Let me make sure I understand, because I fear we may be talking past each other.

Are you suggesting that the simple fact that one has more money than you is sufficient to justify animus?

(I'm happy to discuss the rest of your post once we clear up this particular point; it seems fundamental.)

The parent poster is specifically referring to a specific type of unfounded animus. Namely: having no argument other than "they have more money than me" to justify said animus.

"Natural" is used to mean "in the ontology of Man".

The argument is more like "eating dirt is okay for earthworms, but it's unnatural for humans", so appeal to the behavior of other animals completely misses the point.

This is a profoundly metaphysical debate about the nature of a life well-lived and the nature of a healthy society. Whatever one thinks of it, that's the level on which it ought to be discussed.

I strongly suspect it won't actually change anything, but so far I've been too chicken to actually try.

It's objectively impressive that they managed to "force" me to install software. Hats off... but I plan on ditching them as soon as a viable alternative appears.

I have no real point here, other than this: I wonder if my sentiment is general, and whether or not this might bite them later down the road? Probably not.

I haven't felt the need for them.

At what point do they become necessary? Which pain-points should I be on the lookout for?

Incidentally, it's quite common that people can't be trusted to make good choices about such things.

Forcing people to make good choices isn't a priori absurd. See: seatbelts.

Source: am a reserve infantryman at 94th RI, 3rd Company. Regularly train with 2ème REP.

Also, HN-ers beware -- the FFL doesn't take people without military experience, anymore.

Your point about using Go's type system (esp. interfaces) rings particularly true. When I finally figured out how to effectively use the type system, I suddenly found myself writing extremely malleable code. You can move data types and functions around quite freely, and this makes it easy to design & refactor without losing your place.

The flip side, as you say, is that extreme flexibility requires you to build your own skeleton.

BTW, are you github.com/thejerf? If so, I've contributed to Suture, and use it quite often, so thanks for that.

The price one pays for simplicity is the need to discover and master various design patterns; it requires a bit of planning beyond syntax and module exports. It took me quite a bit of time before I felt downright fluent in Go.

I did get there, and I really enjoy the language, but I wasn't immediately productive.

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As Islamic State (IS) loses control of its so-called Caliphate, the question on what to do with foreign fighters and their families has become more pertinent. The announcement of the US withdrawal from Syria in December, as well as Trump’s tweets mid-February that the US would release 800 fighters captured in Syria if its allies would not take them back, has led to even more urgency. In this Perspective we will discuss the issue of the (possible) repatriation of foreign fighters and their families, especially from Syria, addressing several options, and taking into account legal, moral and (long-term) security perspectives.

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