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Maybe it is a new type of network configuration.
WANRING = Wide Array Network Token Ring.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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YSLGuru wrote: be sure to censor yourselves
Exactly, as it should be in an environment such as this.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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jeron1 wrote: Exactly, as it should be in an environment such as this.
For clarification (because, at least, I can't really distinguish it...):
Did you agree with him that it is not done?
Or did you counter him saying that it is done?
Which position are you speaking about? Would you mind to elaborate?
M.D.V. 
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I agree we should self-censor ourselves before making a post. Think about what we are typing before pressing 'post', knowing that there are lots of different people here from all kinds of backgrounds. This is a technical site, and potentially controversial verbiage should be avoided (unless it's about placement of braces  ). All this is to say that this 'thread locking' should not occur in the first place, let alone complaining about it later on.
"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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Thanks for the clarification. I totally agree with you.
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Right b/c if someone posts an article about say "useless annual reviews" that discusses how the consensus's among staff is that they are useless you probably really shouldn't agree or disagree or say anything beyond "Thank you for sharing" as you could upset someone who can lock a thread if they don't agree with you. Yes it would seem obvious that you should just not post something you don't want honest feedback on but hey were hear.
I didn't realize how self-censoring the programming community had become. That might explain why we seem to have more software related problems than ever; people self-censor so if their boss tells them to do something they know is wrong or counter productive they say nothing; they self-censor. It really makes me wonder how one can even get a question answered or at least honestly. Interesting.
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YSLGuru wrote: people self-censor so if their boss tells them to do something they know is wrong or counter productive they say nothing; they self-censor.
I think you are missunderstanding things.
In my opinion, it is totally legitime to give feedback to something and / or setting boundaries with Speak-Up (I am even holding a couple of presentations about it at a work's event soon).
The biggest problem about it is how it is done. And believe me, it is very difficult to do it right.
About this site... we had the Soapbox where it was allowed to speak about more controversial topics, but at the end it went really south and it was deleted from the site due to its toxicity. Some people that were here only for that forum started trolling / mobbing other users / areas of the site and they got banned.
If you do it respectfull and without flame wars, we are actually happy to have conversations a bit aside of programming, best if it is technology related, but still there are some good offtopic threads and some more to come.
Of course, in the moment that things go out of boundaries there will be meassures. Either by the community itself using the given tools or by the staff. And... to be honest, I like it the way it is.
Every site in the internet has some rules (more or less obvious or fair but still they are there) and this community has better clima than many, many other sites out there.
If you see these points and you agree. Stay and participate (please in a civilized mode).
If you don't, the easiest thing is to get your coat and leave the platform (please do not forget to close the door behind you).
M.D.V.
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I don't know which "on topic" conversation you are referring to, but...
Locking threads is something only the staff can do and it has been a while since the last time I saw a thread being locked.
If message(s) by you got deleted, this is something it might happen in a popular / democratic mode.
I would say, this is one of the communities with a higher respect to the members in the net.
And if you think the "right to talk" means that you are able to say whatever you think crossing lines (doesn't matter if on topic or off topic), then you are better placed in "X" with Musk than here.
Because in CP we usually follow a very basic rule: "Your right ends where the right of others starts"
YSLGuru wrote: so be sure to censor yourselves.
No worries, there have been and will still be the situation where that is needed and it will be done (as it already has been done several times in the past)
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Quote: I don't know which "on topic" conversation you are referring to, but...
I suspect it was the rant about HR departments (various members contributed) where I gently called out this particular member's sexist remarks. They probably think it was me that locked the thread due to the "Protector" status against my profile. Sean did issue a warning to us all Quote: This thread is heading in a troubling direction. Disperse.
Looks like this one might be heading the same way. Shame really.
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I was finished with this thread (just to avoid that).
If what I wrote him, is not enough... there is nothing else we can do.
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Kaspersky's annual spam and phishing report, released today, shows its anti-phishing system thwarted over 709 million attempts to access phishing and scam websites in 2023 -- a 40 percent increase over 2022. In case you hadn't noticed
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And that's only the ones that got discovered...
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If you give a man a phish, he'll scam you for a day. If you teach a man to phish, he'll scam you for a lifetime.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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The problem is that internet has taught a lot of people fishing.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Didn't read the report, but does it also mention how many were caused by their competitors? Sometimes, it's just to keep competitors on their toes, isn't it?
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will start providing more hands-on support to open-source software developers as they work to better secure their projects, the agency first told Axios. Just send a pull request
Alternately, a golden oldie: The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
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It was first said by Ronald Reagan in 1986.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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38 years is kind of 'golden oldie', isn't it? 'Silver oldie'?
TTFN - Kent
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New research suggests that prompt engineering is best done by the model itself, and not by a human engineer. Now they're even taking away the jobs from the people that took away the other jobs
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"You're a little teapot!"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Now they're even taking away the jobs from the people that tried to take away the other jobs
FTFY
GCS/GE 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
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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While AI revolutionizes software development, it still relies on developers to pilot its use. In this blog, we’ll cover the skills that developers need to have for navigating this new AI-powered coding frontier. "The manner of drinking and spitting is either hard or soft."
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Quote: We recently conducted research into the evolving relationship between developers and AI tools
You are late GutHub. Japanese guys got there some years ago...  
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Microsoft is making a high-stakes bet on AI. But will it tarnish its reputation that it has worked long and hard to rebuild, bringing a return to the "Microshaft" days? Its reputation?! *Its reputation?!*
I mean, love 'em to death, but that is a company with a generally not positive reputation if there ever was one.
OK, not counting Oracle.
Or Google.
Or IBM.
Or... well, how about this - they're in the bottom half of the rankings for reputation?
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