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Low-cost cloud backup and storage company Backblaze has published its latest set of hard disk reliability numbers for the second quarter of 2017. I don't think hard drives are that reliable if you keep them in the bathtub
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So, size does matter after all...
Jeremy Falcon
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Message Closed
modified 27-Oct-17 9:30am.
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IMO, wrong forum (Lounge would be better)
Things get a lot more complicated when implementing them in actual code, but that’s the base concept.
But given the audience, a statement like that is just pathetic. Come on. Even the Reed–Solomon error correction - Wikipedia page has better information.
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Discussions about "the best programming language or technology" are common in software development, but also arguably pointless. "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail"
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Yes, I would....
"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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I maintain that the number one consideration by magnitudes is: availability and cost of replacement engineers.
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Technology should be dictated by the CTO
I don't even know where to begin. 
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Quote: A full list of considerations for technology choice
Where is;
"M$ SUX, Windoze isn't secure, with Linux you can recompile the kernel"
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Rico is the largest such database anywhere, with 72,219 user interfaces (or UIs) from 9,772 Android apps across 27 Google Play categories, she says. It contains visual, textual, structural, and interactive design properties of each of those UIs, and can be searched by all three. "It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
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Can good design be cost-effective
Jeez, that's even a question? 
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You made my coffee go up my nose with that one.  Thank you (good thing it was cold).
TTFN - Kent
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More than half of emails worldwide are read on a mobile device. So, you're suggesting that a Daily Newsletter should be formatted for mobile?
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It would be convenient, incase I looked in my spam folder.
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Code reviews are a big part of writing software, especially when working within a team. It is important to have an agreed-upon etiquette for reviewing code within a team. Always lift the pinkie when expressing how awful the code is
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If the code really sucks clap your hands ( To the tune of: If you're happy and you know it clap your hands)
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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JavaScript was made in a week, considered a hacky scripting language, and then became the most widely used programming language in the world.
Knowing that still doesn't help.
Still, a reasonable article, though it failed to mention something I do with code reviews, specifically when I conduct code reviews of my own code:
1) I conduct the code review to cover the good, the bad, and the ugly.
2) I ask myself the question "if I had to maintain this code, what would I want to know?"
3) I ask others to speak up if they see anything in my algorithms or structure that I'm doing wrong.
4) I often present alternate implementations with pros and cons (for example, using metadata and reflection vs. imperative code, using LINQ vs. "old style" coding.)
5) And most importantly, I don't lead code reviews of other people's code, I ask them to lead a code review of their own code.
The result is a learning experience for everyone (including me) and particularly the discovery of algorithm deficiencies or where comments would really be helpful.
Marc
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CTRL+A/DEL
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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There is only one way for us to acknowledge MVP contributions – make all of Telerik .NET UI, including Xamarin tooling, entirely free for Microsoft MVPs. Just in case there are a few of them out there
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Microsoft has started to roll out the Windows 10 Mobile Fall Creators Update to all eligible handsets this week, but unlike previous “major” updates there is nothing to be excited about this time. "What is dead may never die"
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The Linux Foundation is releasing its 2017 Linux Kernel Development Report to examine progress that has been made to the Linux kernel as well as who is using and contributing to it. Which of course makes this the Year of the Linux Kernel (tm <- GPL version)
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Interest in Tesla remains strong, but they're still losing money.
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The RoboBee project was first unveiled in 2013, when the bots were only capable of takeoff and flying. Since then, they’ve been modified to stick to surfaces and swim underwater, and now their creators say they’re able to dive in and out of water — a big achievement for a tiny robot bee. Still missing frickin' lasers
Apparently Black Mirror is a documentary. Or Charlie Brooker is just prescient. (A warning for future British PMs)
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Kent Sharkey wrote: A warning for future British PMs
Or previous ones: Piggate - Wikipedia[^]
"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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