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Sigh. It would be nice if research money was spent on something that doesn't hark from 1874[^].
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An unusually bright star has gone missing, in a mystery of cosmic proportions. Anyone seeing the star is asked to call their local astronomer
But I think it was aliens.
Or maybe David Copperfield.
But he's an alien.
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Hollywood and the Republicans have that problem too.
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*cough* John Edwards *cough*
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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As memory serves, I do seem to recall something about someone pushing a red button on that star but I'll have to refer to my journal from 75 million years ago. I think I know which box in the attic that journal is in.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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It's on the side of a Milky Way Carton
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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Microsoft is introducing a new Windows 10 Start menu design that will de-emphasize its Live Tiles. Wow. Someone's really been working hard to showcase the icons.
I watched the before/after animation so many times to see the difference. Shocking.
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Windows 7 was the pinnacle of MS's UI days. Back then you could tell which window had focus, and find your programs quickly. Now? Not even... The new 'improvement' actually makes it harder to distinguish between icons.
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Live Tiles? What are those?
So says the Classic Start Menu user (aka moi) who hasn't seen a live tile in years.
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I remember switching to 8 and thinking I had too many programs to find them easily with the new paradigm. So I switched to Classic Start right away. Then, with 10, I decided to really try it for awhile their way. Nope! I was right. Searching through a hierarchy was much easier and quicker! I think I made it about a month! I don't miss looking all over the screen, and panning the damn menu!
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i guess the developers at windows team dont have much work so they just .....
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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In the June 24th C# Language Design Meeting, Microsoft made a subtle change to the parameter null checking syntax. bang!!
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The '123456' password was spotted 7 million times across a data trove of one billion leaked credentials, in one of the biggest password re-use studies of its kind. So add a '7' to the end for extra security
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What wasn't said in the study: that password was only used to protect kitten pics.
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Yeah, I'd hope those were all for throwaways.
And I use a strong password to protect my kitten pics
TTFN - Kent
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You are evil incarnate, to hide your kitten pics behind a strong password!
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Maybe the next most used password is 'password' itself.
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The fact that one can see the password in leaked data is a shame on those developed those systems...
And the fact that today even for reading news you have to open an account and fill in info is the cause that people create account with names like 'abcd efg' and passwords like '123456'...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I like to buck the trend. Mine is 654321.
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Fortunately, the people using "123456" are likely not C/C++/C# developers.
They'd prefer a zero-based index, i.e. "012345".
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Damn, time to change my password!
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Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is an emerging computing approach inspired by patterns of neural activity in the human brain. "Buckle up back there, we're going into...'Hyperactive'!"
Your recommended daily allowance of buzzwords
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Employees are still ignoring cyber security best practice despite being more aware of the risks. "To the degree that I do understand, I don't care."
The actual quote is entirely unrelated to tech, but it's what popped into my fevered brain when I read the article.
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Nice quote, when my teenager tells me I don't understand something (I hear that a lot), this will be a fine response.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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