I don’t think that’s true. Maybe in its infancy law really looks like that, but as societies grow their law books get more complex and can very easily become separated from majority perception of morality. Does morality explain zoning laws, or is it more about the equilibrium point of a pluralist conflict, everyone looking out for their interests, etc.
Roughly. But always read between the lines and follow the money. We didn't selectively ban Tiktok because government finally woke up to the dangers of social media.
It means that the permission (capability) to do something is encapsulated into an unforgeable bearer instrument that can be stored, passed around and so on. An open file handle (descriptor on UNIX) is a capability, because if you have it you can use it to read and maybe write to the file, and because you can send it to another process, at which point that process also has the capability to read and write that file.
Capabilities are one of those concepts that's a bit like FP or RISC. It sounds elegant but in the real world experience is mixed, so it's rare for a system to rely on it purely. Most real security systems today are built on semi-static permissions granted to domains defined by some third party identity system. Capabilities do get used, but mostly in the sandbox context and mostly as a detail.
So I think Dan is not quite correct that mobile platforms use capabilities. Users assign permissions to specific apps semi-statically there. The lowest levels of the OS may use a small set of capabilities as part of the implementation, but granted permissions are not generally easy to send around to other apps.
I actually have the opposite opinion. I think the Apple version looks 10 years old (which is about the age it actually is. IOS 7 came out around 2013 iirc.) The rounded rectangles looks 20 years old. But is more usable so is superior in my opinion. I agree that the font the author chose is less aesthetic but it is much easier for someone with dyslexia or adhd to read, making it more functional as well.
The spelling mistake in the first sentence really throws me off. I'm not trying to be overly picky or pedantic but after reading only 7 words into a multiple-thousand word long post and seeing an error, I begin to think that this may be a tough read. I also subconsciously begin to assume that the browser this person wrote must be riddled with bugs. Whether that's fair or not.
"This blogpost starts with me switching of my car radio..."
It doesn't unless it is outpaced by the increase in demand for housing. This person makes it sound like they have a ton of brand new houses in Austin with nobody living in them because they're too expensive. I can tell you as a former Austinite, that couldn't be further from the truth.
