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Several technology giants, including Microsoft, are teaming up to try and create a framework that helps schools better make sure their children are prepared for the 21st century. "Teach your children well"
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Will it be called Minux or perhaps Minus?
New version: WinHeist Version Tequila, the nigh time, snuffly, sneezing, how the hell did I end up on the bathroom floor medicine.
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To have any group of people in the coming generation lack computer skills would clearly be a massive problem
Idiots. First off, most people don't need computer skills -- the "computers" need to be designed well enough that skill isn't required. Oh wait, we've pretty much accomplished that. The skills we need to teach are things like "don't text while walking along cliffs[^]" and even then, our technology doesn't stop us from making stupid mistakes (from link):
he became districted
Oh, I could just go on and on, but I'll stop now.
Marc
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I was walking my dog and got caught up in my phone yesterday. Walking in the woods my normal path but well lets say that I had walked a bit further than I use too before I looked up and realized I had started walking then long route.
Did the same thing as I turned back... and instead of walking along the path I walked off-road and didn't notice until I got snow in my boots. At lesat no one saw me, I think, so its just between me, my dog and now the internet.
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Why can't we push health education and force everyone to become doctors. I started programming at 11. I'm 17 now, and it used to mean something me programming at a young age. Now every 11 year old can "code" and I have to push to show that I am any good. I wish they would just stop. I really feel like this push for computer science education will make it impossible for m to get a job in a few years.
i cri evry tiem
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The Certificate Authority (CA) Let's Encrypt, is only in Public Beta but is already starting to be abused by criminals. This is why we can't have nice things
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Yep, bummer, I was really looking forward to it.
i cri evry tiem
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Industry giants like Google, Facebook and Ericsson have already solved many of the large-scale problems that smaller companies are now facing. First hit is always free
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Security researchers are worried that critical vulnerabilities in antivirus products are too easy to find and exploit. Computer use could make your company more vulnerable
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How do you avoid sucker culture in the first place, without torpedoing your chances during an interview? "I'm also gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday too, kay."
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When I worked for GlobalMegaHyperBank, we had a brilliant developer interview.
My manager asked "How would you feel if we asked you to work an 80 hour week?"
He just picked up his stuff, stood up and walked out saying "I think you've already had all the free labour you are going to get from me"
A couple of weeks later I realised he was right - and also quit that particular race to the bottom.
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That man deserves a medal! 
TTFN - Kent
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I work for one of them, the bulk of them are working 10+ hours a day, admittedly they have a 2 hour lunch but it is still a bloody long day when you finish at 8-9 pm. It seems to be the culture of the organisation as it comes down from the top and all the drones opt in!
They also seem to work for works sake, some of the stuff they do is idiotic, because that is the way we always did it. Thankfully I don't need to participate in the culture!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Same goes for "are you open to working nights and weekends?". I typically end it right there.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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Awesome read! It's been challenging for me to detect predatory employers too. Until now. 
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When did you stop caring about Memory Management, and is that a bad thing? When we stopped caring
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As soon as we thought we could get away with it ?
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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Java is the programming language with the highest average salary, according to Emolument report "Must be funny, in a rich man's world" (in the UK, anyway)
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They also have the highest rate of tolerance toward their subject...and they need it...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Google Cardboard saves baby's life - CNN.com[^]
Simply awesome.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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In an interesting presentation [video link] at the 32nd Chaos Communication Congress (32C3) held at the end of December, Daniel Lange and Felix Domke gave a detailed look into the Volkswagen emissions scandal—from the technical side.
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He was puzzled about how the standard model [aka the one that actually controls emissions] was ever chosen, though, based on his earlier investigation. So he dug back in and found another set of criteria that is used in the model selection. These "unlock conditions" would force the ECU to use the standard model under a fairly odd set of conditions. The engine must be at 15°C or more and it must be running where the atmospheric pressure is more than that at 750m. But, most strangely, the driving profile must also fit within a set of seven linear "curves" that were defined in terms of minimums and maximums of distance-driven versus time-since-motor start.
I read the article and slides last night; it's the best explanation of what was going on that I've seen. One of the curves mentioned above is a perfect fit to the EU emissions test; I assume the other 6 correspond to other emissions testing regimes; but whose they are wasn't IDed in the presentation.
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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A bit to technical for me but shouldn't the link say LWN writes instead of LWN wrotes? Just being a little anal today.
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In less than a week Microsoft will formally end support for versions 4.0, 4.5, and 4.5.1 of the .NET Framework. Users should upgrade to a later version such as the slightly incompatible .NET 4.5.2. I'm sure if you submit your bugs now, they'll be fixed in time
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