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Since "SHA2 signatures for the SSL certificates used to encrypt HTTPS" is too complicated for the average ZDnet reader.
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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I get your point 
I never finish anyth
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During Google's Q3 earnings call CEO Sundar Pichai said the company was "re-thinking" all of its products to include more artificial intelligence and an approach called machine learning. I just asked Cortana, and she disagrees
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Well, heaven only knows, all those people texting, tweeting, instagramming, and FB'ing aren't showing any signs of intelligence or ability to learn.
I figure, the timing for self driving cars is perfect. I'm getting tired of seeing those signs on the highway "text-stop in 5 miles."
Marc
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Kent Sharkey wrote: the company was "re-thinking"
And by "company" they mean a computer on the top floor of HQ? 
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I think Douglas Adams predicted Google in 1992.
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Exec says telemetry data is key to improving the operating system Because that data _never_ gets into the wrong hands
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They're installing a keylogger...that is a hacker tool to steal passwords, as far as I am concerned...they're insane.
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appeared on Bloomberg this morning to share his views on Apple, Amazon, and the Surface Book among other things. Windows desktop market share: ~80% Android mobile market share: ~80% Steve's still batting .000.
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You know, Ballmer should be Trump's VP choice. 
Marc
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Robert Half offers up three interview questions to focus on when interviewing potential developer candidates. Nothing about manhole covers?
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[ab]using Unicode to create tragedy How to convince your co-workers to beat you to death (for the lulz!)
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You don't need perfect vision to see that HTC's latest smartphone, the One A9, is nearly identical to Apple's iPhone 6 and 6s. But the Taiwan-based company swears Apple copied its design first, not the other way around. They copied us before we had a chance to make our product!
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In real world, CTRL + V happens before you can CTRL + C. Apple wins again!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Whenever I write a new function, class or method I ask myself: "Is this code stupid enough?" If it's not, it's not done and I try to make it stupid. Or articles (getting in there before the inevitable comment, but I agree with him)
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Ah. Like these I happened upon this morning:
"Good code is its own best documentation. As you’re about to add a comment, ask yourself, ‘How can I improve the code so that this comment isn’t needed?’" -- Steve McConnell
"Every time you write a comment, you should grimace and feel the failure of your ability of expression." -- Unknown
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Code should be made as stupid as possible, but not stupider.
Analogous to Einstein's words - Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
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Avijnata wrote: Code should be made as stupid as possible, but not stupider.
Remind me of something 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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It seems to me perfectly right - I used the word 'mind-less' for years...but the same idea...
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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Although he mentions it in the article, I would get rid of the "stupid" and call it "simple" in the first place because that's essentially what it's all about. IMO going with "stupid" is kind of misleading because it somehow implies the code was not only simple but also silly (that is, missing error/null checks all over the place etc.).
Like in, "stupid is as stupid does"... 
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Can someone please pass the memo on to the ISO Standard C++ committee. It seems to be their aim to write a language that makes this impossible.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Only sometimes...
When you are working with real time processes and/or slow processors that need to react as fast as possible sometimes it is not possible to make it nice looking and you need to make it "clever" (which usually ends being a mess even while you are writing it).
But mostly the idea is welcome and accepted.
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Since I like a good argument, my first question is, "stupid enough for who?" (or is that "whom"?) Stupid enough for the computer? For the manager? For the next programmer? For yourself six months later?
It's all nice to do all this hand waving, but without actual examples and best practices, I'd say the author is on a slippery slope. And given that any best practices will never be agreed upon (and impossible to enforce) and will devolve rapidly into which language and framework is "stupid enough", I honestly don't think people are mature enough to have this discussion.
So I guess I'll shut up now. 
Marc
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A whopping 93 percent of office workers engage in some form of unsafe online habits that could jeopardize their employer or their customers, a new report has shown. It's true: I hang glide while setting up new servers
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It's because we think we know (and can manage) the risks better.
It's like we're all better drivers than average. All of us.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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