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Years ago I implemented a distributed database, where the main DB was a SQL Server instance and various sites had MS Access copies - which were distributed weekly on floppy, and received updates at week end from sites on floppies.
Replication issues were much more real when hundreds of transactions may have occurred on multiple sites with no means of remote communication.
That was actually my second programming job, and the first I didn't get through a friend's recommendation. I remember at the interview I was told the problem, given a couple of hours to think about it - with a sketch pad and pen (no Internet connection - such things were rare back then), and then asked for an outline of how I may approach the problem.
Apparently, I was the only interviewee who came up with a design they though had any possibility of working successfully.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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The chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab says he's ready to have his company's source code examined by U.S. government officials to help dispel long-lingering suspicions about his company's ties to the Kremlin. News from the future: New hack attacks Kaspersky AV
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Kent Sharkey wrote: to have his company's source code examined by U.S. government officials
That'll be effective, but only to end up having their code leaked!
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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Developer turned a novel-generation project into an interactive Infocom tribute. You have been eaten by a grue[citation needed]
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Timeline is designed to allow Windows 10 users to switch between multiple devices, including Android and iOS phones. It's not time for it yet
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Swedish company’s animal detection system can identify and avoid deer, elk and caribou, but is yet to work against the marsupials’ movements I think we're all a little confused by kangaroos, aren't we?
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Where would they find kangaroos in the wild in Sweden?
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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See, confusing, isn't it?
TTFN - Kent
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That's one small step for man, one giant leap for kangaroos.
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Several Reddit users have begun to notice a rather amusing Easter egg hidden in the latest Windows 10 Insider build for those on the Fast Ring. Which explains some of the lag I've been noticing
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It’s not easy to convince developers that the new C++ simplified many frustrating C++ usage, and there’s a new modern way to improve the C++ Code. Because it's not (just) your grandpappy's C++
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I almost posted a big rant on this last week.
"We use C++11/14/17... except that, that, that, that, that, that...."
"In other words, you use C++03 and nullptr."
"What's nullptr?"
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Ah, C++. The first language I truly fell in love with. It was sleek, sexy, fast, dangerous, moody, adventurous -- all the things a young geek dreams about in a, erm, programming language.
But then I grew up.
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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Any technology stack that enabled the user-generated web had to meet the following requirements: provide a web front-end, store transactional data, produce dynamic web pages and easily manipulate stored data with server-side scripting. All these services need to run on a server operating system. Smack talk about development
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I prefer the MARC stack.
M - Modular
A - Advanced
R - Resistant to bugs
C - Cool
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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I like the EDNA stack. Everything Doesn't Need Acronyms
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But we're devs so it does.
Kevin
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Kevin McFarlane wrote: But we're devs so it does. BWDSID
FTFY
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The aim is to make dumb things like fridges and sprinklers smart. I, for one, welcome our new brilliant sprinkler overlords
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Oracle is helping development teams build and operate containers with three new tools it is releasing into open source. The tools — Smith, Crashcart and Railcar — are designed to tackle containerization challenges commonly faced. Everyone else was on the container bandwagon, so it was time
And of course they're now leaders in the category. Right, Larry?
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Like the other #no<x> assertions – NoEstimates, NoBugs – I’m really not saying that you shouldn’t do TDD. "There are four lights" (and they're all green)
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French data-protection authorities have officially closed their investigation into privacy violations by Windows 10. The notice praises Microsoft for cutting Windows 10 data collection by half. You must invade privacy this much ~ to avoid lawsuits
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This theory was first put forward two days ago by security researchers from Comae Technologies and Kaspersky Lab, who found evidence that the ransomware was bungling its encryption routine and using random data to display the infection ID, respectively. When you can't even trust the hackers, who can you trust?
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We want to directly thank each of the users of Windows App Studio and we want to be sure you have a smooth transition off when Windows App Studio service ends on December 1, 2017. It will be missed. I know I missed hearing it existed.
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