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Light can generate an electrical current in semiconductor materials. This is how solar cells generate electricity from sunlight and how smart phone cameras can take photographs. To collect the generated electrical current, called photocurrent, an electric voltage is needed to force the current to flow in only one direction. "Jojo dig those spinning lights"
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The Developer Economics Q4 2017 survey is here in its 14th edition to shed light on the future of the software industry. Every year more than 40,000 developers around the world participate in this survey, so this is a chance to be part of something big, voice your thoughts, and make your own contribution to the developer community. Because I can't do enough surveys
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Satan! It took me too long to even find the stupid light blue "Next" arrow. It was hiding behind by recently downloaded "footer/popup/annoying thing."
And what country am I "based" in? What the hell does "based" mean? All your bases are us? Cyclon base ship?
And of course, I type in "America". Nothing pops up. Isn't America a country? And "United States" isn't right, it's "United States of America". Who wrote this ridiculous survey?
And why is the question at the top of the window, and the "Next" arrow at the bottom right of my monitor, requiring a huge mouse movement???
And they can't fit the questions vertically to avoid scrolling?
And of course "What is the size of the organization that I work for" doesn't offer multiple choice, as I work for myself as a contractor as well as for "the man" as an employee.
So, if I say I work for an organization of 25 people, I can still pick "More than 1,000 people" in the organization as people involved in software development?
I can only pick one role? WTF? OK, it says "main role", but I actually have several "main" roles, sort of like AC current in the mains, it goes up, it goes down, it has a zero crossover, it oscillates at 60 Hz (except for you Europeans) it has different currents, different voltages, so what "main role" does the mains have?
I love the option "I don't write optimized code. Actually, the misspelling is amusing. "Optimised", heh.
"Hardware Blockchain Oracles"? WTF is that? Some sort of prediction technology that you go to a temple for and pay in Bitcoin?
"Our software/applications only store data locally" That precludes any other option, like local and remote.
The UDP joke was actually cute.
"Which desktop platforms do you develop for?" First option "Web browser"
21% done, and I'm done.
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As the .NET ecosystem moves at record speed these days, it’s easy to overlook some amazing things happening in this space. There are constantly new tools and features being released that can easily increase productivity. Let’s take a look at a few features Microsoft recently shipped that help with testing, front-end development, and cross-platform migrations. As opposed to features of .NET Core, .Net Framework, or .NET Menthol (or .NET Dry)
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Kent Sharkey wrote: As opposed to features of .NET Core
- InMemory Database Provider for Entity Framework Core
- xUnit Test projects ... If you;re writing a .NET Core 2.0 application, ...
- Angular & React Templates ... The Angular and React templates are quick-start solutions that include Webpack, ASP.NET Core, and TypeScript.
- npm Task Runner ... When using the Angular and React templates, ... (See #3)
- Windows Compatibility Pack for .NET Core
- API Analyzer ... when you’re targeting .NET Core and .NET Standard
So out of the "five" features, five of them are about .NET Core, and only the sixth really applies to .NET Standard.
"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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OK, so I need a better blurb. Nuttin' funny/insightful coming out of my head at the moment.
TTFN - Kent
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.net 2 should be enough for anybody.
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Something, old something new. Kotlin and C are the two candidates that have what it takes to become the programming language of the year, according to the latest TIOBE index. They give out a prize for "It's not Java" now?
modified 19-Dec-17 16:08pm.
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For the past 24 years, the Royal Statistical Society has published a wickedly difficult Christmas quiz to entertain puzzle fans over the festive break – and this year’s challenge, set by Dr Tim Paulden, may well be one of the toughest yet. Cracking the thirteen problems below will require a blend of general knowledge, logic, and lateral thinking skills – but, as usual, no specialist mathematical knowledge is needed. Because we all need a little distraction about now
I just think it's a kicker that there's actually a website for Stats Life. Now I'm picturing a bunch of mohawked statisticians in cut-off jean jackets.
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Attackers bypass HTTPS encryption protection by registering new TLS certificate. Mental note: add to 'security firms not to hire' list
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Apple is being sued for its App Store logo by a Chinese clothing brand called Kon that has a similar logo We're trademarking triangles now?
"Kon is a clothing brand founded in 2009 based on the Sex Pistols’ Anarchy In The UK". Because nothing says 'Anarchy' like suing someone.
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Apparently, the letter 'i' wasn't good enough.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: We're trademarking triangles now?
When applied against the jerks that sued over a patent for "rounded rectangles"...yes.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Blockchain development is the second-hottest skill in the job market today, growing more than 200% since this time last year. "Fashion, turn to the left. Fashion, turn to the right"
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And all this time I thought there was only miner growth in the blockchain industry...
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Ouch. I hope that one hurt you as much as it did me.
TTFN - Kent
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You can't run a Hype Train without a conductor...
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
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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A word of caution: Never, ever run any of these on a production system. They will harm your system. Don’t try this at home! Don’t try it at the office, either. Just a reminder that April 1 is only a few months away
Start planning those "amusing" command aliases now.
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Quote: rm -rf /
Want to ruin a Linux system in no time flat? You can't beat this classic "worst command ever." It deletes everything—and I mean everything—from your system.
The good news is that it doesn't complain about another process having the files locked
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More subtle is rm -rf .*
This achieves the same thing as rm -rf / but to the unwary looks like its only going to remove the hidden files and directories in the currrent directory.
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That reminds me of the biggest c**k-up that I ever made on a server.
I had always used HPUX where a command like "cp SomeExecutable /bin" would copy SomeExecutable to the /bin directory.
I then tried this on an AIX box only to find that the good people at IBM are somewhat more literal than those at Hewlett Packard. Why is there noting in /bin? Because /bin is now some executable file, of course! The damned thing had done exactly what I told it to do.
Such is UNIX - with great power comes a great ability to destroy.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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This move is likely because Opera Software ASA — sorry, Otello Corporation — wants to distinguish itself from its browser business, which it sold to group of Chinese investors in 2016. They did something other than browsers?
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Catchier headline might have been "Fat Lady sings for Opera browser" if they wouldn't get hung out to dry by overly sensitive social media hounds from a phrase used back in the "prehistoric" days.
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Either you don't have a need for tuples, or the support that's been built in the language has not been that great for it. A tasty mix of chick peas and roti? Oh wait, that's doubles. I misheard (and I'm a bit peckish).
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