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Ryan Levick has a few videos that may help. Here's Introduction to Rust Part 1 - YouTube, but there are others that may help if you check his output.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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While the Windows 10 Spring 2021 update is going to be a minor service pack style-like with a strong focus on quality improvements for enterprise customers, reports have suggested that Windows 10 version 21H2 is going to be a big release. Updated features?
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I have everytime hoped for the best, but they have tried really hard (and successfully achieved) to make me expect the worst  
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Kent Sharkey wrote: with a strong focus on quality improvements
How many times are "enterprise customers" going to be fooled by this statement?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The next major release of Visual Studio will be faster, more approachable, and more lightweight, designed for both learners and those building industrial scale solutions. For the first time ever, Visual Studio will be 64-bit. Forget 64-bit, we've got NEW ICONS!
Sorry to beat that dead horse into mince, but they're doing it first.
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I am kind of in two minds everytime I see such an announcement... Visual Studio team is not the windows update team, but it looks they are lately getting influenced 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Forget 64-bit, we've got NEW ICONS!Sorry to beat that dead horse into mince, but they're doing it first.
What? Oh yes, this is an important feature apparently.
Do you think they are perhaps, just possibly, teasing us by listing the icons here?
Anyway, not to dis Visual Studio (which is a program I genuinely enjoy using!) or the work they've no doubt put into it, but the new icons really are quite similar to the old ones. Evolution rather than revolution I suppose. But the old ones were fine. The new ones are fine too. Neither better nor worse as far as I can see.
One thing that is curious is the continued use of the 3.5" floppy disk for saving. There must be VS (and other software) users today who have genuinely never seen a 3.5" floppy. Perhaps the 3.5" floppy disk icon has simply become a generic symbol for saving files, like we have generic nouns. E.g. "Escalator", "jeep", "hoover" and so on.
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markrlondon wrote: One thing that is curious is the continued use of the 3.5" floppy disk for saving. There must be VS (and other software) users today who have genuinely never seen a 3.5" floppy. Perhaps the 3.5" floppy disk icon has simply become a generic symbol for saving files, like we have generic nouns. E.g. "Escalator", "jeep", "hoover" and so on.
It's the internet, so could be fake; but I've seen multiple screenshots from twitface from parents chuckling after their kid found a "physical save icon" somewhere in the bottom of a drawer. 
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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Researchers propose a method for finding and fixing weaknesses in automated programming tools. I can think of a few humans that have already been surpassed by the models
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I can think of a few humans that have already been surpassed by the models
I suppose you went to the Q&A lately... didn't you? 
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I figured it might be considered unfair if I called them out explicitly, but yes
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I figured it might be considered unfair if I called them out explicitly, but yes
Don't worry... I have you covered 
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It’s no secret that the technical interview process leaves something to be desired; it’s often riddled with anxiety and stress. In this article, we’ll take a look at seven of the most common mistakes candidates make in their technical interviews and explore ways you can avoid them. The manhole cover is not round because of amore
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Mistake #0: Forgetting to start with "Hello Mr/Ms/Mrs Interviewer, before we start, I want to confirm that you have:
1. Read my resume.
2. Perused my blog.
3. At least viewed the list of articles I've published over the years.
4. Visited at least one of my websites."
A. If you haven't done that, you're wasting my time.
B. If you have done that, you're still wasting my time with a technical interview.
Given A: Thank you for your lack interest. Marc clicks "End Meeting."
Given B: Thank you for your interest, why haven't I received a job offer? Marc clicks "End Meeting."
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While I understand (B), you have to remember that the person interviewing you has to jump through the hoops, or he/she will get dinged by Legal or HR. Hiring you without the technical interview given to all other candidates may be seen as favouritism, and in today's litigious culture, expose the company to legal action.
Yes, it's a waste of everyone's time.
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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Interviewer : "Thanks for coming in Mr Simmons."
Me: "Thanks for inviting me - before we start, I have a question."
Interviewer: "Sure thing."
Me: " I have more than 40 years experience as a programmer with literally millions of lines of code, more than 30 commercial applications and databases spanning a dozen subjects, and over 75 technical articles describing real-world coding situations I've encountered over the last 20 years. What makes you qualified to interview me about my skill set?"
Interviewer: "Ummmm..."
Me: Clicks "End meeting"
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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If I were you... I would do exactly the same.
But there is A LOT OF people that are not Marc Clifton and have no such a Blog / prolific profile.
The approach of JSOP above is easier for less know people
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Some configurations of Windows 10 are encountering more serious problems thanks to a recent update “KB5001330”, with users reporting installation issues, performance issues, temporary user profile bug and worrying system crash. In related news - just another day in Windows land
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Our new .NET analyzers have been developed to help identify the key signals in your memory dump that might indicate a problem with your production service. Assuming your memory hasn't been garbage collected
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Or your memory *is* garbage.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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guilty as charged 
TTFN - Kent
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The 16th of April 1971 is not only the date when the Rolling Stone first released Brown Sugar, it is also marked with the publication of RFC 114 marking the birthday of FTP. Probably why so few people have an interest in it
But if you want to provide a gift, 'put gold' would be appropriate
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AWS credentials and private repository tokens could allow self-perpetuating attacks. Why bother trying to hack everyone individually, when you can just go after the middleman?
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and then they still ask, why there are people that still are a bit sceptical about the cloud...
And before someone comes... yes, I do see the potential and the usefulness for some kind of situations.
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This is all experimental, so it's quite possible that Ingenuity will fail. "Get to the choppa!"
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