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Amazon said this week that it has started a program called Pay to Quit, in which it offers workers at its fulfillment centers between $2,000 and $5,000 to quit. If you stay, does that mean you collect welfare?
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The Tiobe language index shows that Python and Ruby have gained in popularity at Perl's expense. print join " ", reverse split /,/, "exaggerated,greatly,been,have,death,my,of,reports";
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I couldn't imagine using something other than perl for the kind of spreadsheet <-> database <-> 'locally saved web page' conversion work I do.
My greatest love in programming languages will always be C++. But for many kinds of heavy lifting, you can't beat perl.
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I can't stand Perl. Worst language I've ever used. I admit it's good at what it does though. But would much rather use Python or Ruby.
Kevin
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It is one of those "Duct tape" languages: if nothing else will solve the problem, perl will. You might not want to re-read it six months later, though.
TTFN - Kent
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"t is one of those "Duct tape" languages: if nothing else will solve the problem, perl will."
Isn't that a tautology: "one of those" other languages will surely do the job as well. Probably in a nicer way than Perl.
(Except PHP of course, nothing is ever solved in a nicer way than anything by using PHP - except possibly BrainFuck).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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LastPass has updated its built-in Security Check so that you can now easily see which sites require you to update your passwords to be safe from possible Heartbleed attacks. All your woes in one convenient site
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Just don't rely on it - gives some false positives and fails to identify some potential issues.
A friend maintains the security for the University near here and they found omissions both ways.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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For years, one of the best bargains in tech was Microsoft's free Custom Domains service, which allowed anyone to assign a custom domain to free Hotmail and Outlook.com accounts. Effective today, Microsoft has begun "winding down" the service. "TANSTAAFL"
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May 1st is the gold anniversary of the language most programmers first learned, including Bill Gates. "As we grow old....the beauty turns inward."
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Staggeringly bad article.
1. Birth, Altair 8800 (why the Altair in particular is beyond me)
2. "IBM would release a BASIC compiler for its Personal Computer - except that was Microsoft, and it was an interpreter.
It makes an SD Times article look polished, and that's quite an achievement.
(Edit - removed criticism of omission of VB - somehow missed that paragraph)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Four people have been able to see server keys and certificates in a test. The good news keeps coming
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Inspired by the incredible work that Jennifer Dewalt completed last year, in which she taught herself programming by building 180 web sites in 180 days, I felt compelled to try a similar tactic: working on my side projects every single day. "I realized that the feeling of making progress is just as important as making actual progress"
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THAT'S AWESOME!
At first I thought "oh great, another 'indie game dev' changing their sprites every week" then I read "...had zero experience developing games" and became impressed.
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When I read his intro, all I could think about was the lyrics to Killing me softly[^]. I have been struggling with the exact same issues, trying to provide some level of development support for the guys at my previous job by doing work at nights and weekends.
I might try a similar strategy (Yes, I know Yoda. Get out of my head.  ), but I need a couple of things in my life to settle down first.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Guys I have a question. How are you getting time to write a new code everyday. I spend most of my time in front of computer doing office work (almost 8.5 hrs). After that around 2 hrs to spend with family and another 3 hrs journey time. How are you guys getting time to write new code
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Gopi Kishan Mariyala wrote: How are you guys getting time to write new code
They don't have a life
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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8.5 (work) + 2 (family) + 3 (journey) = 13.5
24 - 13.5 = 10.5
I'll give you 8 for sleep and you still have 2.5 left over.
I have just created an amazing plan for your life.
Now, to get some more time. MOve next door to your office -- or into the same building.
I feel for you on the commute time, because I used to have about 2.5 - 3 hours spent in that too, but moved closer and now only 15 minutes. W00t!
Also, none of us that responded to this have lives. Right!
[-- Up Front Planning --]
Tip: Have all you need in a space where you can sit down and start coding. Then you can do a lot more in less time. Also, we are talking about changing the mindset to creating small programs which do functionality and nothing more.
Just for empirical learning. Experience is the real thing.
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Thanks for the tip. However there are many things going on in the mind even when I'm not in office. Basically I do production support work. So providing resolution is highest priority. If I leave office without solving an issue then it will be issue that has occupied my brain. 
That's the reason I would like to know how come many of them have time to do things other that job
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The German software developer who introduced a security flaw into an encryption protocol used by millions of websites globally says he did not insert it deliberately as some have suggested. "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone"
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I feel bad for the guy, he was just volunteering his time to help out on an important project and ended up creating Webcryptogeddon. Mistakes happen.
The real problem is the review process, or lack thereof. Critical components like that should be reviewed up, down, and sideways; someone should have caught that before it went live.
"I missed validating a variable containing a length." Let's get real, it could have happened to anyone.
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Thank you, I'll see if I can fix it.
TTFN - Kent
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