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Last January marked the launch of Code.org, a nonprofit that promotes computer-science education. Code.org launched Hour Of Code, a nationwide campaign that urged Americans to learn how to program. President Obama even recorded a video in support of the campaign. Nearly 15 million people responded to the call. "It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool."
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Reactive Extensions for C++, also known as Rx.cpp, is now available for WinRT via C++/CX and OS X via clang. While still in its early stages, a lot of work has been done since the last preview. Async all the things!
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John Chen said he's very interested in taking the BlackBerry experience to rival platforms Translation: "Please, just tell us what it will take so you'll buy our stuff again."
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Who says you can't teach a 54-year-old dog some new tricks? Because sometimes there is no answer to "Why?"
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Scientists use smartphone to extract secret key of nearby PC running PGP app. "Let my love open the door"
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Firefox creator Mozilla release benchmarks showing that asm.js, its performance-optimised subset of JavaScript, can deliver performance only 1.5x slower than code compiled to run natively. If I had a quarter for every time someone claims "near native" performance, I'd have a "near native" salary
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Everyone collects utilities, and most folks have a list of a few that they feel are indispensable. Here's mine. Each has a distinct purpose, and I probably touch each at least a few times a week. For me, "util" means utilitarian and it means don't clutter my tray. If it saves me time, and seamlessly integrates with my life, it's the bomb. Many/most are free some aren't. Those that aren't free are very likely worth your 30-day trial, and very likely worth your money. I guarantee you'll find something new and useful on the list (or double your money back)
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Great list, I have a few new applications to test.
David
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'Full steam ahead' - apposite.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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Give yourself a gift. Or give a kid a future in computer software that they might not otherwise have. Get your kids (or you) into coding
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BitTorrent wants to build a secure chat service that will only ever let a message's sender and receiver take a look at what's being sent — encrypted or otherwise. It announced the service several months ago, and today it's detailing how BitTorrent Chat will work. In a blog post, BitTorrent explains that the service will use public key encryption, forward secrecy, and a distributed hash table — a jumble of technologies that mean chats will be individually encrypted and won't be stored on some company's server. A S L Guid?
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One lucky Redditor received a travel book, a stuffed cow, and a donation in her name to a charity, though the Microsoft chairman decided against the iPad on her wishlist. Have a cow, ma'am
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If you’re in the market for a new job, you might want to consider the tech sector. According to LinkedIn, the most desirable skills in 2013 were dominated by tech. "Plastics"
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That's all well and good, but a good part of the demand is likely due to the low quality of candidates. An employer may hire a few candidates who look good on paper and can recite interview answers from an online source before finding one who can actually perform the job tasks.
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Two researchers at York University have worked out a way to communicate between two points using vodka evaporated into the air. They used their system to message the lyrics of “O Canada” between two points, leading them to conclude that in times of need, when there is no cellular reception, it would be possible to text-message using this system. Ladies and gentlemen, your new Nobel Prize winners!
OK, *some* people might think it should be gin, but they can do their own research
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I've got a lot better use for vodka. It involves mixing it with redbull, and maybe a couple olives.
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And *which* people would that be? Hmm?
Anyway, I wouldn't waste gin like that - as if it'd ever last long enough out of the bottle to evaporate!
speramus in juniperus
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Ladies and gentlemen, your new Nobel Prize winners
Make that the IGNobel Prize[^]
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Remember the Apple Newton? How about Netscape? Even if these products did not last until the present, they left their mark in the evolution of personal technology. For his final WSJ video column, Walt Mossberg takes us through the last 20 years. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
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State-sponsored surveillance and repression should not be your concern. Social networks, providers and employers you trust to safeguard your data and livelihood is what worries me most. Doubleplusungood
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As coding courses and bootcamps flourish, some students get left behind--and that promise of a six-figure salary pops like a bubble. You mean... I can't learn everything about programming in eight weeks? Or 21 days?
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That would do it, yes.
Now to work on the flux capacitor!
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TTFN - Kent
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Quarterly survey of developers also finds NSA revelations are not having much impact on mobile development in the U.S. Write once, test and patch everywhere isn't appealing?
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