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Re: 2020 Tech Lead survey looks at developers – A stressful year and hints into 2021

8-Feb-21 10:01

Couchbase[^]:
In 2020 we asked 450 Senior IT decision makers in the US, UK, France and Germany to tell us what challenges they are facing in their digital transformation and how developers are being affected.

A stressful year for developers? That will be a first.

Nelek8-Feb-21 20:22

Raspberry Pi OS added a Microsoft repo. No, it’s not an evil secret

8-Feb-21 20:22

Kent Sharkey wrote:
In 2020 we asked 450 Senior IT decision makers in the US, UK, France and Germany to tell us what challenges they are facing in their digital transformation...

Having to understand the technical content they have to decide on?

Kent Sharkey wrote:
...and how developers are being affected.

That's easy... as always.
Devs will have to deal and to cope with the sh*tty decissions of those Senior IT decission makers and try to avoid that everything goes to hell.

I don't know the US, IK and France... but in Germany the digital transformation is a simple and plain bad joke.

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.

Kent Sharkey8-Feb-21 10:01

Re: Raspberry Pi OS added a Microsoft repo. No, it’s not an evil secret

8-Feb-21 10:01

Ars Technica[^]:
Adding Microsoft's repository allows Pi users to "apt install code" and be done.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and a link is just a link

modified 9-Feb-21 9:00am.

markrlondon8-Feb-21 18:55

markrlondon

8-Feb-21 18:55

I see you are writing code. Would you like to upgrade your kernel to NT?

Re: Raspberry Pi OS added a Microsoft repo. No, it’s not an evil secret

Nelek8-Feb-21 20:19

Martian New Year on Sunday a second chance to start fresh, Earthling

8-Feb-21 20:19

I see you have updated your kernel to NT. Would you like to add some new fancy icons to your apps?

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey8-Feb-21 8:16

Re: Martian New Year on Sunday a second chance to start fresh, Earthling

8-Feb-21 8:16

National Post[^]:
On the day we on Earth call Feb. 7, Mars will cross a point in its orbit known as solar longitude zero degrees. If you want to raise a glass to that pale red dot, go for it

Happy belated 4718! (drink an Irn-Bru to celebrate the rusty planet)

Nelek8-Feb-21 20:18

Intel fires back at Apple's M1 processors with benchmarks

8-Feb-21 20:18

Kent Sharkey wrote:
Happy belated 4718!

With an orbit of 687 days... shouldn't be there a bit lower than here? Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Now for real curiosity... is there a year 0 for other planets' chronology? If yes... starting on discover or are they adapted to our "0"

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey8-Feb-21 8:01

Re: Intel fires back at Apple's M1 processors with benchmarks

8-Feb-21 8:01

Tom's Hardware[^]:
Intel wants to take a bite out of Apple and prove its processors to be more worthy

There are four kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, statistics, and benchmarks

Nelek8-Feb-21 20:13

Re: Intel fires back at Apple's M1 processors with benchmarks

8-Feb-21 20:13

Kent Sharkey wrote:
There are four kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, statistics, and benchmarks

Ohhhh...
I was so happy asking for benschmarks in the post below this one...
You have just blown my enthusiasm Frown | :(

M.D.V.

Dave Kreskowiak9-Feb-21 4:30

Dave Kreskowiak

9-Feb-21 4:30

This from the company that was saying benchmarks don't mean anything and shouldn't be used anymore a year ago.

Asking questions is a skill
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Seriously, go read these articles.

Dave Kreskowiak

Re: Intel fires back at Apple's M1 processors with benchmarks

Greg Utas9-Feb-21 4:34

Greg Utas

9-Feb-21 4:34

Eventually they'll be launching the M5!

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An introduction to Channels in C#

Kent Sharkey8-Feb-21 8:01

Re: An introduction to Channels in C#

8-Feb-21 8:01

Jeremy Clark[^]:
Channels give us a way to communicate between concurrent (async) operations in .NET.

"There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"

Nelek8-Feb-21 20:07

Re: An introduction to Channels in C#

8-Feb-21 20:07

Looks like it might do the interaction between the threads easier, but I wonder how will it impact performance.

Other readers with much more knowledge than me: that might be a cool benchmarks article Wink | ;)

M.D.V.

honey the codewitch9-Feb-21 5:13

honey the codewitch

9-Feb-21 5:13

I've been meaning to explore them, which will produce an article, but I've just been slammed with work lately.

Real programmers use butterflies

Re: An introduction to Channels in C#

Marc Clifton10-Feb-21 7:38

Marc Clifton

10-Feb-21 7:38

Did you post that simply so we could make pithy puns on holding seances to channel our inner .NET? Wink | ;)

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Microsoft joins Rust Foundation

Kent Sharkey8-Feb-21 7:01

8-Feb-21 7:01

Microsoft Open Source blog[^]:
We’re excited to share that Microsoft is joining industry partners as founding members of the Rust Foundation, a new independent organization established to steward the Rust programming language and ecosystem and support Rust’s maintainers.

I don't think it's a good sign if your foundation is rusting, is it?

Nelek8-Feb-21 19:59

8-Feb-21 19:59

And that MS joins Rust a bit later that Rust says goodbya to Mozilla... is it just coincidence? Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

M.D.V.

markrlondon11-Feb-21 20:10

markrlondon

11-Feb-21 20:10

Nelek wrote:
a bit later that Rust says goodbya to Mozilla

I meant to ask this earlier: Has Mozilla stopped using Rust?

Nelek11-Feb-21 22:45

11-Feb-21 22:45

I don't know if stopped / will stop using it, but RUST is now independent of Mozilla and have created its own foundation / ONG or whatever thing is needed legally to stand alone.

M.D.V.

The Aurora 7 is an amazing 26-pound laptop with 7 displays, zero purpose

markrlondon12-Feb-21 6:31

markrlondon

12-Feb-21 6:31

Ah, I see. Thanks.

Kent Sharkey8-Feb-21 7:01

Re: The Aurora 7 is an amazing 26-pound laptop with 7 displays, zero purpose

8-Feb-21 7:01

ExtremeTech[^]:
Different laptops are designed to cater to the needs of different folks. Some laptops are tiny. Some are ruggedized. Some are chonky, so-called ‘desktop replacements.’ And some laptops, Dear Reader — some laptops look the benighted fusion of a late-90s Thinkpad and a Swiss Army knife.

That should flatten any lap it's on top of

Nelek8-Feb-21 19:53