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The lock isn't able to receive updates, which means the flaw allowing hackers to break in will always be present. One job. You had one job, "smart" lock.
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Lock manufacturer: "We are really sorry about this problem.
Now their stealing my teenagers' line... 
"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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It’s clear that AI can and will have a big influence on how we develop software. "Same as the old boss"
With whole new categories of bugs
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Starts at intersection of Software 1.0 & Beta... 
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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A development platform touted as a new way to build and run apps in the Atlassian cloud "Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone"
Edit: fixed the title 
modified 15hrs ago.
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I tried to build an app with an anvil once; but it was way too heavy.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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I hope you didn't put it on your laptop - unless you didn't like your laptop.
TTFN - Kent
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The laptop survived; though laptop which could sustain Ctrl-Alt-Hammer strokes.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Their moto: If it doesn't fit, just try harder. 
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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The 2019 AI Index report gives us a glimpse into AI progress It's not just *artificial* general intelligence that's still out of reach
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Sounds like MI, i.e., Military Intelligence --- that is, in being out of reach.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Seattle is famous for its gridlock traffic, but Microsoft and Ford are hoping to solve it with a new approach using quantum computing techniques. If you think you understand Seattle traffic, you don't understand Seattle traffic?
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Microsoft is tweaking its Windows logo and the icons for many of the operating system’s apps. Finally! (and now it's perfect)
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These new icons will be in the next forced update.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Oh good. They hadn't announced a new icon in a couple of weeks, and I was starting to get worried. 
"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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Apple CEO Tim Cook has defended the existence of monopolies in business, saying "a monopoly by itself isn't bad if it's not abused." But put a hotel on Park Place and we will burn you to the ground
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "a monopoly by itself isn't bad if it's not abused."
Unicorns do exist!
"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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Yeah, until it is abused. Which always is the case. Much like a benevolent monarchy being the best form of government -- until it isn't.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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They certainly seem to have monopoly on people who really can't afford to spend their money on luxury items buying expensive consumer electronics, when there are much cheaper alternatives.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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As software developers, we routinely see happenings from our everyday lives make their way into our software, and “producer/consumer” problems are no exception. "There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
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Deepfakes, or media that takes a person in an existing image, audio recording, or video and replaces them with someone else’s likeness using AI algorithms, are multiplying quickly. If you make the problem, you have to fix it?
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Just because we can provide an interface doesn’t mean that we should. "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler"
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because it's simplly deceptive?
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For the first time, a commercial aircraft powered entirely by electricity successfully completed a test flight. That's as long a power cord as they could afford
Great news for people needing to fly from Vancouver to Richmond! (that's a regional joke. Apologies to the other 99.999999999% of the population.
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