@fresheyeball @jdegoes I assume you know Scala is a very different language than Haskell: strict evalution, class based polymorphism, subtyping with path dependant type and variance, etc. By @odersky saying, scala was designed for "FP in the small, object in the large" 1/ @fresheyeball @jdegoes @odersky It seemed quite sensible: the best module system to date is biult thanks to class based polymorphism (OCaml - yes, that's structural and not nominal), and FP has proven to be extremelly efficient to manipulate data and compose logic 2/

@purpleidea @martinkrafft raised a lot of very good points, and I want to emphasis one more: it really depends of your goal. I encounter 3 main categories, plus one preliminary question. @purpleidea @martinkrafft Preliminary question: does it really matters (for your personal relationship, your business, or some firm of social group, typically floss ecosystem)? Or is it just some ego battle, he said/you said thing, or troll?

"Protecting your online privacy is tough—but here's a start" - nice explanation of the problem with #SurveillanceCapitalism by @szymielewicz. The conclusion is missing important historical context though: we know from tabac companies, petrol, etc that... qz.com/1525661/your-d… @szymielewicz ... without potent legislation and will/mean to enforce it, capitalistic companies will exploit any loophole, any grey - even if dark, dark grey - zones. They will buy scientist and expert to claim false reports (scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-… and all cancer related studies fir ex)...

@benj_fry well, let's say there's an personal and a professional part on the answer. Personal : people don't behave all the same in front of risk & mitigation solutions. I don't know if it's cultural, taught, or existential. For ex: I always preferred typed lang, they prevent so many 1/n @benj_fry 2/n of my errors. Coincidentally my first lang was OCaml, and C seemed to be an horror show when I learned it latter. Other people still don't fill at risk after several years of php...
2: professionally: we, as an industry, must grow up and start learning lessons.