Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine::Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

    • English Mobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 年前

      The article you link says the judge already knew how to code beforehand.

      He’s been coding in BASIC for decades, actually, writing programs for the fun of it: a program to play Bridge, written as a gift for his wife; an automatic solution for the board game Mastermind, which he is immensely fond of; and most ambitiously, a sprawling multifunctional program with a graphical interface that helps him with yet another of his many hobbies, ham radio.

      • mulcahey@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 年前

        Yes, because he taught himself.

        “At some point, I looked at the BASIC book and decided I would learn that.” He taught himself straight from the book, which he recalls was “pretty straightforward.”

    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      2 年前

      It’s because these things work by probabilities. Generally when you think of older people who aren’t working as IT professionals, you wouldn’t expect them to be great with computers - and you’d probably be right.

      Do you really think that a judge that taught himself to code would be common-place and would be the norm? That judge is awesome, but he is very clearly an outlier lol

    • krolden@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 年前

      Knowing how to code doesn’t mean you know the difference between a search engine and a web browser.