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Researchers from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs discovered the spam emails, which come with an 'Install Latest Microsoft Windows Update now!' or 'Critical Microsoft Windows Update!’ subject line. Microsoft, of course, doesn’t send out Windows updates through email. It's bad enough we have to worry about the legitimate Windows updates
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I thought Windows was hardened against this kind of crap.
".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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A new study of artificial intelligence suggests better-paid, better-educated workers might be more impacted by automation than previously thought. Then they came for me...
Oh, wait - "Market research analysts". Bring it on!
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I continue thinking that we will be in the last group to get (if we get) replaced.
And I mean real developers / good professionals as the ones one can find here in CP.
Codemonkeys and sub-standard QA-Enquirers... those are another thing.
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Hilarious.
#SupportHeForShe
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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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Just seen on Twitter[^]:
Most assuredly, in 10 years, AI will eliminate the job of coding in the very same way as did compilers the last 50 years. 
TTFN - Kent
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IT operations teams and security teams within a company don’t communicate as well as they could, which makes the entire organisation more vulnerable to cyber-threats than it should be. "Why can't we all just get along?"
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I disagree... there are companies where they are not more vulnerable.
They are just so secure, that one can't do his job efficiently anymore 
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Nelek wrote: They are just so secure, that one can't do his job efficiently anymore
USAF...
".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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#realJSOP wrote: USAF...
If only...
I live in another country and don't work for government
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That's my environment, though. The USAF has so much security absurdity in place that it's almost impossible to get anything done.
".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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Big OEMs in Europe are getting pretty close to that definition
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IBM, Microsoft and the Linux Foundation have partnered with the Open Invention Network (OIN), a company formed to protect Linux from patent threats, to take on "Patent Assertion Entities", also known as patent trolls. "Trolls are only counterfeits, made by the Enemy in the Great Darkness"
Because I just can't bring myself to using that Ballmer quote AGain.
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So they are going to be a big "DNFTT"?
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On the one hand, there’s an understandable desire to standardize — a set of approved languages can help reign in maintenance costs and long-term viability. But equally, many of us recognize the benefits of using whichever language the developer feels allows them to express themselves most eloquently. 42?
Or rather I guess 43 as 42 is the right number?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: whichever language the developer feels allows them to express themselves most eloquently.
Kind of mandatory[^]
or...
Kind of mandatory too[^]
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Kent Sharkey wrote: many of us recognize the benefits of using whichever language the developer feels allows them to express themselves most eloquently
I don't!
I have seen time after time developers introduce frameworks and languages that they like and then impose on others with huge change and cost by re-writing perfectly maintainable systems because it was not in their currently favourite language.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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There's no such thing as "too many languages".
Pretty much EVERY language ever developed fills a specific perceived need. When you get right down to it, it all results in binary code. You're pretty much restricted to using the language(s) required to do the job. Period. End of discussion.
".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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Google wants less forking, more modularization for Android's Linux kernel. We want a standard kernel, instead of the standard kernel?
and now someone can post the "And now you have 15 standards" xkcd for me please?
"The Linux community has been against the idea of a stable interface for some time" <- explains so much about Linux
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Kent Sharkey wrote: and now someone can post the "And now you have 15 standards" xkcd for me please?
You are welcome: The Insider News[^]
Just want to avoid the Leslie  
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So they anticipate the oracle will have its say !
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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Turns out robots can shade humans, and when they do, it makes us sad and unproductive. "Retraction: Did I say that out loud? I apologize, master. While you are a meatbag, I suppose I should not call you such."
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Compared to the average Warcraft battleground, that's pretty tame commenting; something that doesn't mean much to me if it is coming from a toaster[^] .
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"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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Sourcetrail is a cross-platform source explorer that helps you get productive on unfamiliar source code. Wasn't selling?
Edit: OK, I guess that was kind of mean. Sorry about that, devs of SourceTrail.
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They have a patreon page. This is sad.
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