Sorry for being so cynical, but that's just wishful thinking these days.

We are taking about an American nomenklatura. We are talking about neofeudalism.

At least it wasn't "though it takes at least the equivalent of 12.5 bald eagles of it to build an atomic bomb"

A postmortem postmortem, I love it. Transparency to the power of 2.

This is an excellent lesson learned: Harden loading of internally generated config files as though they were untrusted content.

Gonna use that one at $WORK.

Software longevity: "a terrific power"

With terrific power comes terrific responsibility. :)

Curious quirk of history that C++ peaked when Gen X was comiyof age, who were disproportionately affected by lead poisoning.

She's a fantastic writer! Thanks for this.

Thank you :)

Because it's the new hot thing and bubbles aren't just going to, you know, hype themselves?

2025, the year of Linux on the desktop. :)

Ha, it might be real this time, ironically all thanks to MS!

It would not be necessary to dox the ICE agents if they were operating under normal rules of engagement for policing citizens. Police are not allowed to hide their identification because citizens need to be able to hold them accountable for abuses.