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- The COVID Modelling software - gave a different result every time it was run. It'll be fine!
- The Track & Trace App. Yep, no prob, will have that done by tea-time.
- Exam Results 'Algorithm'. Of course we can accurately predict the GCSE & A-Level results for every student. Did you say 'anagram'?
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When will Software Developers realize the data being supplied by the Government can't be trusted?
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I think that applies to everyone, not just SWDs.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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The developers in this case is often somebody's brother, mother, wife, high-school chum, frat boy, etc.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Relevant video. The whole video is interesting imo but when I read your comment I was like "I know I've seen an example of exactly this recently..."
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5teveH wrote: The COVID Modelling software - gave a different result every time it was run. It'll be fine!
Not written by a developer, and been in use for years before that with the same errors. COVID, if anything, forced them to update it a bit.
..doesn't say much about being trustworthy. Lots of "devs" entering the field after a "reeducation" which took mere weeks. If you pay for that, you get what you deserve.
And we running; commercial private messaging is becoming an option. Unbreakable private messaging. 
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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truth
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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The trouble is politicians only understand politics, so they rely on advice from experts.
Minister: We need a world beating track & trace system.
Consultant: It will cost, but we can have it ready in a couple of weeks.
Minister (at press conference): We are creating a world beating track and trace system. First test will be on the Isle of Wight, starting a fortnight on Monday.
... sound of tumbleweed blowing through Westminster ...
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That's OK - your external shares probably won't work after the update anyway ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Looks like Microsoft has provided another saucer full of secrets. Ummgumma take note of your experience, and plan accordingly. Probably take a walk in Grantchester Meadows while the the update runs, then head down to the cave to groove with some small furry animals.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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Say hi to Seamus for me.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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 Great Post. Enjoyed it.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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I am curious how many readers got the reference in the subject line.
If someone cares to answer: When were you born?
It must be at least ten years since last time I listened to it. I'll dig it up right now!
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trønderen wrote: If someone cares to answer: When were you born?
1966. As for the reference, I only expected about 1 of 10 to get it. Somehow I thought of Ax when the update seemed stuck.  To be fair, the earlier Floyd was a little too weird for me...prefer Gilmour's vocals. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Would a sea-living cat be a purrmaid?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Never heard of a catfish? 
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You are barking up the wrong sea... catfish are freshwater.
Remember, no matter where you go... there you are.
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Purrhaps, or maybe a sea-lion.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Arrrgh. There be large scratching posts holding up the sails. One thing be sure - them Tom's ought steer well clear of the sea-spay.
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... when the BatComputer's power supply shorts out with a bang and leaves him in a dark, powerless BatCave?
He would probably say some politically uncorrect things while he stumbles around in the dark to find the fuse box. Then he would order a new power supply and hope for the best (that the BatComputer just comes back to life) and expect the worst (that the power supply supplied each and every component of the BatComputer with 200 kV in its last moment).
Despite the snail service's best efforts to prevent it, I got my new power supply yesterday and ripped the old power supply out of the WraithComputer and put in the new one. Which would it be? Silence and a blank screen? Undead BIOS/Win7 waking up? Something weird inbetween?
Pushed the power button. Silence. Blank screen. No noise like a starting jet engine. For a few seconds, then a merry beep and the BIOS started to Basically Inputting and Outputting Stuff, Win7 wailed a little about my new configuration (I changed the power supply, how does it know that?). Looks like the old power supply did a good job protecting the computer from itself in its last moments.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: He would probably say some politically uncorrect things while he stumbles around in the dark to find the fuse box
 Seriously! Had a different image of Batman altogether. Something like making sure he own the electricity company (buys if he doesn't) and have multiple backups in place such that no dark-dark batcave.
Further, wouldn't he have some techno gadget up his sleeve to light up the place if he really wants to?
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Maybe he just waits in the dark until Alfred has done the stumbling and put the fuse back in.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: Maybe he just waits in the dark
You have different Batman world... or maybe I do.
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