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Microsoft polled over 11,000 people about online civility, and the results aren't great. Oh, I hadn't noticed. Thank you.
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Well, screw you, Kent!
(Just doing my part!)
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That there is some "Real Genius" vibes. 
Kent... Kent! This is God Kent. Do as I say and stop touching yourself.
"When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others; same thing when you are stupid."
Ignorant - An individual without knowledge, but is willing to learn.
Stupid - An individual without knowledge and is incapable of learning.
Idiot - An individual without knowledge and allows social media to do the thinking for them.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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having the examples we have with the most powerful people and corporations... what a surprise 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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We look at the history of computer science and the role it plays in our lives today. Those who do not study history are doomed to not know the importance of 1225
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Or 133t
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Whether it is because of concern about eye health, or just a general aesthetic preference for more muted colors, dark modes have become prevalent in apps and operating system. "You want it darker? We kill the flame"
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I hope they really use the proper dark mode... a bit more towards brown instead of black could be interpreted as the sh1tty mode  
M.D.V.
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Given the importance of documentation to making software usable, should documentarians earn a bigger paycheck than developers? And certainly blurb writers!
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Documentation doesn't make software usable. Most of the documentation I write is "workaround this", "workaround that." OK, I suppose that does make it more usable.
But if I had my druthers, yes, they should get paid more. Then I could write about people's crappy software rather than debug it.
Sorry, I'm in a "mood" today. I haven't seen the sun in weeks, except sporadically, the "creek" by my house is a raging river that could solve per minute the world's water shortage, and I'm generally frustrated with work.
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Not in my opinion. If someone is good at both, where will their marginal revenue product be greater?
But hey, people with these kinds of opinions should be allowed to try them out--with their own money, or that of someone they can manage to convince. If all spending was done that way, it would be a vast improvement.
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The program crashed, but the documentation was superb.
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I’d say that was Windows, but… 
TTFN - Kent
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"but..."
You'd be telling porkie pies. I get receipts some days at the checkouts that have more useful info written on em by their producers.
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Hey, it warned you about the crash. What more do you want?
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Quality assurance (QA) isn’t a new phrase for developers. Just in case you needed to read that somewhere
Really?
REALLY?
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Wow, what a novel concept. Let's see how many managers pick up on that. 
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All we need to do is to come up with a way to turn quality into a numeric metric they can use that won't immediately be gamed by someone to code himself a minivan.
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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Did someone say Cobra Effect?! 
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Even this platitude is occasionally wrong. If a product is disruptive, getting it to market as soon as possible can be more important, with the next release focusing more on quality.
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Different software development teams do things quite differently. Even within a single company, many of the variables can vary from team to team. What? How? Who? WTE? Really? WHY???? (and a few others)
Oh wait, that's the 20 questions a software engineer WILL ask when joining a new team.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: What? How? Who? WTE? Really? WHY???? (and a few others)
Oh wait, that's the 20 questions a software engineer WILL ask when joining a new team.
So good 
Nothing to add 
M.D.V.
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 A good article.
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Engineers at UC Riverside have unveiled an air-powered computer memory that can be used to control soft robots. That wasn't me 'tooting', that was the robot
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The more we can reduce waste in software development, the better off everyone will be. Always put variables in the blue bin after you're done with them (after rinsing, of course)
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