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Why to come with something new, when all the previous attack vectors are working like charm?
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It exploits the contrast between light and dark to produce a current to power a small gadget Who knows what power lurks in the darkness?
Or something like that. It's late.
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I think this is less "come to the dark side" and more "living in the edge"
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So "Dark Sucker Theory[^]" was right all along?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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What is this sorcery ??? !!!
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 today’s Windows environment, Microsoft actively blocks binaries from running; thanks to “SmartScreen”. Works as designed
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Works as designed That's not the worst... the worst thing is than it is gradually becoming "Working as expected"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft actively blocks binaries from running
I thought that's what Windows itself was for.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- 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 you look at most of the negative images surrounding software developer stereotypes (antisocial, overly technical, condescending), many of the bad qualities stem from a lack of empathy. For those who have to deal with idiots, morons, and a-holes...
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Kent Sharkey wrote: many of the bad qualities stem from a lack of empathy.
Isn't that the very definition of "nerd" or "geek" and why many of those people become software developers? I know that's a stereotype, but still...
None the less, my one line reply to:
"How software engineers can better develop empathy"
is, they write an AI that shows empathy!
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These whiners should learn to deal with it. They're lucky to get any software at all!
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Having worked in jobs other than software development - warehouse work shifting boxes as well as selling plastic rubbish in a shop - while there is certainly a certain population of software developers who could do with better communication skills, this is in no way confined to the world of software development.
Unfortunately it's an existential/human issue - power has a tendency to bring out the inner jerk in a lot of people.
By power I don't necessarily mean the power over other people in a management position, but the ability to have an influence on a number of people.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 4-Jun-20 2:30am.
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I suppose he hasn't work as waiter in a bar or as seller in a retailer.
If you think software developers can lack empathy, you should see what a collection of morons, idiots, jerks, a-holes and more you might have as customers...
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It's one of the things I have seen with many of the younger developers.
They were born into a world with the internet and they may have never worked in any other job than a development role.
[disclaimer - this is a generalisation and I know of young developers who have worked in other roles]
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Personally, I think that users are idiots because we developers enable that behavior (either by negligence, or by edict) by poorly thought-out UIs.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Windows 10 includes two disk cleanup features that allow users to free up storage space used by unnecessary system and temporary files. Microsoft is making changes to these features to prevent Windows users from deleting files in the Downloads folder by accident. You asked for a cleaning, you got a cleaning...
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft is making changes to these features to prevent Windows users from deleting files in the Downloads folder by accident. Users... by accident? Or by the system due to another crappy implementation or buggy functionality super expected feature?
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A team of computer graduate students reports that a closer examination of several dozen information retrieval algorithms hailed as milestones in artificial research were in fact nowhere near as revolutionary as claimed. I may have posted this one before, but it's so shocking, I had to post it again
I mean: whodathunkit?
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You know how "scientists" are - you can never be absolutely sure until you've seen how bad they all are.
TTFN - Kent
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“And because scientists are first and foremost human beings, they’re loathe to change their theories or their minds because of mere data.”
-- Glenn Hodges, writing on the geology of the Northwest
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David O'Neil wrote: “And because scientists are first and foremost human beings, they’re loathe to change their theories or their minds because of mere data.” That might have been correct back then, but I think today...
David O'Neil wrote: “And because scientists are first and foremost human beings, they’re loathe to change their theories or their minds because of mere data funds.” would be a bit more accurated
Sadly
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Organisations in the UK and the US know they should improve their software testing practices. Sorry to be the one to break this news to you
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Organisations in the UK and the US know they should improve their software testing practices but don't give a crap because it brings less $$$. FTFY
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