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"Do no evil" (However, creepy, creepy stuff isn't apparently evil by their definition)
I wouldn't be surprised, but I'd have expected someone to point that out by now. It certainly doesn't take some of the people with the right equipment too long (like the new Samsung security hole). Of course, as it pushes Google services everywhere, all of that is on the monitor.
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See that's the other thing. To really use an android device, you've almost got to use gmail, youtube, g+, google docs, etc. Otherwise there's just not that much to it. And that I WON'T do. Not any more.
Maybe I'll poke around for a WP8.
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”Linux is Everywhere. From Space Stations to Microwave Ovens, Linux powers everything.” You might have heard that a lot and have always wondered ”Is that just a phrase or is it actually true ?“ Be assured, it is true. Oh, maybe it is The Year of Linux after all?
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Larry Ellison, who once blasted cloud as a fad, now says he’s not only fully aboard but will challenge Amazon, Microsoft and Rackspace on affordable Infrastructure as a Service. "In a battle between a lion and a crocodile, the winner is largely chosen by where the fight happens"
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The December update brought several new features (particularly for Android developers), supported only on mobile devices running Android version 4 or higher. For your Android programming pleasure
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For all of their faults and mistakes, they simply do not get enough credit, kudos, or positive publicity for all of the good they do and for all of their successes. "Haters gotta hate"
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The first stable version of the Qt 5.2 and Wayland-powered open-source Linux desktop.
Mahalo, open-source Linux distribution.
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How companies undermine open standards to advance their own agendas, obscure information, and enforce their patents. "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from."
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There’s a reason most “conventional” career advice sucks: the world is changing at a rapid clip. When well-meaning mentors give advice based on their experiences decades ago, it’s kind of like teaching someone how to drive using a horse and buggy. "Don’t learn to code, learn how to work with technology."
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99U wrote: where everything is measured, tracked, and ranked. Not everything.
Some of us will flat out deny partaking in such a society. The economy has already shown that lots of statistics are a lie. We already know how PageViews are bougth, that the system is rigged.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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People give bad advice, so buy my book and listen to my advice. It's different!
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DING! DING! DING! DING!
We have a winner *\o/*
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I love this idiots myopic view of what it means to write code. He seems to think that if you learn to write code that's all you're good for. He makes no mention that the ability to write code is a "soft skill" applicable in many many facets of the IT world as well as to just normal users of computers.
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: He makes no mention that the ability to write code is a "soft skill" applicable in many many facets of the IT world as well as to just normal users of computers.
I like that view. I have to admit that I never thought of coding as a soft skill (didn't think the alternative either, though). It is a great, and true, view though. I initially posted that article due to his pushing the other soft skills (well, that and this week is a horribly slow news time for some reason), but now I see more of a reason.
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Yeah, I wish I had known that when my father taught me how to perform an oil change and tune up an engine that I'd only be elegible to become an auto mechanic instead of wasting the last twenty years as a software developer.
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The HTTP Archive Report has published their end-of-year technology statistics which collate information from 300,000 of the web’s most popular websites. Average page weight has bloated by 32% in one year to reach more than 1,700Kb — or 1.7Mb — and now comprises 96 individual HTTP requests. It’s worse than the staggering 30% increase in 2012! Be kind. Minify and optimize
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Be kind. Minify and optimize Start with this one[^]
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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There’s nothing more annoying than a meeting that goes on and on and on. As a manager, it’s your job to make sure people don’t go off on tangents or give endless speeches. But how can you keep people focused without being a taskmaster or squashing creativity? Bonus #0: Ask, "Do we really need this meeting?"
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For Microsoft, 2013 was a disaster. The company's ambitious Windows 8 operating system didn't gain much traction, its foray into tablets was a non-starter and it continued to struggle for phone sales. The discontent prompted CEO Steve Ballmer to announce he would retire within 12 months. Microsoft will end after the "Year of Linux"
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That happens when some wise guy wants to push in the users' faces such changes without any benefits. Same thing happened when Ubuntu users were looking for terminal (actually I was in the same office room with a linux guy - the avalanche of f***s was overwhelming ). I guess this shows how many users are out there.
Care to guess if Mac OSX will replace Finder with some rectangular swipes? Brrr.
Nuclear launch detected
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Let's not pronounce them dead just yet. For all Microsoft's failures, they've made waves and modest strides with Nokia and WP8. With a new regime and some blod strategies, 2014 is the make or break year. Not 2013.
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Quite the contrary, I said. (In fact my example was about Ubuntu when they changed UI to tablet mode).
Nokia/WP8 is my combo on phone (and I like it, it's the most pro phone among consumer types).
What worries me is less and less interoperability (no Office native extensions, no plugins in IE etc.). Sadly, the rest of the world is doing the same (except Linux), Google dropping NPAPI support putting (almost) nothing equivalent, Apple controlling everything for some time now...
Nuclear launch detected
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An Illinois man could spend the rest of his life in jail for impersonating whole sections of Health Canada as part of a $25-million scam to bilk investors into funding a bogus Star Trek-inspired medical device. Dammit, Jim! I'm a crook, not a government department.
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As Google’s share price soars beyond $1,100, it seems like nothing can stop the Internet juggernaut as its land grab strategies continue to win over the eyes of its users and the wallets of its advertising clients. But an analysis published over this past weekend by The Wall Street Journal’s Farhad Manjoo raises an interesting question surrounding a new business model that could someday lead to Google’s downfall. Do we want an erasable Internet? "I watch the ripples change their size, but never leave the stream of warm impermanence"
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Ding dong, the witch is...erased.
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