So... it's compiled... like literally every other program every made?

What exactly makes compiled code special? EXEs are compiled code. The term "run-only" is stupid. You have to be able to read the thing to run it, and the computer can read bytes just fine, so... where's the problem?

"Tragedy of the commons".

Building a walled garden can be bad, but allowing free and unfettered access to an open field for everybody's use can too.

Hey now, don't be raging on the white hat for doing white hat things. Not all of us have the meme darkness in our souls.

Had to Google to find out that they actually meant a trolley system at street level.

For everybody in the US: "tram" = trolleys on rails in the street. Just so you know.

Why are you touching all those paper towels? Grab one, throw in the cart, get on with your damn day.

Most people do not take that kind of time to comparison shop. If they can just deliver me the damn towels, then that's fine, I do not have brand loyalty toward most household products, nor do I need to molest my items in order to determine that it's a paper towel.

As in, have they figured out how to make their burger taste like a burger? Or the fish taste like a fish?

Because the burger is straight garbage. I don't understand the hype here, those things do not taste like real meat in the slightest. Texture isn't bad, but the flavor is just wrong.

Actually, as soon as we were notified of the issue, the plugin was closed and hidden on a temporary basis until we had time to evaluate the problem. Once we had done so, I personally created a new version of the plugin, without the malicious code, and pushed it to the repository in order to get the update out to the affected users. The existing committers were all removed, leaving the plugin entirely in the hands of the plugin team. The latest version is now safe and will not be otherwise until we determine the full details of what happened here.

Full disclosure is great, but some advance notice longer than a day or so helps a lot. We will always protect our users to the best of our ability, but sometimes, we get blind sided. It happens. Nobody posts about the dozens of other times we fix things before they get exploited. Not judging, just saying.

While OSX's Intel GPU performance is now lagging behind linux, I have to say I'm genuinely impressed by the quality of the drivers. I've never seen glitches or corruptions in rendering - and speaking as a guy who's been writing opengl for 10+ years, I've seen a lot of shit drivers. Particularly on the OSX side of things.

Intel's drivers for OSX ( whether written by apple or intel, IDK ) always produce correct output, even if performance isn't always top notch.

[citation needed]

I didn't realize Ruch Limbaugh was on Slashdot...

Taxi drivers will try to stop it, it's true. I suggest to them that they demonstrate superior service. If they can, people will use human services over automated driving services.

Now, as a city resident (cyclist, pedestrian) who has been hit by taxis I'm going to root for their destruction in totality. Fuck them, and fuck everything about them.

I live in Washington DC, and I live a life surprisingly like your description of Tokyo life. And friends of mine who live in NY live it more so. The city life is great, and you *can* have it in America. You just have to live in (or near) a real city.

Use an encrypted password storage system like 1Password or LastPass. Yes, it's not perfect, but what is? Passwords that don't look like line noise are vulnerable nowadays.

WordPress does only store password hashes, using the PHPass hashing library.