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Kent Sharkey wrote: You might not be on Facebook, but they're on to you
As if this was something new... has been like that for years
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The number of people who have left the rust project due to burnout is shockingly high. Couldn't you have gone with, "Rust is rusting"?
And apparently their shift key has also burned out
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It's like JavaScript fatigue, except JavaScript was in the right time at the right place to get adoption and its fatigue never really set in until after it was used everywhere.
Jeremy Falcon
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I've noticed your blurbs are more witty these days than they used to be.
Did you attend some sort of blurb writing seminar?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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New year, new me. 
TTFN - Kent
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In this article, I’ll kick things off by looking at what happened in 2023. Then, I’ll give you my thoughts on what might happen this year. Not too Flash-y, I hope?
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For many, "new year, new me" includes finding a new job. Scouring sites like LinkedIn and Indeed for opportunities can feel like a full-time role in and of itself. Unfortunately, the categories it uses are, "Kiss, Marry, Kill"
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That's because a lot of companies like to stand out and get creative when naming roles and categories.
I'm a software dev. So, when left with no job, I go to the national job register and try and update my profile. There's someone usually at their location to help you out with it. So, first question, "what do you do?"
"I'm a software developer"
-"So you're a programmer?"
"No, I develop software"
-"Which parts? Do you design, program, or do you write automated tests or what?"
"All of that, including the 'or what'".
-"So you're a software engineer?"
"No, I'm not an engineer, I'm a dev. Engineer is a protected title."
-"I'm confused. What is it exactly that you develop? Code, testcode, databases?"
"ALL OF IT!"
-"So you're an Engineer? Or a DBA?"
"Just put me in the category 'Smartass' and never contact me again."
The day after, you get a mail from Germany, where they ask for a "lead developer". So, obviously, you ask what you lead. You get as an answer that everybody reports to the "architect" and that all devs in the team are called "lead developers". Aw, sorry, no, I cannot work in such an environment where a name is even subject to marketing instead of being something informational and functional 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"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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Atoms can absorb and reemit light—this is an everyday phenomenon. In most cases, however, an atom emits a light particle in all possible directions—recapturing this photon is, therefore, quite hard. But can they play it with a beer bottle in the other hand?
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I would hope it would be with high precision, have you SEEN how small a photon is? The atoms aren't all that big either.
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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Google is updating the warning on Chrome's Incognito mode to make it clear that Google and websites run by other companies can still collect your data in the web browser's semi-private mode. Surprise, surprise... who would have told?
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Only those who are not Brave enough use Chrome.
I'd use Firefox more but at work every browser that's not Chrome is filtered by the proxy and while changing the presentation string of Firefox to the one of Chrome bypasses it nicely, it messes the layout on several sites. Brave is Chrome enough to pass the check and not create issues with the layouts so...
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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If a person doesn’t know fundamentals of a given field, and particularly if a larger group doesn’t, teach those fundamentals. Even castles in the sky need good foundations
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Article wrote: nd particularly if a larger group doesn’t
then we have a really risky situation, there is no animal dumber and / or more dangerous than the mass of people.
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The scoop comes from leaked audio of an internal presentation on an early version of Microsoft's Security Copilot, a ChatGPT-like AI tool designed to help cybersecurity professionals. That's just not like Microsoft to have misleading demos
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But the best for me will remain when Musk did brake the "unbreakable" window of the cybertrack 
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A new study by German researchers found that Google Search is plagued with SEO spam. This study brought to you by AltaVista ("Hey, remember us?")
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Quote: that Google Search is plagued with SEO spam.
Maybe should Chris sell them the CP spam detector... 
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People still use Google Search?
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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PixieFail is a huge deal for cloud and data centers. For the rest, less so. "All you need is a little faith, trust, and pixie dust"
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The bigger, the louder when something "explodes".
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This was reported back in December. Since then Dell and Microsoft have been updating their BIOS on every machine they currently support. I don't know about other manufacturers, but I suspect they've been updating as fast as possible as well.
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What is your preference or practice in managing your preprocessor directives? "Exciting" is not a word I connect to search
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Researchers at the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi say they developed an AI tool that can pretty closely copy a person's handwriting. Doctors still considered safe
edit: changed the blurb. There was too much concern originally.
modified 16-Jan-24 15:41pm.
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Their AI would asplode if it ever saw mine.
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