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17 days agoConvenience over freedom / privacy / security / equality / justice. We see this all over the place. Many people prefer comfort over challenge. That seems a survival instinct. And it works against us.
Grumpy old software architect and engineer. Usability and accessibility advocate. Makes software better. I made Publizjr, Ged2Dendro, and currently work on UmpireDB.


Convenience over freedom / privacy / security / equality / justice. We see this all over the place. Many people prefer comfort over challenge. That seems a survival instinct. And it works against us.
A clear indication of bad requirements.
So what’s your opinion on languages like haskell and erlang, that infer static types?
My children’s schools and after-school extracurricular clubs (including ones offered by the local police department) still are held hostage by Alphabet, forcing me to also maintain an account with them. But… I don’t need to use it for anything else.