Regarding the type system, it's definitely a sharp learning curve; there are certain patterns that are trivial in C++ that I still don't quite understand how to best translate. I suspect non-lexically-bound lifetimes will help a lot here iff they are viable.

However, debugging is a complete breeze compared to C++ because of a) the borrow tracker and b) the errors are much more readable because of a general lack of template soup.

Well, which one was it? That's a massive difference in identity.

Colorado springs is one of the most conservative cities in America. In fact, I'd argue it's more libertarian than ever—hence the weed.

Furthermore, this is highly cacheable content. Again, netflix's tech is impressive, but at its core caching is a problem that has been solved and solved again. You aren't going to differentiate yourself by being a dumb pipe.

I highly, highly, highly doubt that netflix's tech is going to be a differentiating factor when people choose them so they can watch Kimmy Schmidt.

Why on earth would you want this? That's tantamount to replacing the court system itself, and I definitely prefer juries and judges to compilers and debuggers.

So why is "maths" plural? It's sure as hell not countable. What is "a math"?

At least "mathematic" makes sense—you can deconstruct the morphology to understand this is "a lesson", i.e. the gerund of "to learn". It's also the natural english adjectival form of the greek word.

"maths" is just weird. You might as well use "magicks".

All of this seems to render linux pretty useless for hot-pluggable displays. I'm sure ubuntu has some sort of solution (I never use the desktop version); why can't this be integrated at the level of the X server (or hell, the graphics driver) itself? Is X too firmly baked to adjust to the needs of its users? Will wayland address this?

I dunno; I'm still trying to figure out whether it's a great idea or the worst idea. I don't want to have to do a code review on my investments; at large enough scale, lawyers are way cheaper than losing money.

That's true generally, though. That doesn't distinguish "tech" companies from "non-tech" companies.

I dunno; netflix has nice tech, but it's hardly without competition. I don't think you could even consider their tech a differentiator for customers; they could switch onto whatever tech HBO uses and leverage their existing content without subscribers even noticing.

Every large company has a tech component. Why do you think outsourcing data analysis vs doing it in house changes how an outsider should evaluate the business? What matters are why people pay them.