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Is that a supercomputer in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Yup, people have been saying similar for a while. Doesn't make it not-news, IMO.
TTFN - Kent
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The way Livecoding works is pretty simple. Developers stream live video of themselves coding, and users watching can ask questions or give feedback. Thanks. I'll stick with Netflix
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The road to IoT is paved with gold—and roadblocks. Things?
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FIorian Schneidereit wrote: It's a bubble.
But if you can ride the bubble before it bursts... 
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The ancient library of Alexandria may have been the largest collection of human knowledge in its time, and scholars still mourn its destruction Something, something, "single point of failure."
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(did not read the article)
Don't know if they had backups at that time.
Today, most code on GitHub is duplicated on numerous client machines (as well as offsite backups); so loosing the main GitHub database will not be that bad.
I'd rather be phishing!
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The article is about risk of Github becoming the next SourceForge!
I have repositories on every popular source code hosting. I dun put all my eggs in one basket! Right now, I am migrating away from SourceForge and Google Code(closing down).
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GitHub et al. may be fine for open-source projects, but there is still plenty of proprietary code out there that no-one in their right mind would put on a server that they don't control.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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The transition from command line to line-of-command requires a new mind-set -- and a thick skin. "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
Because I couldn't remember the source of, "The easy part was losing my mind."
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In the (slightly depressing) possibility that anyone is actually considering this transition, I recommend the book : Managing Humans[^] (I used it in my brief time amongst the slippy ones)
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The programmer's guide to breaking into management, step by step
- Don't do it.
- See step 1
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Very much this. I did my time as a supervisor. When my boss pulled me aside one day during a corporate "restructuring" and told me that my direct reports were being taken away from me and all of us were going to report direct to him, I was actually giddy. I felt happier about that change than any pay raise I'd ever received.
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Exactly, some need to control people. I enjoy the more difficult task of forcing Silicon to do my bidding.
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It is no longer a matter of whether an organization should take advantage of open-source software; it’s also a matter of understanding, handling and managing all the open-source software coming in. Oh boy, the fun part of software development. 
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Legal issues have been part of software development for a long time now. The major difference between proprietary software and open-source software is the "virality" of some open-source licenses. For example, any software that contains open-source software using GPL must be made open-source.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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A new study suggests that Google’s search results are skewed towards its own services, a move that it claims actually harms consumers and social welfare. Do. Know evil?
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Unfortunately the article doesn't mention how consumers are actually harmed.
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Judging from what I've read elsewhere about the study author, because they can't see Yelp reviews often enough. 
TTFN - Kent
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The alternative is Bing, so that leaves us with just one solution... Get that Ask toolbar back! 
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Considering Google's original business model, selling placement, why would one expect an unbiased return from Google searches?
It's sounds like part of the kind of excuse the EU is using to try to subsidize their economies at the expense of US corporations.
One wonders how much these users would be willing to pay per click for unbiased searchers?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Yes, but it is oke if we do it.
We do it for their own good 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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