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This article is full of fluff - useless. I'll skip any ZDNet articles.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Forty-five years after launching, the Voyager 1 is still transmitting data to scientists on Earth, but there's a mystery issue corrupting the data. "Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it."
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I think the real issue is that if one system is sending back garbage then how valid is the data from other parts of Voyager?
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Microsoft breaks out its Widgets search box as its own search box on the Windows 11 desktop. It looks like we've hidden all your files. Would you like help with that?
Ruining beautiful wallpapers since 2022
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Hire Me! Hire Me! With enough money, I'm certain I can make the user's experience even more miserable than it currently is! 
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I dunno, it seems to take a professional for that 
TTFN - Kent
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I was so angry that Microsoft locked us Macbook users out of Windows 11. I'm feeling less and less angry each day...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Why don’t we hear more developer voices in the conversation about “developer productivity”? "If I only could, be running up that hill"
OK, the article might just be an excuse for his sketches
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In my experience, developer productivity is hampered by (in no particular order):
0) A lack of perceived ownership of the code - this is caused by overly atomic restrictions on what they develop, meaning a task like "develop a method in XYZ class named "MyMethod" that accepts this set of parameters, and returns this indicator/result". There is no creativity/imagination necessary to complete the task, or any insight as to why the method is needed, only the skill to write the method using language key words and available frameworks. Boredom is the mind-killer.
1) Over-communication from non-developers (management). Devs don't generally need the kind of communication imposed by the "agile/scrum" dev process. The more communication in which they are forced/compelled to participate, the less productive they are as developers.
2) Being sand-boxed into the "devops" labor category. We're not ops/admin people. We're developers. We are often saddled with diagnosing systems/infrastructure problems that we don't even have permissions to investigate, much less fix. It's generally a big time suck from a developer standpoint.
3) Non-developers (management/sale nazis) who think they know how to design a user interface. Trying to adapt an idiots view of a user interface into functional code is a nightmare, and more often than not, makes the code that much harder to maintain.
I'm very old-school. Point me at the problem, describe the desired solution, and leave me alone.You'll hear from me if I have a question, or when I'm done. The more you leave me alone, the faster I'll get done. It really is that simple, and doesn't need any diagrams, flowcharts, or fancy new-age development processes.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 19-May-22 12:37pm.
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PREACH!
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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According to the Windows Health Dashboard documentation, Windows 11 is now available for broad deployment, which means every user can download and install it via Windows Update. Good news if you're a broad. Or travelling abroad, I guess.
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if (usingMarketingSpeak) everyUser != everyUser;
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Microsoft is apparently working on a new application for Windows 11 dubbed "Designer" and multiple images of the preview version of the app have leaked out. Not something they use in-house then?
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It's common knowledge that most people still use comically bad passwords, but surely CEOs, high-level executives, and business owners don't think the likes of "123456" is the kind of code that will keep their accounts secure? According to a new report, many of them do. CxOs: they're just like us (with bigger paycheques)
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I'd wager that CxOs use weaker passwords than the rest of us.
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DeepMind, the minds behind AlphaFold, has unveiled its latest project: Gato – a “general purpose” system that’s designed to take on several different tasks. "But for now you're going to stay in the year of the cat"
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Enable multi-factor authentication, patch your software, and deploy a VPN, but configure them securely, the US government and allies warn. Item 11: Stop baking cookies and inviting them over for tea
Of course, you can bake cookies and invite me over. I promise not to hack anything.
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In his best-selling book Outliers (2008), Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell famously brought forward the 10,000-Hour Rule — a rule of thumb to define how much time anyone should practice before becoming an expert, and a successful person, in any given field. I've spent 10,000 hours in meetings, so I'm an expert at napping with my eyes open
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So, given the standard work year of 2080 hours, you're an expert programmer after just five years? Nope, not at all. I've been doing this fr almost 45 years, and I'm not an expert. I could be considered proficient, but I'm no expert.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 19-May-22 5:03am.
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#realJSOP wrote: given the standard work week of 2080 hours
 Are you multithreading???
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Oops, meant to say work year. I fixed it. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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You look like Windows, and you look like Windows and you look like Windows ... If it looks like Windows, acts like Windows, and CLIs like Linux
It's not a duck
Of course, there are complaint editorials for those that don't look like Windows as well. "Too hard to learn"
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Wow, it's almost like we've converged on a set of proven effective conventions for interacting with computers or something 
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Madness!
TTFN - Kent
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