I've been doing it for over 10 years with no problems. Very rarely do I need Javascript. When I do it is only because some website form for something important, e.g., banking, is forcing it upon users. Then I switch to…
"But if being able to program means being able to write large programs..." What does it mean when someone is only able (or only wants) to write small programs? For example, small programs that can work together to form…
"... they're trending..." they date back to the 80's. to predict the future, some look to the past for ideas. others monitor the present e.g. github commits for popular projects - reject anything that has no recent…
do not want to have it remotely configurable. nor want anyone to be able to "reset configuration" remotely. some configuration is fixed, static. to change it one needs to change the image. this is intentional. hobbyist…
but he had assets there and his business required access to a us-based store. one story said he met his wife in the us. if she was a us citizen that could be an addtional reason he might want to be able to travel to the…
afaik, he was not sued in canada.
"I don't understand with what right..." trademark. he picked the wrong name for his business.
companies that make the bios were* the other sources of "ultimate trust". why not let them... *then came uefi. hoop-jumping never a problem with the i.t. market. more complexity is fine so long as managed by someone…
company that sells ads says it will develop an ad blocker. why not stop selling ads as well? what is the goal?
I download static maps. I prefer maps as images or images in a PDF. But I understand your comment. Indeed it is the textual data that is at issue with respect to gratuitous javascript use. A large amount of data maybe…
https://github.com/anse1/firmforth has not been mentioned on hn afaik.
i have seen hn commenters praise apple for "taking a stand on privacy". but how can anyone believe that when they collect so much personal data about the people who purchase their hardware? the old apple did not do…
the more reliant you become on popular corporate/"non-profit" controlled browsers the more disappointed you will be when the drm comes. but i will bet they will ease you into it to minimize the complaints. long ago…
Here is something to use as a replacement for "grep -q". In the past I found grep -q was not portable. There are times when I do not have grep. But I always have sed. cat grepq test $# -ge 1|| exec echo usage: $0…
http://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectur...
This reasoning i.e. "supporting" people who are not using Javascript make little sense. It is the Javascript and website complexity, the embellishment of data with needless garbage, that necessitates "support" i.e. work…
Is this really how developers think? And what if the user does not download the .js file? And what if the user downloads the .js file but does not run it in an interpreter? What if the browser authors refuse to process…
I've been doing it for over 10 years with no problems. Very rarely do I need Javascript. When I do it is only because some website form for something important, e.g., banking, is forcing it upon users. Then I switch to…
"But if being able to program means being able to write large programs..." What does it mean when someone is only able (or only wants) to write small programs? For example, small programs that can work together to form…
"... they're trending..." they date back to the 80's. to predict the future, some look to the past for ideas. others monitor the present e.g. github commits for popular projects - reject anything that has no recent…
do not want to have it remotely configurable. nor want anyone to be able to "reset configuration" remotely. some configuration is fixed, static. to change it one needs to change the image. this is intentional. hobbyist…
but he had assets there and his business required access to a us-based store. one story said he met his wife in the us. if she was a us citizen that could be an addtional reason he might want to be able to travel to the…
afaik, he was not sued in canada.
"I don't understand with what right..." trademark. he picked the wrong name for his business.
companies that make the bios were* the other sources of "ultimate trust". why not let them... *then came uefi. hoop-jumping never a problem with the i.t. market. more complexity is fine so long as managed by someone…
company that sells ads says it will develop an ad blocker. why not stop selling ads as well? what is the goal?
I download static maps. I prefer maps as images or images in a PDF. But I understand your comment. Indeed it is the textual data that is at issue with respect to gratuitous javascript use. A large amount of data maybe…
https://github.com/anse1/firmforth has not been mentioned on hn afaik.
i have seen hn commenters praise apple for "taking a stand on privacy". but how can anyone believe that when they collect so much personal data about the people who purchase their hardware? the old apple did not do…
the more reliant you become on popular corporate/"non-profit" controlled browsers the more disappointed you will be when the drm comes. but i will bet they will ease you into it to minimize the complaints. long ago…
Here is something to use as a replacement for "grep -q". In the past I found grep -q was not portable. There are times when I do not have grep. But I always have sed. cat grepq test $# -ge 1|| exec echo usage: $0…
http://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectur...
This reasoning i.e. "supporting" people who are not using Javascript make little sense. It is the Javascript and website complexity, the embellishment of data with needless garbage, that necessitates "support" i.e. work…
Is this really how developers think? And what if the user does not download the .js file? And what if the user downloads the .js file but does not run it in an interpreter? What if the browser authors refuse to process…