On that I think we can probably agree, but there's definitely more that can be done - proper signing, verification, and so on. I think package management is a net positive when done vaguely competently - cargo isn't perfect but it gets some of the classic failings right.

Malicious code is a potential issue, but one better solved through better verification and trust enforcement of publishers, rather than walling things off and hoping what's inside the wall stays fine.

Cargo makes it easy to both see what's potentially outdated, and to update everything that requires it - you can ignore that, but you don't have to. I tend to keep dependencies up to date (and have CI which builds with potential updates before I even check myself).

I did! And when I see people do that with source (which is what crates download), it tends to live there, slowly more and more out of date, with no fixes or maintenance. Crates are (largely) just source code - you're going to get it from somewhere, or write it yourself.

Much better to rely on half-arsed implementations of common algorithms which have had no other eyes on them, or copied/pasted source code from who knows where vendored in? Because those are the alternatives I've seen most often. Should we just not re-use code?

Couldn't quite get to the end because the soundtrack seemed so incongruous; after the first minute or so it was just hoarse screaming and gasping - only realised it was me when I turned it off. On the other hand, have I got some revenge ideas for my GCSE English Lit. teacher...

Very much a social media werewolf though? Lycansubscribe...

The magazine article at the end describes them as restoring it to its "original Edwardian splendour", and I don't know which Edwardians they meant, but perhaps some early Vegas Edwardians? Although the Great War would have been a welcome relief.

Also just seems straight-up mad - a "Death Star Bridges" kind of mad, as if the people of Perugia had not even an informal concept of health and safety, and building slippery, narrow bridges with nothing but a 50ft drop off the side would be a thing.

It definitely feels like we're all converging on that idea...

bsky.app/profile/kole...

It's a tricky question - Rust is in many ways a good language, but whether it's good for those areas is probably more to do with what's commonly used. From my experience, Python still dominates most spaces like that (although Rust/Python integration is gaining traction).

Indeed, already did. While they might have policies that I could agree with, it's been clear from the outset that they don't have the organisational/social capabilities to actually do anything about them, and will instead devolve to fighting like cats in a sack.

My god, actual monetary theory finally crops up in BBC reporting. If only they'd managed to point things like this out in the past when politicians started shouting about magic money trees and other fiscally illiterate tripe.

Shouldn't be too hard to track them down, they'll have left a trail.

They always push back on it with "oh, but high street job losses!" as if the chief exec didn't take a 9-figure salary+dividends package, which could personally cover the salaries of - rough guess - 4000-ish employees. But no, we couldn't lower margins, it's straight to sacking the proles...

I wouldn't hire anyone who didn't think about Enron at least hourly, and - oh, hang on, there's some police at the door, I'll get back to you...

"Would benefit from some modernisation", a phrase I once saw attached to a highland Croft which had one less wall than usual, and no connection to mains water or electricity.

It is a shame - I would have sponsored any kind of shotgun license; it would be such a shame if we were to lose him to some kind of bizarre hunting accident just after he's amended his will.

I think I'd retaliate by playing the theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind at them...