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Quote: When you start debugging, realize that you do not already know the answer. Self-rerential platitude.Quote: However, most of the time, you will spend hours, days, or weeks guessing the answer and trying different fixes with no result other than complicating the code. Ludicrous extrapolation from fantasized worst case to modal case.Quote: But getting back to the process of debugging itself, what should you do? Guessing is a waste of time, imagining reasons for the problem is a waste of time—basically most of the activity that happens in your mind when first presented with the problem is a waste of time. Nonsense.
I wonder if this erstwhile pundit has heard the words "work-around" ?
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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However, I've often witnessed other developers go into a manic "let me try this" mode of debugging, and have had to stop myself from doing the same often enough. So he does have a point.
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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A vulnerability codenamed Devil's Ivy is putting thousands of Internet-connected devices at risk of hacking. Stop me if you've heard this one before...
Oh, SOAP? Yeah, never trust that protocol, or anyone that promotes it.
I miss those days.
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Thousands of intelligent devices can be linked using the network. I'm sure the hackers can barely wait
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and with the recently posted article showing the hole. I can tell you, very few embedded guys think about buffer overflow attacks.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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People can detect a fake image of a real-world scene only 60 percent of the time, and even then can only tell what is wrong with the image 45 percent of the time, according to new research. That PhotoShop box image? Totally fake.
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The story of the agency is well-known, which is that the space program may suffer irreversible consequences if any of its software is incorrect, among them death. The shock of that reality has allowed them to develop a certain attitude towards programming. It could be instructive to take a look at what they value. Because they *are* rocket scientists
Yeah, one "naughty" word in the article. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I know it's probably the first time you've encountered that word at work.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I know it's probably the first time you've encountered that word at work.
Anyone working under a manager knows that word!
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Marc Clifton wrote: Anyone working under a manager knows that word! Oh dear, I used to believe that the two letters of the abbreviation stand for Business Speak... What a revelation!
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: I used to believe that the two letters of the abbreviation stand for Business Speak...
I think they are synonymous.
Marc
Latest Article - Create a Dockerized Python Fiddle Web App
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Said "word" also useful when working over a manager, imho.
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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Everyone with more than a week's experience knows about bovine special high intensity training.
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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Microsoft recently explained its Windows PowerShell roadmap plans, which will increasingly focus on PowerShell Core, going forward. So... "Core" is the new "Active"?
Coming soon, Notepad Core on the new Windows Core, definitely not from Apple.
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I guess they don't want Apple to register Apple Core; which would be dumb since you throw the core away.
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Chances of developing irregular heartbeat – atrial fibrillation – spikes up considerably with working more than 55 hours a week, research shows "Life is not a sprint; it's a marathon"
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Following its job hunting initiative announced back at Google I/O, the company today released a new tool to help small to mid-sized businesses recruit talent. Hire people like Google does?
Or does it just do a search and find all their ridiculous FB posts and LinkedIn lies?
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It rolled into fountain and drowned itself on Monday. Get yours for 7$ an hour!
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Reminds me of this[^]. An oldie, but a classic.
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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We'll call him "Marvin".
"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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Next stop, turrets...
Turrets - Portal Wiki[^]
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto Roboto-san!
FTFY
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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Bloomberg sources understand that Google is gearing up toward using its quantum systems in a "faster, more powerful" computing service than it offers today. Insert credit card to collapse wave functions
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Companion writing: 109 management mistakes sinking your business.
It Is The Absolute Verifiable Truth & Proven Fact
That Your Belly-Button Signature Ties
To Viviparous Mama.
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