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Of course, they will then need $20 and another 10 years for a project to eliminate all the errors in their "eliminate all the bugs" project. This will then need $40 for another project... [repeating ad infinitum].
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Unless they are planning to code using lego and super glue or get Chuck N to do all the coding this is just foolish nonsense.
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When Louis Bleriot first flew across the channel, the idea that one day members of the working class would be able to do the same for the cost of a decent lunch and some unplanned intimacy with a stranger under the guise of "security" seemed very unlikely - but now the airline industry is one of the most reliable most of us will ever interact with.
The path of the software industry over similar time span has not gone nearly as well. I think in some respects this is because planes are but by engineers whereas software is built by mathematicians.
Engineers are noise and fault tolerant, mathematicians are noise and fault intolerant. So whilst the hardware we work on is fault tolerant (think parity bits etc.) the software that runs on it is not.
Sadly what is likely to arise from the "DeepSpec" is a shifting of the fault-intolerance up from the software into the design phase. I personally have walked this path before with formal specification languages (Z in particular) but have come to the opinion that they just cannot work because the real world is messy and unknowable so at some point a "tolerance zone" will need to exist. I personally feel that the closer this zone is to the hardware the better our software will be ... bug survivable systems rather than bug free ones.
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It is said that: Only two people make no mistakes - the unborn child, and the dead man. All others in between do make mistakes.
Analogously, only two code snippets don't have bugs - the unwritten code snippet, and the one which is irrecoverably scrapped
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For $10 million, I'll come up with whatever bullshit project you want. The trick is writing good grant requests, not actually making sense with them.
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The syndrome is said to be caused by 'learned bodily habits' and anxiety caused by daily technologies This is why... hang on, I think I have a call coming in
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Kent Sharkey wrote: The syndrome is said to be caused by 'learned bodily habits'
We just won't go there, ok?
Marc
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ewww!!
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
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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Gives a whole meaning to the Blondie song "Call Me"...
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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The software giant is currently testing a cellular data app that lets Windows 10 devices connect to various mobile network operators without a contract. That should help convince more carriers to stock Windows phones (not)
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Several technology giants, including Microsoft, are teaming up to try and create a framework that helps schools better make sure their children are prepared for the 21st century. "Teach your children well"
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Will it be called Minux or perhaps Minus?
New version: WinHeist Version Tequila, the nigh time, snuffly, sneezing, how the hell did I end up on the bathroom floor medicine.
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To have any group of people in the coming generation lack computer skills would clearly be a massive problem
Idiots. First off, most people don't need computer skills -- the "computers" need to be designed well enough that skill isn't required. Oh wait, we've pretty much accomplished that. The skills we need to teach are things like "don't text while walking along cliffs[^]" and even then, our technology doesn't stop us from making stupid mistakes (from link):
he became districted
Oh, I could just go on and on, but I'll stop now.
Marc
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I was walking my dog and got caught up in my phone yesterday. Walking in the woods my normal path but well lets say that I had walked a bit further than I use too before I looked up and realized I had started walking then long route.
Did the same thing as I turned back... and instead of walking along the path I walked off-road and didn't notice until I got snow in my boots. At lesat no one saw me, I think, so its just between me, my dog and now the internet.
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Why can't we push health education and force everyone to become doctors. I started programming at 11. I'm 17 now, and it used to mean something me programming at a young age. Now every 11 year old can "code" and I have to push to show that I am any good. I wish they would just stop. I really feel like this push for computer science education will make it impossible for m to get a job in a few years.
i cri evry tiem
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The Certificate Authority (CA) Let's Encrypt, is only in Public Beta but is already starting to be abused by criminals. This is why we can't have nice things
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Yep, bummer, I was really looking forward to it.
i cri evry tiem
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Industry giants like Google, Facebook and Ericsson have already solved many of the large-scale problems that smaller companies are now facing. First hit is always free
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Security researchers are worried that critical vulnerabilities in antivirus products are too easy to find and exploit. Computer use could make your company more vulnerable
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How do you avoid sucker culture in the first place, without torpedoing your chances during an interview? "I'm also gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday too, kay."
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When I worked for GlobalMegaHyperBank, we had a brilliant developer interview.
My manager asked "How would you feel if we asked you to work an 80 hour week?"
He just picked up his stuff, stood up and walked out saying "I think you've already had all the free labour you are going to get from me"
A couple of weeks later I realised he was right - and also quit that particular race to the bottom.
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That man deserves a medal!
TTFN - Kent
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I work for one of them, the bulk of them are working 10+ hours a day, admittedly they have a 2 hour lunch but it is still a bloody long day when you finish at 8-9 pm. It seems to be the culture of the organisation as it comes down from the top and all the drones opt in!
They also seem to work for works sake, some of the stuff they do is idiotic, because that is the way we always did it. Thankfully I don't need to participate in the culture!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Same goes for "are you open to working nights and weekends?". I typically end it right there.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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