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posted by dsk on November 22nd, 2011 at 10:26PM
So tell me, why is everyone (except you) so excited by it. Why are countless startups basing their products around it. Why are huge companies throwing billions of dollars into JS related development. Why do millions of users love it.
See, you.don't.get.it. You just don't, and it's sad. I think the problem is you have an inflated ego and cannot see the limits of your reasoning.
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posted by dennisn on November 22nd, 2011 at 10:38PM
I'm pretty sure I already answered all these questions before as well. JS, like Flash, is targeted towards the retarded masses -- the moms and dads who are finally coming online, the hyperactive kids, etc. There is lots of money to take from the millions of them, no doubt.
And, like I remember explaining to you before, there is just about nothing substantial that JS can do, that cannot be done far better with existing languages and software. All it does is helps to centralize the code for a specific company (another great reason for companies to invest in it :), and reduce choice for users (great for newbies).
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posted by dsk on November 23rd, 2011 at 12:56PM
>JS is targeted towards the retarded masses, the moms and dads who are finally coming online, the hyperactive kids
No it isn't. Many brilliant people are very excited about where the web is heading. The dinosaurs are few and far between.
>there is just about nothing substantial that JS can do, that cannot be done far better with existing languages and software.
That's what I mean when I say you don't get it. That's why you stand alone, while the rest of the world moved on. You're clinging to a deprecated era, for nonsensical reasons.
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posted by dennisn on November 23rd, 2011 at 1:15PM
Would you stop with the bullshit fictional narratives, and just stick to facts. I realize that you can force JS to do anything you want, if you devote enough time to it. You can even write an OS in PHP -- the question is, do you want to? Now, you've already made your case -- you /want/ the ease-of-use of one-click applications. You either don't see the value of community distributions and decentralized source code management, or feel that the convenience of a company telling you what you can do outweighs the benefits of decentralization. That's fair enough, but don't give me this bullshit that I don't see what it is. I know full well what it is, and to me, whatever gimmicks it has to offer FAR underweigh the benefits of "archaic code distribution".
(But, come on, for fuck's sake, is installing programs normally really such a pain in the ass for you? Is having your browser act as a package manager, with far less end-user-control, really so fucking revolutionary? Really?)
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