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State Machines and business processes that describe a series of states seem like they'll be easy to code but you'll eventually regret trying to do it yourself. "While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State."
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If you’ve been following this blog, you know that in Visual Studio “15” we’ve been focused on making our developer tools easier to install, increasing performance, and enhancing developer productivity. We’ve been doing the same for extensions, and it’s time to talk a bit more about the implications of these changes both on extension authors and on customers who are using extensions. Because VS isn't beefy enough - it needs extensions
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Researchers from Dalhousie University (Canada) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) have published a working paper detailing a proof-of-concept attack on smart lightbulbs that allows them to wirelessly take over the bulbs from up to 400m, write a new operating system to them, and then cause the infected bulbs to spread the attack to all the vulnerable bulbs in reach, until an entire city is infected. Remind me again why we need internet-connected light bulbs?
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Don't remember who told it but is quite right: Only because we can do something, it doesn't mean we should do it
light bulbs connected to the internet?
M.D.V.
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Nelek wrote: light bulbs connected to the internet? So the maintenance crew knows when one is burnt out and needs replaced. Simple.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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For that you don't need the bulb connected to the internet. There are a lot of alternatives.
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Smart lightbulbs, smart fridges, smart watches, smart ovens... they are needed to offset the evident lack of smartness (I'm being extremely polite) of the owners.
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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Who was the dim bulb that invented these and didn't provide adequate protection?
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Tim Carmichael wrote: Who was the dim bulb that invented these and didn't provide adequate protection? As it anything in the IoT had protection implemented...
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Means candles are coming back in secure places, since you can't trust a light bulb anymore
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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I can see many a street rave kicking off by someone hacking these.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Remind me again why we need internet-connected light bulbs?
So that we can build a world-wide ipv6 mesh network with all things connected.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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A bug in the iOS WebView component allows an attacker to force someone's iPhone to dial any number, while also locking the user's interface for a few moments, preventing him to cancel the outgoing call. Safari is the new IE?
OK, IE is the new IE. And so is Edge. Maybe we should just give up on this whole browser thing. Go back to Telnet. Nothing bad ever happened then.
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hehehe good idea, I seen IE 11 has name Mozilla in asp.net code dont know why the changing name and confusing developer
Ravindranath R Kanojiya
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Beloved native red squirrels may have kept leprosy around in Britain. Just in case you need something else to fear
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mmmm... I wonder how long will it take until they become extint
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The bigger issue is: leprosy is so slow acting it can be years from initial infection until onset of symptoms. If detected, it is easily treated with antibiotics.
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My Doberman has been trying to tell me that for years now.
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Facebook has succeeded in transmitting data at almost 20Gbps between two towers in Southern California in tests of a technology key to its plans to deliver internet service to rural areas using drones. Passing birds were only moderated poached
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Facebook had drones for years now. They call them "users".
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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With C++11 we got variadic templates to allow defining a single template that can take an arbitrary number of parameters. Congrats on finally getting 'params' (modern!)
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C introduced varargs, C++ inherited them.
Here they are talking about template arguments, not function arguments. Java/C# and most "modern" languages have no equivalent to templates. Generic classes in those two languages are a pale, inferior and inefficient imitation.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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... and a half dozen years after I first started seeing hype about variadic templates I finally see a plain english explanation of why I should care.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging 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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Microsoft describes the feature as a way to control external monitors with a tablet and no mouse. For those who've always wanted to use their expensive tablets to replace a cheap mouse
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