Off topic, but with DeCSS the problem wasn't that it was proprietary or a trade secret. Once the algorithm got out, it was out. Since it had been a trade secret, there was no patent protection on it.
However, some laws and treaties prohibit distributing code that circumvents copy protection schemes, and this is where they ran into trouble.
And that's why they were all those songs and t-shirts and other free speech items made with the DeCSS algorithm on them. Eventually the cases were dropped.
Because software makes the world go 'round, and people are better than LLMs at software, and companies like to make money, and building product makes money. At least that's why I think it's going to bounce back.
Look on the bright side: if AI ever gets better then humans at coding, it'll be better than humans at a lot of things and the global economy will collapse.
I was just going to say this. The modal part is the important part. Helix seems great, but I was unable to find a killer feature to draw me away.
The funny thing is I really liked the old JS prototypal inheritance. :)
I'm a firm believer in "Bruce Lee programming". Your approach needs to be flexible and adaptable. Sometimes SOLID is right, and sometimes it's not.
"Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."
"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."
And some languages, like Rust, don't fully conform to a strict OO heritage like Java does.
"Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
But keeping them there just makes good business sense.
He's not wrong—Biden fucked that up good—but Trump kept those policies, too, something NVIDIA was shrewd not to mention. By the time Trump finally offered half an olive branch, it was far too late.
Additionally, the citizens who support this kind of government surveillance are fine with a few innocents getting charged.
Ministry of Truth
One of our geology grants got hit for mentioning mineral inclusion. Total clown show.
The kleptocracy in action.
Wait until you try Rust... 😅