to me if I assume that all KNOWN vulnerabilities are (and remain) UNFIXED. Assuming otherwise doesn't make sense because I can't tell how many attacks the KNOWN and FIXED vulnerabilities prevented.
> Most attacks lead with phishing and account takeovers not software vulns.
This might be true, but you seem to suggest that we can only concentrate on preventing one type of attack at a time, and therefore we should only pick defensive strategies for the most common attack,
To clarify, I’m saying governments and regulatory bodies should improve mandates for fixing critical issues with the highest risk first (ie. Remediation).
It’s the same reason state govs in the US mandate car insurance or bonds for drivers.
Companies like people have limited resources, time and money so they should focus on where the risk lies.
> And so I come to Soylent, the meal replacement plan that has taken the SlimFast concept of feeding you unpleasant gloop in place of real food and welded it to a dumbass ideology drunk with libertarianism, confused futurism and startup bro stupidity.
"Despite the woman’s mother explaining her daughter’s condition to police over the telephone from Italy, she was taken to a psychiatric hospital and sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Five weeks later, her daughter was removed from her womb without her consent."
> If only people on HN could be downvoted for being completely and arguably wilfully ignorant about what they comment on.
I'm new to HN, so I recently had a good look at the rules governing it. They are a bit more complex than your average site, and bound to cause a bit of controversy.
In the HN FAQ:
> There are no down arrows on submissions. They only appear on comments after users reach a certain karma threshold.
I recently posted a comment regarding some hybrid C/C++ code:
A comment of mine was downvoted, which I was a bit surprised at, then was upvoted when other hackers responded to it. To be fair the comment lacked sufficient information, which I corrected with a follow up. I'm thinking that the hacker who downvoted it doesn't know that much C, so I am not that really that bothered about it.
Yes, they did. The woman had had two previous children this way and so they judged that it was much more preferable than to risk a breech and the health or life of both the baby and mother.
This is retarded. The decision was made 5 weeks before c-section, they could have send her home before that. What will be next? 'Voluntary' kidney donations while changing flights?
- there were other relatives who had rights and could take care of the baby.
- she was held for 5 weeks in the hospital before the baby was delivered, than deported!
- And on top of that there is gagging court order, so she could not ask for help, otherwise she would lose all chances to get baby back.
