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Then have a Windows 11 Geriatric Edition, for those of us with "ancient" systems. Use at your own risk.
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I suppose that working together with some hardware vendors had nothing to do with that...
Surely nobody ever asked "what's the best way to increase the sales of our new flag ship projects?"
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?
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Way back in 2013, I started mammoth.js, a library that converts Word documents into HTML. It's not a large project - roughly 3,000 lines - nor is it particularly exciting. Never underestimate the power of a side project
That itch of yours that you scratch may itch others as well
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Kind of mandatory[^]
M.D.V.
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Forget about carbs and macros, the mystery meat that makes arguably America’s best-loved cuisine so delicious is slowly bringing you closer to death. I died twenty years ago
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By "Study", we mean we fiddled with statistics to make headlines.
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Hmm. Last I recall, each cigarette took 5-20 minutes off your life. Does that mean that eating sausages is more dangerous than smoking?
Asking for a friend...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Smoked sausages, now I'm really hungry, and after I consume some, a lot closer to death! It's worth it I tell ya! 
"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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And in other news each kale salad I'm prevented from throwing away untouched takes at least 3 months off my will to live.
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
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There has been a lot of consternation about Windows 11 and its support (or rather lack of support) for popular processors. Might be a good way to get away from Windows Update
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Thousands of companies using Azure warned that their data has been exposed for years "Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven"
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As pointed out in the comments of that article, their definition of 'worst' is much different than my definition of 'worst'! 
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The comments appall me. Especially the bozo who says, "this is the cloud working as intended." 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Despite the severity and risk presented, Microsoft hasn’t seen any evidence of the vulnerability leading to illicit data access. "There is no evidence of this technique being exploited by malicious actors," Microsoft told Bloomberg in an emailed statement. "
Wow, clearly written by a lawyer. Microsoft is being run by a bunch of incompetents. They are imbeciles when it comes to local PC security, and you actually think Azure is secure? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
*ANY* and I mean any IT CEO or CTO, or whatever elephanting name they have now that starts to use Azure better have a golden parachute. Until Microsoft has to write checks, they won't stop this stupidity.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Suppose your C# code manages to find in its hands a COM HRESULT value. How do you convert that to a descriptive string? COM on, why has no one told us this before?
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After Faraday published his results, his mentor accused him of plagiarism But what's he done for us lately?
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A colorfully worded ad becomes a jumping-off point for older workers to discuss their experiences. It's sad when it has to be called out
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< young Haley Joel Osment voice >
We hire old people
"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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They say ageism plague the software industry. Not so sure.
Case in point: my personal experience is. The older I get, the better I am paid and the easier it is to find a new job. For example, I just found a job with EA (Electronic Arts, a dream job, if there was any), which is also my best paid so far and I am 50 years old.
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 Congratulations from a 51 year-old.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Thanks mate! 
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Nice to hear it. Congratulations.
You have had luck (and are good enough to remain interesting for such a job), not all can say the same (and not speaking about me, as I can't complain)
M.D.V. 
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I had ... consistent luck (changing job every 2~3 years for the last 20 years)....
I think it goes beyond luck at this stage...
Might be different which country you in, and which technology expertise you pursue as well...
i.e. while I would be the first to say I am very smart (totally unbiased opinion ), there is more to it. I think one can plan their career ins such a way that it maximize their opportunities. Works in Australia 
For the record my "specialties" or strong point would be, as I like to advertise them, long time ago C/C++ (I like to stress it's not current, but it's there) and C#/.NET on Web, Desktop and Mobile platform. And the market is good!
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I have not changed so much as you but my current one is my 4th job and I can't complain at all. Surely I could earn more, but I could earn a lot of less and have less security / free time too (contract of 35h / week)
if I remember where I started...  
But as you say, being confident in your skills is really important. I am probably less proficient than many, but I have a wider area of application than many other people. And given a chance and a bit of time, I can learn (willing to too) almost everything.
And that opens a lot of doors
M.D.V.
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That's awesome! Congrats!
from a 57 year old. 
"When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others; same thing when you are stupid."
Ignorant - An individual without knowledge, but is willing to learn.
Stupid - An individual without knowledge and is incapable of learning.
Idiot - An individual without knowledge and allows social media to do the thinking for them.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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