Hypercritical

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk some more about TV technology, elaborate on why, exactly, PHP is a bad programming language, lament the "decontenting" of Apple hardware and the proprietary hard drives in the new iMacs, and ponder the place of SSDs in the lives of computer users who are not independently wealthy. Links for this episode:PHP Function ListA picture of plasma TV burn-inThe Hot/Crazy Solid State Drive Scale - Coding HorrorYour New TV Ruins MoviesSponsored by FreshBooks and OmniGroup: OmniFocus.