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“Augmented programming” refers to both established and emerging approaches for boosting developer productivity. "More human than human"
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The percentage of daily Chrome users who've loaded at least one page containing Flash content per day has gone down from around 80% in 2014 to under 8% in early 2018. And that 8% is mostly people running the new version installer after getting an upgrade notice
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Hangouts Chat, Google’s take on modern workplace communication, is now generally available and is becoming a core part of G Suite. Try it, before they cancel it
Slack competitors seem to be this year's "Excel killer"
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We've been using this for three years now. It's mostly usable, but there are enough quirks that I'd hesitate to bring it out of beta.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Bill Gates does not seem to be a fan of cryptocurrencies. I guess he didn't buy into bitcoin at the bottom?
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Bill said: He said that the ease with which people can anonymously buy drugs is a major problem So the opioid epidemic is caused by BitCoin?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Gates is just a real crypto pessimist, I think he said something again
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Windows 7 computers without an antivirus scanner won’t receive the latest security updates automatically. Well, there's a new way of dealing with Windows Update
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In other news, Windows Defender now auto-installed on Windows 7.
You can't win...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: You can't win...
You could always just set the registry key and carry on getting updates for your legacy software. Methinks it's Microsoft that can't win
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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It appears many programmers work in environments where they are treated like idiot savants; brilliant children capable only of coding. Make sure the wake-up call includes their extra-foam, two-pump, skinny vanilla cap
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Unfortunately, it is often true.
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You have no idea how bad I want to send this to my managers. Bu if I did, I'm sure the beat down would be hard, fast, and continuous.
This article describes my managers almost perfectly. And not in the good way. We've slowly been heading toward isolation from users and simply being told what, when, and how to do projects for years. This last year we've been excluded from meetings with users regarding project requests as if the new 'project manager' is an expert on all the various systems we maintain.
I suspect the next step will be a complete disconnect from the users and the removal of analyst from our job titles and duties. They can then truly refer to us a "coders".
"...JavaScript could teach Dyson how to suck." -- Nagy Vilmos
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At MWC 2018 today, Google announced the beta release of Flutter, its mobile UI framework for developing native interfaces on iOS and Android. Who wants to take a flutter on it?
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Well in Dutch 'flut' means something like 'sh*t'
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Only for Dart players...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Microsoft has released an updated guide on driver security. This new guide offers advice that developers could use to ensure Windows drivers are secured against basic attacks and preventable flaws. Ooooooh. They're *supposed to be* secure? Good thing they updated that.
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we have driverless cars, when are the driverless computers coming out. I can't believe I had to type this out myself. There should be a robot at my desk doing this for me by now.
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Exclusive: Intel’s new Vaunt smart glasses actually look good - The Verge[^]
verge: When you’re wearing them, you see a stream of information on what looks like a screen — but it’s actually being projected onto your retina.
verge: On the right stem of the glasses sits a suite of electronics designed to power a very low-powered laser (technically a VCSEL). That laser shines a red, monochrome image somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 x 150 pixels onto a holographic reflector on the glasses’ right lens. The image is then reflected into the back of your eyeball, directly onto the retina.
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For several years, one of the greatest fears of the world's legacy companies has been disruption by an Uber or Airbnb — an adroit new startup with a cheap, market-shattering idea. But a surprising new reality led by the confluence of big data and artificial intelligence has softened their anxiety, and made them think they — and not startups — are the new, new thing, according to a new study. And by "roar back", they mean "people will realize that framework of the week doesn't help"
Yeah, a study by IBM and Oxford found that old technologies are best. Next up, a study by Hansom and The Daily News find that "carriages are about to make a big comeback"
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A toy EEG headset and a drink dispenser, hacked together as a mind-reading bar bot. *May cause mild to extreme alcohol poisoning
(If you put your mind to it)
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Good bar-staff have been reading minds for centuries.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Both the Q# language, and the company's quantum simulator, will run on these platforms in addition to Windows. For all your quantum needs (or not)
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Project work keeps piling on, and integration needs are getting out of hand. "More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity."
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