jasonkostempski

>Lua predates PHP by 2 years

Woah, TIL. At most, I would have guessed it was 10 years old.

>Besides C, every language I've worked in comes with one of these things built-in.

JavaScript? When talking about a language most refer to as "JavaScript-like", it's definitely a noteworthy feature. Otherwise, you're right, it's pretty much expected to be available. Although, I'd say beginner developers might forget about it since the typical use case has string or number keys.

>It is perfectly ethical to use ideas for free?

Unequivocally, yes.

Does it matter if that company is from EU? Even a new engine centralized in the US won't be able to operate in the EU without substantial cost. That's a pretty big market/data source to miss out on.

Wouldn't it be nice to have software you didn't have to trust?

I can't tell if you're joking. Why would you want to use a single-platfrom, closed-source browser? We've been there, done that. You say you use Chrome and FF for cross platform features so you must have cross platform concerns. Anything they do to encourage developers and users to support it would be a huge step backwards for the world.

Just uninstall Edge.

The last thing keeping me on Google is a sheet scripted against calendar for budgeting. I can't find a good open source calendar with an API that will let me query for all events within a date range. Seems like the type of software that should exist in spades. I don't even really need a UI.

What's B&H?

Advertise natively, don't track. It's that simple, no need for research. Our ancestors did it for hundreds of years. There is no acceptable level of tracking.

Scooters an bikes are right out for those of us not living in always-sunny California and anyone with a family. And if none of it can be done anonymously, it's a nightmare for privacy advocates. I'm sure at least some of the audience fits into one or more of those categories. Personally owned cars are going to be a thing for quite a while.