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Kent Sharkey wrote: "First there was space—endless, limitless space"
And Nadella saw that the space was filled with all things, and Nadella saw that it was good.
And on the second day, Nadella said "behold, let coin and currency move across the lands and the waters to fill our coffers as We now change our mind, as We Gods are wont to do, and require a pittance of a payment for what once was free."
And Nadella saw that it was good.
Marc
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I just signed on for the extra 100gb. today, thanks.
I note that while you have to agree to what appear to be sacrifice of privacy rules when you sign-up for the 100gb., you can go and edit your account immediately and change those rules to "leave me alone."
Well, I reversed those sacrifices, and they haven't taken the 100gb. away from ... yet.
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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eeeeew. 
I see lots of confusion and unexpected behavior in the future. Or I would except that that structs are the redheaded stepchildren of .net. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging 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
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Researchers warn that a glut of code is coming that will depress wages and turn coders into Uber drivers. Except for the ones who code the robots. Get started today!
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Quote: But as we slide down the backside of the cycle, the pain will be shared quite broadly
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I don't think this is the case. I think they might lose their jobs to automation eventually, but they will be the last ones to do so. If the programmers will lose job to some form of A.I. (because robots really won't do) it will probably at such state of things (civilization) that it won't matter financially. It would mean that either utopia or dystopia of society has arrived. If somehow I'm wrong and highly expert system would replaced us without being intelligent then you can still either program better A.I. or better software automation programs or just go easy and turn to the dark side (of programming). 
modified 19-Feb-15 15:41pm.
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I have a few thoughts, first the shameless plug:
Why Computers Haven't Replaced Programmers[^]
- I'm irritated by the sensational title the author puts on their article, then 4 paragraphs in he changes from robots replacing programmers to robots replacing other non-technical jobs for the remainder of the article.
- Otherwise, the point about Junior and chess is valid. But then again, chess is such a well defined game with a small set of rules that just happens to have a large problem space. This has made it difficult to beat humans up to this point.
Unleashing robots to write software for LOB applications. If the managers and customers can't specify the requirements clearly enough to humans the first time, what hope is there that a robot will be able to decipher what was meant/desired/intended/needed and provide the right solution.
I do plan on worrying about this for quite a while.
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Well, maybe they are already doing our jobs but we choose not to tell anyone.
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For a career that involves a lot of sitting, it’s strange that most developers peak at the same age as footballers. So what do older programmers have to look forward to if they’re not making a beeline for that management position? You can find out how old they are by counting the layers of cruft in their keyboard
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They fade away, bit by bit.
Kent Sharkey wrote: it’s strange that most developers peak at the same age as footballers.
I actually doubt I've hit my peak, and I'm going to be 53 this year.
Marc
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Good to hear that, young man 
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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Marc Clifton wrote: peak at ... footballers
I'd much rather peek at cheerleaders.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: You can find out how old they are by looking at the manufacture date of their
keyboard
FTFY
Which would you like to see, the DEC keyboard from 1986, or the IBM keyboard from 1997 ? ![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif)
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The old IBM keyboard was unbeatable. A nice clacky, strong feedback set of keys, all in the proper places. If I could have obtained a USB version of the old one I used to use, I would still be using it. I wouldn't even need the "Windows key", I never use it or the "menu key" on the other side of the keyboard.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: I wouldn't even need the "Windows key", I never use it or the "menu key" on the
other side of the keyboard.
That's part of why I bought this one. But, yeah, I wish there were new ones, with USB. Hard to find a good keyboard these days. 
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Plenty of good ones, just kind of expensive. Google "mechanical switch keyboard". I have the Das Keyboard silent version (which is not silent at all, but less loud then the non-silent one).
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With exactly 104 keys? 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: cruft in their keyboard
I am still using the HP keyboard that came with my first Windows system from around '98. I do take it apart and clean it every few years though, so no cruft! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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They get replaced by robots.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: So what do older programmers have to look forward to
CodeProject Lounge and Q&A. 
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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You might remember that a couple of weeks ago Microsoft started offering a great deal on OneDrive storage – users could get 100GB free just by using Bing Rewards. Now that deal is available to everyone. "You're getting a car! And you're getting a car!"
Supposedly. It doesn't seem to be working for me yet.
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I use Bing at work (it is the only search engine not locked byt the Company Internet Policies) and I would like it... if it could find the broad side of a truck in a barren wasteland with only a truck in front of it.
Geek code v 3.12
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--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Quote: Computer maker Lenovo has been forced to remove hidden adware that it was shipping on its laptops and PCs after users expressed anger.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31533028[^]
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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