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How is it that no-one seems to know the law of diminishing returns?
Smartphones are in a "settling" phase, now. The period where smartphones were a new and inventive gimmick are over, and the bulk of people has come to the conclusion that phones aren't going to get much better, so are keeping them until they run out of capacity (either in processing power or storage), so they ain't buying a new one every three weeks, any more -- most sales are for new users and breakage replacements.
Just watch: in a year's time ms will finally realise that it should have stuck with actually improving the desktop/laptop OS, rather than turn it into a phone OS in an attempt to float on the smartphone bubble, because new desktops and laptops will always sell, and the vast majority of people will always want to upgrade their computers as soon as they can.
One of the smartphone bubble's biggest "achievements" has been the almost total ruin of the ms OS and products, as it floundered its way into (and almost immediately back out of) the bubble.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: he vast majority of people will always want to upgrade their computers as soon as they can.
i haven't bought a new PC in five years - two phones ago. and i when i got it, i named it 'Fin', because i assume it's the last PC i'll even need to buy.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I'm pretty sure 1900 was a worse year for smartphone shipments
Not so, it was positively vintage. No 'phones shipped with malware or bloatware; no 'phones shipped with propriety chargers; no 'phones arriving late or broken ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Only getting around to catching up on this shocking news. Only 1.41 billions smart phones shipped in 2018!!!
I should tell all those people that continue to use phones with shattered glass fronts to upgrade to save the world.
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Puma has announced its latest take on self-lacing shoes just a few weeks after Nike unveiled one of its own self-lacing models. Because they think we can't tie them up ourselves? (or do they want us to debug them?)
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If they're not alexa-compatible, I'm not interested.
Mind you, this has reminded me of an improv stand-up routine I did on shoelaces, way back when. I'll have to put it into writing.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: his has reminded me of an improv stand-up routine I did on shoelaces
go up and tie strong the neck of the user?
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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A software chief of a Chinese bank reportedly found a loophole in his company’s system and managed to stealthily withdraw seven million yuan ($1.03 million USD) over the course of 14 months. When he was caught, he explained he was testing the system. Huaxia Bank bought it, but the authorities didn’t. And he would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids. And the auditors too.
"Testing the system". Well, I guess the system worked?
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I clicked on that link fully expecting a "Gus Gorman[^]" style salami-slicing exploit. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Bonus marks for a great reference to a horrid movie
TTFN - Kent
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This shows what wonderful people bankers are.
The Bank said: Yes, he stole money, but that's all we in the banking industry ever do, so he was just doing his job!
The police replied:
Screw that! He's nicked!
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office space
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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This functionality was originally created by the VB team to enable faster application development. Fingers crossed they'll port ON ERROR RESUME NEXT
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"Along with the FileIO functionality there is the TextFieldParser. This is an RFC compliant CSV parser that can also handle fixed-width files."
I've been programming for nearly 40 years, and I cannot remember I time that I have ever encountered a fixed-width file.
A more pressing question is what will be the default syntax highlighting color for these objects/methods?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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There are some type of credit card feeds that are fixed width.
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Please don't clutter my rant with tangible examples.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I had to develop a web portal for a car distribution company that uses fixed-width files for two-way communication with their AS/400 system.
</clutter>
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Do they call them "fixed" width because they chop the lines off at the carriage return?
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You never read or wrote data from/to magnetic tapes? Fixed width records (very handy for COBOL) in fixed size blocks.
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Only in school...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Last month, it was reported that a coalition of activist groups had sent letters to Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, petitioning that they do not sell facial recognition technologies to governments. "You've gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure"
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It's a ridiculous demand, anyway.
The cat's still in the bag, so there's no room for the worms.
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Maybe they'll be able to tell me where I was late Friday night as I sure haven't a clue!
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The traces of black ink on your fingers might be a clue.
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