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Google today announced its search engine has started indexing HTTPS pages by default. More specifically, Google Search now crawls HTTPS equivalents of HTTP pages, even when the former are not linked to from any page. There: all the web security problems solved
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I'd think that would cut down on the 302 redirects and improve search engine optimization.
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Microsoft is developing a programme that can predict whether criminals will re-offend within six months, according to a video discovered by Fusion. "The Precogs are never wrong. But, occasionally... they do disagree."
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And they test it with the WX marketing team which continuously trigger the app. 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Ah, the movies got it wrong, it's not Minority Report it's Microsoft Report!
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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As part of its intensive promotion for the new “Star Wars” movie, Google just launched a browser game called “Lightsaber Escape.” Just like Captain Picard's!
modified 17-Dec-15 14:52pm.
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The Big Bang Theory was funny in that regard yesterday.
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Entangling atoms from different elements does it all, quantum-wise. Now your quantum computer can have quantum error handling
Quantum quantum, quantum quantumity-quantum. There: just like Deepak Chopra. Or back in Latin class.
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Have they quantified all the data?
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Collect stars by helping Santa solve puzzles. It's not like you have any deadlines this time of year, right?
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On one hand, you can accomplish so much with it. On the other, it’s a completely frustrating tool to use––not only is the experience horrible, the worst part is feeling that much more could be accomplished if programming didn’t suck. Discuss
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TL;DR - I could only make it through a little bit before checking out. When he started doing time travel with Babbage I was gone.
Programming doesn't suck - it's a combination of bad tools, bad management, bad requirements, bad documentation, environment, etc. that makes it very hard.
The biggest issue I've experienced in my career is creating an elegant solution that's looking for a problem to solve. A couple of companies I worked for went under because of this.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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One company I worked for was looking to create new problems to solve. When you are in consulting, the whole idea of elegance is rather repugnant. 
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Quote: bad management
Exactly, When non technical people gives you unrealistic project completion time. And to tell you how you'll do it.
Pin heads !
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His credentials (at the end of the article): "John became Ars Technica's science editor in 2007 after spending 15 years doing biology research at places like Berkeley and Cornell."
What experience or background does he have to make any kind of conclusion regarding the programming?
On the other hand the ubiquitous phrase comes to mind "that's why they pay us big bucks"...
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gstolarov wrote: that's why they pay us big bucks
Us who exactly?
GCS 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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
"just eat it, eat it"."They're out to mold, better eat while you can" -- HobbyProggy
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Gun don't kill people, people kill people...
Programming doesn't suck, programmers suck at programming... (And you get to work with their code) 
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Wow, that article is way too long to read at work. I gave up halfway through and at that point had failed to be convinced. Programming doesn't suck. Meetings, documentation and pointless cellphone calls suck.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Can a programming language syntax or keyword be copyrighted? Is there any programming language out there which keyword and syntax is copyrighted?
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IANAL, but this guy[^] is. Of course, different jurisdictions (and judges) may feel differently.
Oh, and I should add that this question[^] is kind of the jist of the Google/Oracle case.
TTFN - Kent
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I'd imagine C is copyright by definition 
(Also - minCe[^] is heavily copyrighted)
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:raises finger: Oh. yeah.
Gonna name my next programming language @, then sue everyone!
TTFN - Kent
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