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Re:JavaScript engines zoo – Compare every JavaScript engine
on Sunday January 04, 2026 @06:25AM (#46486993)
This is super cool, I didn't know JavaScriptCore consistently outperformed V8
And SpiderMonkey seems... not up there compared to the other 2
Re:Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage
on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @08:07AM (#35355955)
Sure, but that’s a huge if — especially regarding safety and nutrition.
Re:Apple attempting to stop investigation into its practices involving...
on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @08:35AM (#34503342)
> … which uses Blink
… which is open source and therefore forkable. Google forked Blink from Webkit. What makes you think that Brave and Microsoft can’t do the same?
Re:Ethereum Proof-of-Stake
on Thursday July 07, 2022 @10:32AM (#32014619)
I really don't get what the argument is here? NK and others also use Tor, Signal (Protocol), and more. Are they all bad? And why always use the most extreme examples like NK and China?
If US citizens could empathize with people not only from NK, but also from places like Turkey, where the value of our currency has been demolished under the current authoritarian government (and, IMO, they aren't far away from putting limits on buying USD), I think we would have healthier discussions. Now, I can — and am — moving out of the country, but not everyone can. Thinking otherwise is privileged and ignorant thinking.
Of course ETH is not flawless, and if I were in a middle-class family in the US, I would love to have these deep philosophical discussions about if Ethereum is really really decentralized, but the fact remains that cryptocurrencies DO solve real problems, and they DO help more people than they hurt, just like any technology. If this weren't the case, humans would have stoped innovating a long time ago.
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