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The amount of data that the big cloud computing providers now store is staggering, so it’s no surprise that most store all of this information as compressed data in some form or another — just like you used to zip your files back in the days of floppy disks, CD-ROMs and low-bandwidth connections. Decompression available separately?
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With researchers suggesting that 'sitting is the new smoking,' sit-stand desks (SSD) have become a common tool to quell sedentary behavior in an office environment. As this furniture becomes ubiquitous, conflicting opinions have arisen on its effectiveness. I'm still waiting for my recumbent desk to be delivered
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I don't know about "sitting is the new smoking", but I'm pretty sure that "talking bollocks like that is the new w@nking".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Their ability to get funding has encouraged me to apply for a grant: "Psychological Benefits Of Defecation Unit Installations In Business Environments"
Relevant GIF on Imgur
(If that link isn't safe enough, please delete this post. I believe my sisters would have laughed out loud, even when they were young. But politics these days...)
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I don’t know about anyone’s kid sister, but I loved it.
And worthy of a long-term research grant. 
TTFN - Kent
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We've had them for a couple of months.
Originally about 50% of people would use them in stand-mode for at least a portion of the day.
Needless to say, that figure has now reached 0%.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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More and more companies want to use continuous integration and continuous delivery, but with so many programs to use, it's really confusing knowing where to start. The new Continuous Delivery Foundation wants to help. There once was a dev named Lee, who wanted to do CI/CD...
His code wouldn't compile,
Nor did his pages have style,
But he shared it all continuously
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Do we *really* need another foundation to push an agenda?
".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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We need that question to be bolted to the head of anyone that tries to create a new foundation. And the answer is almost always going to be 'no'.
TTFN - Kent
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With a 3/4" bolt. No need to measure twice - just drill.
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Oooh! Limericks!
Let's see how hard I can make it on myself
(i.e. come back in a few minutes)
There once was a Canuck named Kent
Who moved to the UK, in Kent
On a trip to the North
Just past the Firth of Forth
He was shocked to find that he was kent
Bada-BOOM!
Beat that for perfect rhymes, Suckas!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There once was a dude named Mark
Who decided on a lark
To make a rhyme
So bad it was a crime
And he batted it out of the park
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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You're a poet
don'tcha know it?
TTFN - Kent
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Low-code adoption is beginning to pick up as the demands to deliver software faster starts to weigh on businesses. Because that's just what professional developers have been asking for - less code
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SD wrote: Artificial intelligence-driven technology for creating and deploying task chatbots
So a group that is selling an Eliza-clone.
SD wrote: “Digital disruption across industries is driving businesses to seek streamlined methods of building modern apps and digital experiences. While businesses need to rapidly transform themselves digitally to remain competitive, they cannot afford to sacrifice the quality, differentiation and security of the apps and experiences they build,” said Arnal Dayaratna, research director for IDC
Lots of keywords for our buzzword-forum, but if you quantify correctly, the statement contains 0 information and all bullshit.
In order to be competitive, companies cut quality and security. Security is blamed on the programmer, where it is the company that decides the strategy and pays for all stuff being done (and deciding what is not done).
Rapid changing industries do not mean that the code has to change rapidly, and we have years in experience in making stuff dynamic, instead of static.
Aw, and the low-code platform? Already beaten by much cheaper (and already present in your IDE) code generation.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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"digital experiences"
What in the wide world of sports are those?
Regardless, I much prefer analog experiences since they involve, you know, your senses and stuff like that.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Microsoft today announced a new initiative that combines all of the company’s gaming-related products for developers like Xbox Live, Azure PlayFab, Direct X, Mixer, Virtual Studio, Simplygon and Azure under a single umbrella. Pew pew
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I'm sure it was a piece of cake to do that.
"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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121 days, 170 TB of space and 25 virtual machines couldn't have been used in a better way.
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This sounds a bit Pi in the skycloud.
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I would say, "yay!", but it might be misinterpreted.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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