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"We are thrilled to announce the availability of the IFC SDK, a Microsoft implementation of the IFC Specification." Bonus points if you can explain this concept better than the author
"An IFC file is an implementation of the BMI concept. An IFC file is a persistent representation of all information pertaining to the semantics of a C++ program."
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A survey by Sauce Labs of 500 US-based developers has put the spotlight on some concerning practices. Trying to take and hold all of Asia early in the game?
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Beyond programming tips and writing help, a million conversations reflect people's desires for other kinds of 'usafe' information. Here's what researchers are doing about it. Some of y'all are sick puppies
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"I'm sure it's a special love code that only you and your grandma know." It might just be easier to figure out that CAPTCHA yourself
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.NET has the ability to define a RollForward policy that lets you move an application to a newer version than it was compiled under. "Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'"
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Do you remember SkiFree? You can play Microsoft’s new surfing version during the Windows 11 setup process. Can I get gorilla.bas instead?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: gorilla.bas
Man, you must be from my generation!
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Despite Microsoft's overwhelming lead in installed computer operating systems, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified that the Apple-Google default search deal has unfairly hurt Bing badly. That kettle sure is black, isn't it?
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Crux is an experimental approach to building cross-platform applications with better testability, higher code and behavior reuse, better safety, security, and more joy from better tools. In case you need a reason to rewrite everything
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Whether you like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed on Windows 10 and Windows 11 isn’t going anywhere, with Microsoft referring to it as a “system component” that cannot be removed. But yet we have to download Solitaire separately?
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Some places below in the list: Windows 11 is officially killing off passwords and bringing in passkeys | TechRadar[^]
They are really trying hard to piss their users... aren't they?
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Quote: Passkeys rely on pair of cryptographic keys, one stored in the cloud and the other on device, which is private and not known by anyone.
Not known by anyone, huh? Riiiight.
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The National Security Agency (NSA) has announced it is creating an AI Security Center to “oversee the development and integration of artificial intelligence capabilities within U.S. national security systems.” To defend, or attack?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: To defend, or attack?
WOPR said: The only way to win this game is not to play.
Sadly, it won't happen 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: To defend, or attack?
To monitor the citizens!
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Tom Hanks posted a warning on Instagram, stating he had "nothing to do" with the video. And so our future unreality begins in earnest
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Well... after seeing how he managed the tooth ache in Cast Away... I would not trust a dental ad by him, even if he did it  
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C and C++ are foundational languages for our global society and are always in the world’s top 10 most heavily used languages now and for the foreseeable future. There's a thought
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Kent Sharkey wrote: and are always in the world’s top 10 most heavily used languages now and for the foreseeable future. And everyone that tries to sell them as obsolete is just plain wrong.
FTFH
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We’ve mentioned in the past that the code we write isn’t maintaining heartbeats or being used in life-critical settings, but what if your code is? You might not be a rocket scientist, but you can code like one
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Kent Sharkey wrote: but you can TRY TO code like one
FTFY
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Really good list for those programming real-time and/or embedded systems. I haven't looked at the Linux source code but I suspect many of these are used in Linux. I know OpenVMS used most of these internally and added check function parameters as well.
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obermd wrote: Really good list for those programming real-time and/or embedded systems.
That's why I "FTFH" Kent's quote.
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Apple is constantly promoting its devices as secure due to their unique combination of hardware and software. Just wait until 76% of the computers are macs
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Apple is constantly promoting its devices as secure due to their unique combination of hardware and software.
And yet there still are leaks from their cloud, bugs and security issues like in everywhere else.
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