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For me 2022 was the year of learning C++ (background in C# and Php) and I must say that after being intimidated by the language (extensive use of pointers, stack/heap compile/run time allocation and deallocation, templates) for years, when I really took a proper look and got some practice, it is an incredible language. The command an control you get by working with memory and the system on a lower level is amazing. I found it so much easier to learn (once I got the grasp of the cpp way of doing things) than something like Rust. All the higher level advanced concepts work and flow beautifully as you'd expect based on the lower level of the language... and the amount of "magic" is kept to minimum... you can just open std and look at what is being done and it all males sense. I understand why people want to move from C++ but as a newbie in this language, I find it amazing.

Elon is Elon. If he was too interested in other people's opinions, he wouldn't be where he is. That applies basically to all successful CEOs. Nonetheless he currently has a Teitter poll up if he should step down as a head of Twitter (and the majority voted Yes) and says he will do it if yes wins. Soooo...

Because to be criminally liable for something requires both a) actually doing something that is against the law and b) doing so with intent (i.e. you knew what you're doing is against the law and you did it anyway... because you thought you will not get caught or just didn't care). It is then up to the prosecution to prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that you actually intended to break the law. (With the exception of strict liability crimes, which are limited in scope to minor infractions and things like drunk driving or statutory rape.)

You can still get sued in civil court of course, but that's not the state trying to put you in a cage and so the standard goes from beyond reasonable doubt to most likely.

If you're a coder coding shady shit for your shady employer, you most likely know you're doing so and there's typically some trace or record left. But coders are not investment bankers and in fact may not even know anything about investment laws and regulations. And it's completely unreasonable to expect them to know. I worked on many projects, including medical and education... if I had to question and investigate every executive decision impacting my work then I wouldn't get anything done.

> Yes of course they need to know the law. Anyone who might potentially break the law during the course of their work needs to know what that law is.

Complete nonsense. This is criminal law. Google "Mens rea".