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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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I have a PhD in Computer Science from back when we were still comparing speeds between "round tapes" and "square tapes" and the PC or any kind of home computer did not exist. I even had a white coat to wear in the computer room!
The relevancy of most of what I learned towards that PhD is very limited these days. When looking at CVs (resumes) to decide who to bring in for interview I generally skipped over those with PhDs and Masters in favour of those who had clearly done real work at a keyboard, regardless of qualification. I brought in a PhD once who was very proud of his PhD and the fact he had worked for Yahoo! After a very few questions I regretted wasting my time and his time with the interview as he clearly did not fit with the rest of the team. In another case I brought in a guy with no formal qualifications but had been working as a junior and then senior programmer for a couple of companies over the previous eight years. He knew what he knew and admitted to what he didn't. He landed running and was my best worker!
As far as other certifications go, I suppose some relevant ones may be of use. I am more likely to have someone take a particular certificate after they start work to be able to learn a new technique, framework or whatever. Personally I find that CP, Google and SO provide most of what I need to know. This latter case is true for everyone now on my current team.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I agree and disagree. I definitely agree with someone that has been mentored and worked as a junior programmer and then senior level seems to be the best. Those people with that great drive to succeed make sure to do that and continue improving. One of the best IT guys I know is a Devry guy that I don't even think finished his degree, but studies a lot and does the certifications, but then I've run across some consultants with a bunch of certifications that don't seem to know much anything, except buzzwords. Asking them general questions about their work experience, which always seems to say Architect, gets them flustered.
I will say that most IT people I've met with graduate level degrees seem to learn things much easier, quicker, and understand fundamentals a lot better than those with a B.S. or less. Having a M.S. myself, I notice I am always thinking larger and farther down the road than people who do not. Though I have worked with a couple of M.S. people that were barely junior level. I guess they think a degree makes them better than everyone else and don't have to continually improve.
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Quote: Those who have gone through the certification process say it pays off.
Most people who pay for homeopathy say it worked for them too.
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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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Directors of Norwegian browser maker Opera Software said that they were considering selling the company and had hired bankers to help them explore options after the firm missed a second-quarter revenue forecast. Who says you can't buy a good web browser?
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It remained to be seen precisely how fast Windows 10 was compared to Windows 8.1 and the beloved Windows 7. "Citius, Altius, Fortius"
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