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A conversation with the creator of the world’s most popular programming language on removing brain friction for better work. For all your whitespace viewing pleasure
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Quote: “In Python, every symbol you type is essential.”
Unlike, say, C where every symbol but three are meaningless.
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An ESA astronaut in orbit has taken a new prototype lunar rover for a spin on Earth as part of the runup to a full-scale test this week. 2 Demerits on the road test because he didn't shoulder-check
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The Contract for the Web includes nine principles for a better internet "Fix" as in plumbing, or "fix" as in puppy?
Could he have picked two worse partners? (There are others I'd trust more, but those two? Not as far as I could kick them.)
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Microsoft comes to mind.
".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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Sadly, they're in on it too. 
Edit: their, there, they're 
TTFN - Kent
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Quote: The Contract, which includes 72 clauses alongside its nine principles
Because more rules fix everything.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Fix" as in plumbing, or "fix" as in puppy?
Well since fArseBook is involved we can categorically rule out the first...
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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A dog hopped in its owner's running car, kicked it in reverse, drove in circles for an hour and smashed a neighbor's mailbox before safely exiting the vehicle without so much as a scratch. Florida man was sad at the prospect of not appearing in a headline
OK, neither science nor technology. Just a Good Boy (who's a bad driver). Sometimes the random blurb writer has to be random.
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Maybe Tesla can hire the dog for it's Autopilot. Elon can rename it FidoPilot! 
#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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Studies show that human factors most influence the quality of our work. So why do we put so much stake in technical solutions? tl;dr version: Relax, dude
Every use of 'epistemology' outside of a Philosophy 101 class really makes my eyes roll. I'll add that to my defect pile.
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So why do we put so much stake in technical solutions?
The point of technical solutions is to remove the human factor. That's why we have processes, procedures, hierarchies, chain of command, code styles, code reviews, so forth.
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Quote: epistemology
is knowledge about knowledge, so what is knowledge about knowing about knowledge called?
This is a recursive word. Don't use it again in production!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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A LinkedIn retention study reviewed 32 million profiles to discover why employees remain in their jobs. "Give them a taste of the lash before they've done anything."
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If you are using older versions of Avast or AVG Antivirus, Microsoft has placed a compatibility hold that will prevent you from upgrading to Windows 10 1903 or Windows 10 1909 until you upgrade to a newer version of the antivirus software. Some people might find this information useful (for non-intended uses)
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IBM’s artificial intelligence debating technology faces off against itself, in a world-first demonstration of what the future might hold. I've heard you'll damage your vision if you debate yourself too much
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It's true. I've done it. I hurt other things, too, but I don't think anybody really wants to go there.
".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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Flan Scan is a thin wrapper around Nmap that converts this popular open source tool into a vulnerability scanner with the added benefit of easy deployment. Flan Scan: so you can scan your LAN, man
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Barbara Liskov pioneered the modern approach to writing code. She warns that the challenges facing computer science today can’t be overcome with good design alone. She had a CLU
And yeah, the 'L' from SOLID
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Kent Sharkey wrote: She had a CLU
No problem... we have TRON on our side  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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So we know Elon Musk believes we're "probably" living in a simulation. He might well be right because the big reveal at the LA Tesla Design Center last night refused to render properly. "A new life awaits you in the Off-World colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!"
Looks like something from a "straight-to-VHS"[1] movie to me.
[1] Ask your grandparents.
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The new Edge browser, built on the same open source code as Google Chrome, contains a new Tracking Prevention feature that blocks third-party trackers and, at the Strict setting, many ads. My tests show that one in four items blocked are from Google. I'm sure it also blocks Bing ads?
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Google has announced that Cloud Print, its cloud-based printing solution, is being retired at the end of next year. It never even made it out of Beta
I know, I know: Google cancelling something isn't really news. This was pretty handy at times though.
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I heard the next thing to be cancelled will be the search engine itself.
".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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+1
To be replaced with just a page of ads
TTFN - Kent
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