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Sure, we can use our devices to order a pizza or to sponsor a charity that plants trees. But the idea of a computer that could literally do anything is preposterous. Isn’t it? I won't be holding my breath waiting for that one
Also: see The Culture series
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"Everything if this complete bullshit hypothesis is valid."
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If a computer can do anything, it'll become female and ask you if you taken the trash out
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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or ask you 'Does this case make my power supply look big?"
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Did you just look at her capacitators?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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In the world of software development, we are up against new cybersecurity threats each day, and the risks and consequences of un-secure software are too significant to be unaware of. "Everything I’ve ever done, everything I ever do, every place I’ve ever been, everywhere I’m going to: it’s a sin"
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For all the endless gnashing of teeth about buffer overruns--and printf , which isn't even C++!--no software security problem holds a candle to people who click on spoofed email links or volunteer sensitive information to callers.
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Qualcomm has announced a low-cost Snapdragon Developer Kit for those seeking to write native Windows 10 on ARM apps. It's up to you to get DOOM running on it
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Microsoft is planning a significant cosmetic facelift to Windows 10 with the coming Sun Valley update and a recent job posting suggests Microsoft sees this as a major improvement to the Windows user experience. More icons!
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So they are going to create a new program for me to find and use to adjust the microphone input level? Winderful!!! (That is my new sarcasm term for the year. I don't know how many times I went to 'Settings' to do that task, only to find once again that it is only available in the old Control Panel, which they will probably change now.)
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came here to say just that. Would be nice if they finished off Windows 10 switching over the functionality of old shell windows
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Python creator Guido van Rossum reveals the strengths and weaknesses of one of the world's most popular programming languages. They're not ready for something completely different?
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Rather than continue to complain about each other, developers and security pros need to work together and celebrate their successes. Hug a security person today (and steal their wallet)
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Rather than continue to complain about each other, developers and security pros need to work together and celebrate their successes. Well, according to numerous news articles, they've successfully failed numerous times. Yay! success! <:limp_arm_motion:>
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Becoming a software developer is hard. And even worse, aspiring coders aren't necessarily being taught the skills that employers value and expect, says one CTO. Developers should be taught how to find, copy, and paste code from the internet?
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The article contains a lot of filler and is simplistic. For example, it laments that online training doesn't give would-be developers enough hands-on experience. Duh. It's hard to do that in a school of any type. It's what you learn on the job and can never get enough of.
And then there's this gem:
Quote: "I don't want an engineer writing in C or C++, and the reason is it's too dangerous of a language," he explains.
"There are so many potential errors they can create that modern languages like C#, TypeScript, Java, Python can prevent…We don't want them writing in those languages at all." Evidently this buffoon thinks all programming is for web services. What a sheltered existence he leads for someone opining on how software professionals should be trained.
modified 24-May-21 7:47am.
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When I was getting my CS degree (way back fall 1989 to spring 1991) the first few courses were coding but as I got further along in the degree, I wasn't coding at all. The best professor I had taught us to think logically through the use of mathematical proofs. I also had other classes about the business/requirements gathering side of the job.
I do wish they had taught debugging skills, those I learned from more senior developers in my first job.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: I do wish they had taught debugging skills
This is the one thing nobody teaches. I took programming twice, once in high school (I went to a technical high school) and once at the college, but I learnt debugging on my own as a self-taught programmer.
I had to learn the ins and outs of debuggers on the job - at first I managed to debug image recognition algorithms with printfs. Not the easiest or smartest thing to do.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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MarkTJohnson wrote: I do wish they had taught debugging skills,
Amen.
The problem is that in University you are taught "Computer Science", not "Program Development". This is the equivalent of teaching auto mechanics about thermodynamics, the Otto cycle, and the chemistry of combustion, but not how to repair a car.
I am not disparaging Computer Science. Much of the subject is useful even for the average working programmer, but a few additional hours showing how to troubleshoot code would not come amiss.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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That probably means you taught yourself how to write actual working and useful code though.
I did too.
An intern once told me he taught himself everything he knew about programming because they didn't teach it at school.
He did a practical application development study (so it was designed to deliver actual coders rather than scientists).
We had a fourth-year intern from the same school and the same study who couldn't even declare a variable.
I don't think programming is particularly hard (although it comes naturally to me and everything you know is easy).
It's a skill you can learn, but learning it is the hardest part.
And unfortunately, there aren't many good learning resources out there.
That being said, most people need everything handed to them because they won't play with it themselves and won't go out of their way to go beyond what is taught.
We may have great doctor schools (maybe, I don't actually know), but some are definitely more skilled than all the others.
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Despite massive growth in no-code, only 18% of people are familiar with “no-code,” according to the Rise of the No-Code Economy report produced by Formstack, a no-code workplace productivity platform. :blink: :blink: It's right there in the name...
Of course, maybe I'm just in the 82%?
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It certainly doesn't mean what it says: no code
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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That’s the intent though. It’s just that “as little as possible”-code didn’t do well on the focus groups for the naming.
TTFN - Kent
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