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Well the previous post has MS encouraging the cloud... sooo, I don't know what to think.
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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Microsoft uncovered sophisticated phishing attacks targeting thousands of accounts belonging to government personnel and human rights organizations last week, attributing the malicious activity to Nobelium. Why bother securing things when you can let them do it? (and sue them after they get hacked)
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Why bother securing things when you can let them do it? (and sue them after they get hacked)
Let me see... how many companies have been sued and have any customer compensation after data breaches? 
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A “lethal” weaponized drone “hunted down” and “remotely engaged” human targets without its handlers’ say-so during a conflict in Libya last year, according to a United Nations report first covered by New Scientist this week. "Come with me if you want to live"
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Quote: “lethal autonomous weapon system”
And now abbreviate it:
LAWS.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: And now abbreviate it:
LAWS.
Why are lawyers like nuclear weapons?
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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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Why are lawyers like nuclear weapons?
Nice  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: Quote: “lethal autonomous weapon system”
And now abbreviate it:
LAWS.
Light Antitank Weapons System.  
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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Ars talks to the filmmakers who collaborated with an AI for Sunspring. Then they didn't come for my summer blockbuster as they're not there yet
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Does this explain the Star Wars prequel and sequel trilogies?
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Probably yes... there could be no other explanation for Jar Jar Binks... 
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Nelek wrote: there could be no other explanation for Jar Jar Binks...
I don't know. I kinda like this theory, that makes a good amount of sense: Jar Jar the Sith Lord
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Redmond declares its learnings about hybrid work. But how do you stop it from becoming a torrid mess? A Stanford professor has a suggestion. Please don't be 'open office'
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Ah, the answer is, meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings... no, no, no; optimized meetings.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Please don't be 'open office'
No, it is not open office... it is libre office 
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This question literally froze me, got me brainstorming and thinking about all the lines of code I've written. 10 print "BEST!"
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Interesting question, although I caught the 'meta' nature of it as soon as I saw it. Probably because I'm an old guy, and I expect these sorts of sunshiny things from interviewers. On to my answer.
The best line of code I've ever written is the one I didn't have to write. More and more I find myself writing less code to do the same job. As my career has progressed I've learned to write more efficient code with fewer lines. I've learned to make the API's I create now as simple as possible (but no simpler ) for the guy who's going to use them, namely me in another hour or two. I see this most often when I'm refactoring older code I wrote 5, 10, or even 20 years ago (yes, we have code that old we're still actively using and maintaining). Almost always I end up with less code than I started but I've fixed a bug, added a feature, or both.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Haha, so true. I don't remember the rest, but mine likely started with // or /*
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Often, I'm more proud of the code I managed to remove from a project than the code I actually added.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Benefits of open source far outweigh the disadvantages. The 'eyes' have it
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And by open source, I mean where I get paid to use open source...
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Kent Sharkey wrote: The 'eyes' have it
Only when (or if) they look at it and even then...
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Scammers use fake 'unsubscribe' spam emails to confirm valid email accounts to be used in future phishing and spam campaigns. So I can stop unsubscribing from newsletters I never get?
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Rather 1995.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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