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Relax - I forgot that all of Matt Warren's posts get slurped up onto this site.
TTFN - Kent
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Regulator says Microsoft doesn't offer enough information to enable informed consent. I guess they need to put a finger in the privacy holes?
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Quote: must be clearer about what data is collected and how that data is processed
I think it is very clear: all kind of data collected and it used to create money...
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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Steve Wozniak, one of Apple’s three original founders, has launched a new training initiative designed to get people ready for “high-paying technology” jobs. Get Wozzed at Woz U!
OK, needs a better slogan
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The developer is telling companies there have been 'too few' participants in its OS testing program. It seems not enough suckers are born every minute
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Speaking at the Ekoparty security conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, security researcher Alfredo Ortega has revealed that you can use your hard disk drive (HDD) as a rudimentary microphone to can pick up nearby sounds. The computers are listening?
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This doesn't resonate well with me.
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I guess only an SSD will be safe.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is more important to learn how to code than it is to learn English as a second language. Vraiment?
Yeah, that's the extent of my grade school French, sorry. Je suis un cochon Anglais.
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How about as a first? 
Being the best programmer in the world won't help if you can't communicate with your colleagues. Like it or not, the world is becoming more integrated, and the default international language is (still) English.
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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That's complete and utter nonsense. If I couldn't speak English as a second language, I wouldn't be able to travel outside of Birmingham.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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But at least you'd still be able to holiday in foreign parts[^]! 
"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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Coding is easy, anyone can learn it. Solving problems? Not as much, regardless of the tools used.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* 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
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Learn a real second language instead of coding. There's a bigger chance that you'll meet someone during holiday than that someone walks up to you and starts talking indexes and generics.
Yes, coding is important, but not in everyday life. Never will be.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Learning to code doesn't make you a good programmer any more than learning a language makes you a good writer.
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Although 80 percent of enterprises are investing in AI today, one in three business leaders believes their company will need to invest more over the next three years to keep pace with competitors. Tomorrow's AI is todays big if statement
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Al Bundy
!false - It's funny, because it's true
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I don't need AI to see a bubble...
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I say the 80% stat is pure nonsense. I doubt it's more than 0.8%
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Created for utility and known for its dedicated users, Perl has proven staying power. Here's a brief history of the language and a look at some top user groups. The traditional gift is pearl (somewhat appropriate)
modified 12-Oct-17 17:19pm.
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Hmmm,
I started using the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister way back in 1994 on the SCO Unix platform. The syntax was much more C-like back then... but I still needed some support. So naturally I posted on the Perl mailing list to ask a few questions.
I never delete any old e-mails which include all of my e-mails from the 1990's... so recently I opened my old Qualcomm Eudora[^] mail client (Yes, it still runs on Windows 10 !) and took a trip down memory lane... and what did I find? I stumbled across my old Perl support correspondence with Larry Wall[^] from the mailing list. Amazing that he took the time to respond to support requests back then. The internet was so much smaller in the late 80's and early 90's.
I am no longer writing anything in Perl... and looking at my old code from the 90's I can barely comprehend it.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Randor wrote: and looking at my old code from the 90's I can barely comprehend it.
Looking at my old code from this morning I can barely comprehend it 
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Title said:
Perl turns 30 and its community continues to thrive
FTFY ==> Perl turns 30 and its community continues to thrive strive. 
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Perl does have it's uses (Lots of useful one liners out there), and its Regex stuff (the core of many one liners) is quite powerful.
Other than that, it's a rather bizarre language.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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