Fakira's comments

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: The Linux codebase has over 3k TODO comments, many from over a decade ago

TODO, as the name implies, should be things that must be done. Anything aspirational could be left as a mere ordinary comment.

Personally I hate TODOs and only see them as temporary things to act as placeholders for the correct code. At some point, I will go through all todos and clear them.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: Student Loans a Lot Like the Subprime Mortgage Debacle, Watchdog Says

The brighter side is when the shit hits the fan both the universities and bullshit degree holders will be the losers. Economy will recover in a few years and we will have a better economy.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: If the universe is 13.8B years old, how can we see 46B light years away? (2018)

Isn't light-years a unit of distance and not time ?

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: U.S. Revamps Process for H-1B Visa Application

These are changes to "application" only. It has nothing to do with H1B itself. H1B program has been currently a textbook example of government incompetence. I shudder to think how the US government would have treated its citizens (or part there of) if they could not vote.

This is a minor rejig of the application process that aims at making the process less transparent, waste more visas (by not giving them to anyone) and makes life easy for those who skirt the law.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sharers

They might be shooting themselves in foot here. Part of the reason why Microsoft is so big and why there is a PC n every home is because many of us could pirate Windows and Office in early days. That reduced barrier to entry and enabled poor folks in India and elsewhere use computers and be familiar with all other MS technologies.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: India air pollution at 'unbearable levels'

The population density of Delhi is 29K people per sq mile which is one of the highest in the world. Tokyo, for example, has a population density of 16k.

India's population density is not really a problem though, the problem is lack of urbanization and absolutely horrible California like land regulations that prevent building new cities and infrastructure.

Delhi's pollution is not caused by Delhi, it is caused by neighboring farming zones that burn the stubble.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data?

Because some of us want our government not to protect our Food and Cars as well. Data is one area where humanity has made the fastest progress compared to Cars and Food.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: It’s the End of California as We Know It

None of those things have anything to do with sustainability and mismanagement of California's resources.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

I am not even sure why Windows matters anymore. MS probably gives 0 fucks about your usual consumers and cares only about those customers who will also buy Office365 subscription.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?

I have long stopped using American social media for anything. I think everyone else should do the same.

Fakira | 6 years ago | on: California Approves Statewide Rent Control

This move is already proving pretty awesome for homebuyers like me as more builders seem to be focusing on "build and sell" not instead of "build and rent out".