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Remember: There’s a reason we gave the %localappdata%\lxss\ folder ‘hidden’ & ‘system’ attributes
Remember, we hosed up Linux with file metadata (e.g. permissions, owner, timestamps, etc.) stored in its extended attributes by putting that stuff in an obscure, hidden, system folder and we can't/won't fix it now.
Marc
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Earlier this week, a post written by programmer and teacher Bill Sourour went viral. It's called "Code I’m Still Ashamed Of." I was once asked, {sob} to write a system in ... Access {cry, cry, sob}
Actually I did - and actually still like - Access. I just blanked on real horror stories. I've been so sheltered.
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Oracle plans to add Dyn’s DNS solution to its bigger cloud computing platform, which already sells/provides a variety of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) products and competes against companies like Amazon’s AWS. Because they wanted people to stop hacking on Java?
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So lemme get this straight: the DDoS brought the price down...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Microsoft says it's doubling down on quantum computing after nabbing four top scientists who will work with a Microsoft hardware veteran to turn research into reality. Coming soon: Visual Studio Quantum Edition
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Only ms could make quantum computing so slow that we'd yearn for the days of the 386.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Did they get Scott Bakula? Is this a quantum leap for them?
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I was thinking Quantum of Solace. Don't expect it to do much.
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Every time you write code or introduce third-party services, you are introducing the possibility of failure into your system. Would someone tell that to my boss?
I still do get paid though, right?
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What a brilliant intro; only those who don't work never fail, so yes; everywhere where someone works, we are introducing the possibility of failure.
And yes, it pays to not have dependencies, so the "not invented here" idea will not go away quickly.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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But when you introduce a new system, you introduce new variables, new failure points, and new problems.
But at least then it's my own cozy warm corner of hell, rather than the one my predecessor left me with, which is after all why I'm introducing a new system.
However, I am, unconvinced - I think it's fundamental human nature, beginning with the act of procreation, which definitely qualifies for introducing new variables, failure points and problems!
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: However, I am, unconvinced - I think it's fundamental human nature, beginning with the act of procreation, which definitely qualifies for introducing new variables, failure points and problems!
Unless you wrap it in a transaction that allows for a rollback?
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: Unless you wrap it in a transaction that allows for a rollback?
Subtle!
Marc
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The focus of this version was to stabilize current features while adding the most wanted ones that were missing. Good news for all you UWP developers
Try not to all rush the downloads at once.
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Because a Facebook service is all we needed...
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Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, create a neuromorphic chip with off-the-shelf components "Abby Normal. I'm almost sure that was the name."
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Like with humans? I know some who has brain but no smarts...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Why do programmers sometimes feel like they are doing the same thing every day, day in and day out, for years on end? It's actually my fault. Sorry about that.
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What you need to do is make programming exciting again.
Amen. And when I experience the rut of work (I refrained from verb-ing it, as that would result in "and when I'm rutting at work...") I come up with crazy ideas and write articles for Code Project!
Marc
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In other words, what we think might be the effects of mysterious forces such as dark energy and dark matter in the Universe, could actually be the influence of alien intelligence - or maybe even aliens themselves. "Pass the dutchie on the left hand side"
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...and back to the sentient laws of physics. To be fair Celts and Native Americans postulated that some time ago - and their imaginary was much more colorful. Reboots these days...
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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The latest Windows 10 insider build brings a change that puts the Windows PowerShell in the spotlight, as it replaces the super-popular Command Prompt in some essential parts of the operating system. But what about all that Batch programming power?
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Apple is reportedly asking its manufacturing partners to investigate moving iPhone production to the United States. "I was born in the U.S.A., now"
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A built-from-scratch operating system was in the development for the last 14 years at the Kaspersky Lab. Known as Kaspersky OS – doesn’t borrow anything from Linux – it’s a secure OS based on microkernel architecture and aimed for infrastructure and IoT devices. Sorry, it's not a 'real' OS unless it runs Doom
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..and how would they prove that the system is "flawless"? It would need to be proven that there are no bugs, to qualify as "hackproof". How hackproof is it?
It touts Kaspersky OS as practically unhackable, "Practically" unhackable?
Feels like marketing-promises. Any proof of the concept available?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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