Bootstrappable builds
Bootstrappable builds
Compilers are often written in the language they are compiling. This creates a chicken-and-egg problem that leads users and distributors to rely on opaque, pre-built binaries of those compilers that they use to build newer versions of the compiler.
To gain trust in our computing platforms, we need to be able to tell how each part was produced from source. We believe that opaque binaries are a threat to user security and user freedom since they are not auditable; we believe the amount of bootstrap binaries should be minimized.
Well, it holds also for Eiffel
Migrating from ownCloud to Nextcloud – howto – Nextcloud community
xkcd: Tech Support
Sorgente: xkcd: Tech Support
Google News App Bug Is Using Up Gigabytes of Background Data Without Users’ Knowledge – Slashdot
Oh, the joy of proprietary software: Google News App Bug Is Using Up Gigabytes of Background Data Without Users’ Knowledge – Slashdot
Luckily I don’t have it installed.
A masterpiece
How they know where I am?
I've always wondered how Google can locate us so easily when using an Android phone. Here's the answer of Stack Exchange How does Google know where I am? and from Znet How Google–and everyone else–gets Wi-Fi location data.
Quei giovani italiani senza l’italiano
Corriere di Como, 16 ottobre 2018 «L’italiano e la rete, le reti per l’italiano». Non stiamo parlando del digiuno di goal della nazionale di calcio, in cerca di reti per rilanciarsi. L’italiano di …
Sorgente: Colpo di testa 89 / Quei giovani italiani senza l’italiano – L’essenziale è visibile
Conditional JavaScript for Experts – Hacker Noon
Mastery of conditional expressions for cleaner codes
They say in Conditional JavaScript for Experts – Hacker Noon. What they are suggesting is to use side-effects of “expression”, as Javascript does not separate commands and queries.
Call me dogmatic but this behavior to look like a fundamental ingredient for disaster. In fact the same article says that’s better to use the ternary operator.