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Oracle has come under considerable fire over the years for its restrictive license terms and aggressive audit program, but it appears at least some change is on the way. I wonder how many zeroes there are on that invoice
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Our company is operating well today, but we think we can make it cleaner and more accountable. So we are creating a new company, called Alphabet. World Domination: A-Z
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Alpha will rule the world, by playing a game of bet.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: Alpha will rule the world
It should have.
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W is for Whiskey, T is for Tango, E is for Elephant.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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B should be Bacon instead of Bravo
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Windows 10 IoT Core is a new edition for Windows targeted towards small, embedded devices that may or may not have screens. Honey, I shrunk the OS
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Cuss Microsoft, until now I have had been making up my mind to memorize the term "Windows for IoT". A new one on the block now?
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Windows 10 IoT Core
That's dangerously close to "Windows 1DIOT Core"!
What were they thinking?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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In a new research project, Microsoft has attempted to teach comedic values to computers. Using the New Yorker’s cartoon contest as fodder, the researchers came up with an algorithm to pick the funniest captions from thousands of reader submissions. Well, people have been laughing at Windows for a while now
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I've gone from laughing to being annoyed.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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..starting with "what do you call the first ten million people who installed Windows 10?"
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Beta testers! ... Wait a minute... Darnit, you got me again!
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Google today announced that it will soon support the Khronos Group’s Vulkan graphics API on Android. Because phones are the new game consoles?
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Until someone steals or hacks your phone!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Why steal or hack the phone? It's all in the cloud, just hack the account, no need to go for the physical device.
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The number of consumers using ad blocking software worldwide has increased 41% year-on-year to 198 million monthly active users, according to a report published Monday by PageFair and Adobe. That must explain why ads have gotten 41% more irritating in the last year
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It ain't like everything we see, touch, smell and feel aren't ad oriented why wouldn't we want to get a break.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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I think that ads are highly overrated, whatever form they take. And even if the people using ad-blocking software were not blocking them, I assume they wouldn't care for them or click on them anyways (because why would you want to block something you might find interesting?), no, all they get is annoyed by their presence and probably link that annoyance to the product in question and don't buy it, so what's the big deal? Lost revenue that you could never take for granted in the first place? Moaning at the higest stage, I'd say, and lofty expectations.
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That may be related to the growing trend for adverts to become more annoying - faking Windows, appearing when you move the mouse of certain times, or just staying fixed over a particular portion of the page (particularly annoying on small screen devices like phones).
The more annoying adverts get, the more people will block them. If adverts were discrete and didn't bear malware, then people may not actually mind.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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> Kent Sharkey
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> That must explain why ads have gotten 41% more irritating in the last year
What ads?
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With programmers and developers in such high demand these days, it may be tempting to think that a decision as stodgy as pursuing a certification is a waste of time. After all, doesn’t it all come down to the art of your code? Let me guess: they are a perfect benchmark to identify skilled developers?
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I chose the academic route instead of certifications, but pretty certifications on one's resume impresses hiring managers. The author is correct, it is hard to prove your worth early on as you lack experience.
Consultants should have some certifications, but if you are a full-time employee at a real company, then certifications don't seem too important. Personally, I think many certifications are nonsense, especially when there are many services out there; such as MeasureUp.com that give you the answers.
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