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'Invoking aliens as a potential solution to an ongoing mystery is lazy,' complains science writer "I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
No, they're likely not.
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Are we sure it isn't the microwave oven this time? 
"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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Years ago, when Windows was dominant and the smartphone era had yet to arrive, Microsoft was often the epitome of all that is wrong with a powerful company. Still?
or: Again?
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What tends to get overlooked when discussing STEM skills is that we need to teach algorithmic thought in the same way as needing to teach math, not just arithmetic. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don’t teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He’s a grown man, fishing’s not that hard."
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Computer programming is highly specialized work; it can't be effectively taught in an intensive program. You can't learn how to program in two weeks?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: You can't learn how to program in two weeks?
 Of course...
you need 21 days. 
M.D.V. 
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No, it requires 21 days.
Don't you remember books like "Teach yourself C in 21 Days"? 
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A new study by IT staffing company Modis reveals that people still aren't taking their privacy seriously. "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: 30 percent of Americans would leak private data for $1,000
Bullshit...
They already do it for free (and not only Americans)
M.D.V.
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Just give them some fake coins on some game for it 
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The site uses data related to searches made by users about “How To” do things, which represents a massive amount of activity on Google, it turns out. Now we just need this for Q&A
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Is that link broken or is it just me?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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The link works fine for me, so it's just you. 
"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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 wonderful...
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Computer science boffin Norbert Blum has acknowledged that his P≠NP proof is incorrect, as a number of experts anticipated. Missed a 'carry the naught'?
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We been trolled! I never would'a looked at this p ≠ np had I known it wouldn'ta been proofed. 
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Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are presenting a new system for data center caching that instead uses flash memory, the kind of memory used in most smartphones. "Flash, ah, he'll save every one of us"
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The wear leveling algorithms should be a blast to write.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Flash, ah, he'll save every one of us
As far as it is not the flash from adobe... 
M.D.V. 
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Granted, "never" may be a stretch, but there are ways to make users happy without going nuts. "Alone again, naturally"
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Good choice
Quote: Those are good articles. They're nice articles.
This isn't one of those articles.
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Here’s a rule I’m postulating* for software engineering projects: you need at least 3 examples before you solve the right problem. Shouldn't there be three rules then?
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