@bob @h Modern torpedoes are basically killer robots. From what I understand, submarines don't like to "fire" torpedoes since it gives their position away. Instead, they quietly drop off an autonomous torpedo somewhere then slink away. A while later the torpedo starts off and does its thing on its own. Back in the 1990s, talking to an engineer, I heard that sophisticated ones have a sort of database of sensor signatures of what's a target and what's not, and if they miss the target they can come back and have another go. Parodied by the Guardian's cartoonist Steve Bell https://quitter.no/attachment/1520116https://quitter.no/attachment/1520117
@clacke @moonman @takeshitakenji Fine if you go in with eyes open. Unless there are compelling reasons though, personally I'd rather not waste time having to sift wheat from chaff and invest time in learning something that could soon be obsolete.
@moonman @clacke @takeshitakenji Javascript was designed in a hurry and was only intended for small scripts in the browser, so was never designed for 'programming in the large' and flaws like representing all numbers as floats weren't considered so problematic. But as a 'runs anywhere' language it's being used well beyond how it was originally conceived, and these flaws are painful.
@clacke @moonman @takeshitakenji I have a friend whom I respect highly who thinks JS and node are wonderful because he can get a lot done with them. If it works for you then great. But the language itself has a lot of smells, the ecosystem is of variable quality and changes rapidly. https://quitter.no/attachment/1051826
@kzimmermann Could you post a reference? I2P, FreeNet and GnuNet all have different characteristics and states of development so a survey paper would be useful.