Well it matters when it comes to replacing ageing programmers with very few options available. It's definitely not something taught in schools today, so one has to be very deliberately learn it.
Don't get me wrong, you can make a lot of money in such a position. But you also have to deal with COBOL.
Sure, but how likely is this in this specific scenario. We're talking about a system that's not even directly controlling the train but just a display on it. The worst that can happen is that those displays won't work until the system is reinstalled. That's hardly a lucrative target for modern hackers. There's way easier target which are worth something.
Well yes. You can code software remotely. That doesn't mean the end system is reachable through the network. Given it's DB, I bet these systems are still patched by floppy. Until very recently they've used floppy's to distribute train schedules to be displayed in the train.
Frankly that's nothing. In the worst case a train won't start, which for DB really isn't something unusual. It's far more disturbing how the whole global financial market sometimes rely on code that's still written in COBOL.
I certainly got my 30 bucks worth out of it. If I can come back in a few years and find a better game with more content then that's just a cherry on top.
I certainly won't trust Musk even as far as I can throw him with such stuff.
I suspect that he doesn't read dyspotic science fiction novels as cautionary tale but as an instruction booklet.
Oh for sure. But my gmail address is pretty much a burner address for sites I don't want to provide my regular [email protected] one. So nothing big to loose there.
This is not a bug. This is by design.
I'd say it's a bug in the design as it clearly fails to work with a completely fine email.
I like to use the Gmail feature where you can add +randomstring to your email and it still gets to the regular email to sign up to random sites. But this way you can identify and block spam if that email get's compromised. Technically this Google catch all feature also isn't following the email standard but at least it's useful.
Nah, it's just a old school chat bot following a predefined flow chart. And in this flowchart someone implemented an improper email check.
It's pretty much the same as if there was just a website with an email field which then complains about a non valid email which in fact is very valid. And this is pretty common, the official email definition isn't even properly followed by most mail providers (long video but pretty funny and interesting if you're interested in the topic).
Increasingly more often in the last year or two. Makes social media use for me a lot more pleasant. But sometime I still can't resist.
And considering that veterans are over represented in the homeless population, they actively hurt those who have served the country instead of helping them. Shameful!