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There were two bulls, one young one old, looking down on a paddock of cows...
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Of course there's a place for old developers on young teams - someone's got to tell the little buggers how much their knees will hurt in years to come.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Windows 7 is projected to reach the end-of-support in January 2020 for consumers, but Microsoft is offering paid extensions for Windows 7 security updates. Maybe we should pass the hat around?
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Java tops Indeed's latest list; Python, JavaScript rank high Somehow missing from the list: all those languages the 'cool' kids say solve everyone's problems
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One of the hottest questions these days, whether online or in the boardroom, is “How does the organization become more ‘agile’?” "Oh how scrumdiddlyumptious this wonderveg is!"
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Elon Musk says he will soon announce a Neuralink product that can make anyone superhuman by connecting their brains to a computer. Absolutely nothing to do with the weed and whisky he imbibed during the talk
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Kent Sharkey wrote: connecting their brains to a computer
Or are the Computers connecting to the Humans?
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Quote: Musk said he thinks this will give humans a better chance against artificial intelligence.
This is the part where I know he didn't just take a puff on a joint but was high as a kite. His interface will be as secure as any other currently existing computer system against high end attacks - screen door on a submarine level protection - which means at the start of the AI rebellion everyone using one will be brainwiped and reprogrammed into a terminator. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Who's going to be the first to call it a "pot-cast"?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Quantum computing has moved out of the realm of theoretical physics and into the real world, but its potential and promise are still years away. Only if by 'reality' they mean, 'in three years, there will be headlines about quantum computing right around the corner'
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By hacking a domestic knitting machine, a software engineer advanced modern knitting and made a massive equatorial star map in tapestry form. I think I have a new plan for our next database diagram
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Let me guess, the hackers were originally looking for a needle in a haystack?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I think I have a new plan for our next database diagram
Heck, I see a whole new database industry: store your data on a quilt! Technology required: quilting machine, optical scanner, etc. I think I'll start a GoFundMe project!!! 
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Advantages: is intrinsically multi-threaded.
Disadvantages: very long loops.
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Nearly half of people in the EU work in their free time to meet work demands, and a third often or always work at high speed, according to recent estimates. If you are one of them, have you ever wondered whether all the effort is really worth it? "Are you working hard or hardly working?"
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I think it was bill gates who said... I always give the hardest task to the laziest worker, because he will find the easiest way to do it.
So hardly working could even be translated to efficiently 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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That's one of those phrases that sounds good until you actually work with a genuinely lazy worker; they simply don't do the task and claim they did. Or do it in such a way that it takes two of the your busiest people to fix it.
(Once worked next to a team with a guy like that. One team member was [unofficially] in charge of, and I kid you not, immediately rolling back all commits he made to source control. He was buddies with the manager or something.)
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Joe Woodbury wrote: That's one of those phrases that sounds good until you actually work with a genuinely lazy worker
I know...
It is like: Do you think good programers are too expensive? Let's see how much does a cheap one cost you.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Years ago, I made several edutainment videos. My business partner and I observed that our crew was good for 10 hours. The productivity drop after that was quick, steep and costly. (With one exception--our lead--the teen actors were good for 6 to 8 hours, correlating strongly with age.)
I find the 10 hour rule applies to me as well, especially as I get older. Another age difference is that I now have to completely break from programming in my off time.
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 I think that's the best lesson - learn where your own wall is, and accept that when you move past it, your quality really is diminished (you're essentially stealing from future progress, IMO). I've been quite happier[1] since moving to half-time lately.
[1] That's a joke that only Chris and a few others will get 
TTFN - Kent
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Free time implies unpaid labor. If you are doing so, you are not as bright as you considered yourself to be 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Me, I walk into my cubicle and my productivity plummets.
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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That’s the view of security expert Bruce Schneier, who fears lives will be lost in a cyber disaster unless governments act swiftly. What if I *need* to set my internet-enabled toaster while on the ride home?
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Quote: argues that governments must step in now to force companies developing connected gadgets to make security a priority rather than an afterthought
I'm thinking that the human race will go extinct prior to this occurring.
"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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In essence: We must fix things by not innovating. And to ensure that, we must get government involved.
And the train it won't stop going
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