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I was citing fraud as an example, not intending to imply that fraud is the only legitimate application of the class action, or that the defendant in a class action must necessarily have committed a fraud. You are probably incorrect in suggesting that corporations would be worse off facing thousands of small claims rather than a class action, for multiple reasons. That any significant number of individuals would successfully bring claims is fantasy: it would cost the individual far more in terms of time and money to bring a small claim than they are likely to get in judgement on average (assuming they are successful, which is itself unlikely). Without being able to prove negligence or malfeasance, which usually would require showing a pattern (something difficult to do on an individual basis), most such small claims would probably be dismissed out of hand. Even if 100% of consumers affected by a corporation's minor negligence or malfeasance brought small claims, the corporation would likely be able to settle most if not all out of court for what would amount to pocket change, whereas in a class action they would face punitive damages on top of making the complainants whole. No, corporations don't prefer class actions. Much more profitable is the alternative, which is perchance to face the occasional individual claim, easily swatted like so many flies.
Also, anecdotal evidence is a poor sort of evidence; that you can cite specific cases where the application of class action was (possibly) egregious does not constitute (to my mind) a compelling argument against the class action as a legal instrument.
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See the link. it clearly shows that there is more than anecdotal evidence that class action is largely ineffective. Class action attorneys will claim otherwise, those looking at them are skeptical.
r_hyde wrote:
Also, anecdotal evidence is a poor sort of evidence; that you can cite specific cases where the application of class action was (possibly) egregious does not constitute (to my mind) a compelling argument against the class action as a legal instrument.
Likewise, stating theory or a desired result does not a compelling argument make.
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Today at NodeSummit, we are delighted to share the first experimental implementation of ChakraCore interpreter and runtime on x64 Linux and OS X 10.9+, along with experimental Node.js with ChakraCore (Node-ChakraCore) on x64 Linux. Now they have another JS engine they can ignore, just like the Windows devs
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This is pretty interesting, because there have been times in the past where V8 issues caused problems in Node, but they didn't get fixed quickly because the V8 team was understandably mostly concerned with bugs affecting V8 in Chrome.
So a fast JS runtime with at least semi-official Node support could see some popularity.
And FWIW, I've found TypeScript + Node to result in a decidedly less-than-horrible development experience.
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Sounds like Chaka Kahn[^]
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I was originally trying to go with "I feel for you" for the blurb, but my brain couldn't make it work.
Great minds, etc.
TTFN - Kent
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CharkraCore let me rock you, let me rock you ChakraCore, let me rock you ChakraCore that's all I wanna do.
ChakraCore let me rock you, let me rock you ChakraCore, let me rock you ChakraCore, because I feel for you.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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JS++ is built with engineering principles: strong, solid foundations via a type system that can leverage the full JavaScript ecosystem while guaranteeing your types will be correct at both compile and runtime. - See more at: http://sdtimes.com/the-case-for-js-plus-plus/#sthash.zm0FJxCI.dpuf Yet another attempt to fix the unfixable
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It looks pretty not bad, but I think TypeScript has stolen what little thunder JS++ might have had.
Now if only Anders would take a break from TypeScript and write a Turbo Pascal to JS compiler...
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That remains to be seen. TypeScript's "type erasure" vs JS++'s "type guarantee" would be a big reason to use JS++ over TypeScript.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It's certainly possible that JS++ is technically superior. The technically superior solution doesn't always win in the marketplace, though.
I think if I'm looking for a strong type system in a compile-to-JS language, I'd be inclined to use something like Fable.
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Fable looks interesting. Thanks for the link!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I don't have a problem with business owners publishing articles promoting their companies product per se; but when they do their affiliation needs to be disclosed at the start of longer articles not at the end.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Cortana, the personal digital assistant that replaced Windows 10’s search function and taps into Bing’s servers to answer your queries with contextual awareness, no longer has an off switch. Other than not installing it, that is
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Apparently, you can disable it, though.
I don't know why people are making a stink about this. It's not like Google and Apple and the NSA (and Russia & China) are any different...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Kind of - you can not let it know anything about you, and hide it, but she's still there.
OooooOOoooo, spooOOoOOoooOOky!
TTFN - Kent
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: Apparently, you can disable it, though.
I wonder how this works vs in the current W10 release? In the latter I have it disabled as collateral damage from wanting start menu search to be local system only; Because Reasons(wtfm) flipping that switch also disables Cortana from the taskbar search (and everywhere else in the OS). As a result it's the most visible headline feature that I've never even tried.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Asking here because I'm hoping a knowledgeable Win32 developer will know the answer:
Would it be possible to use SetWindowsHookEx to intercept messages to and from the Cortana process and just swallow them so Cortana couldn't actually do anything?
I know this wouldn't be useful if it's still possible to disable Cortana. But sometimes I like to take on little projects that are useless but fun.
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If Microsoft fixed it, I'm fine with that. Unfortunately, right now Cortana on the desktop is useless. (Google Voice on Android really isn't much better. Usually, if you ask either to take you to a configuration setting, they'll start a web search.)
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Not all that useful on a phone, either. Pops up randomly, if there's a loud enough ambient sound.
And HAS to be turned on in order the Bluetooth-Text Message Reading to work.
Freaking stupid.
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Virtualization, cloud data storage, micro-services, the "DevOps" approach to building and running applications, and a number of other factors have significantly changed how organizations store and manage their data. Who else is going to reject your stored proc request?
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According to the organization, today about 90% of teams use Scrum, and more than 1 million people have taken the Scrum.org assessments. You know what would help them finish it? Scrum.
90% of teams use it? Have I missed them all?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Have I missed them all?
Yes, they all stopped using agile when they realized it was only ever meant to be a joke...
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Out of 6 teams I have worked with claiming to use Scrum only 1 did so . The others just used Scrumfall or some other Fr-agile methodology and lived in total denial . And it was always the same in every case , every case the business refused to step up as Product owner and basically bullied the devs . And this is speaking as someone who has worked as developer , Scrum Master and Dev manager .
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