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Earlier this year Google rolled out a new feature called Drive File Stream to beta testers, that allowed users on devices like MacBooks and PCs to easily gain access to files stored in the cloud without the need for lengthy sync processes. Panic! Oh, product rename. Never mind.
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Apache Struts bug opens banks, insurance cos., and Fortune 500s to code-execution hacks. Don't worry - it's only been there since 2008. I'm sure no one has noticed.
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Researchers at the University of Maryland and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and reaches the 4.0 volt mark desired for household electronics, such as laptop computers, without the fire and explosive risks associated with some commercially available non-aqueous lithium-ion batteries. Now we can catch lightning in a bottle
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Water... electricity... what could go wrong? 
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Researchers in Australia have found a new way to build quantum computers which they say would make them dramatically easier and cheaper to produce at scale. Coming soon: The Computer That Wore Flip Flops
I apologize to the young'uns that won't get that one.
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That's a spelling mistake, it must be Quantas computers 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Coming soon: The Computer That Wore Flip Flops
Gold.. shear Gold... or close to that 8)
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Kent Sharkey wrote: new way to build quantum computers which they say would
With quantum computing, it's always a would, never a does.
In theory... 
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Theory and Practice are in theory the same, but in the practice...
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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Unheard voices could direct your smartphone to malicious websites. Everyone fears silent, but deadly, attacks
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Speaking of silent but deadly, does Siri giggle if you fart?
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So not really silent, but ultrasonic.
#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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Looks like Cortana is immune, or what?
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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probably isn't immune, just not tested.
#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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Businesses can get a lot out of the blockchain that powers bitcoins, and Microsoft’s Coco Framework aims to give them fast and private access to the underlying technologies "Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable."
Oh, that's the other Coco
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One high-level takeaway is that over half of QA engineers and software developers in test are responsible for testing on both the front-end and back-end of their applications. Can I see the tests for that survey?
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The mania for "flat" user interfaces is costing publishers and ecommerce sites billions in lost revenue. Back in my day, we had buttony buttons!
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Yes!!!
We (CPers) knew it. 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: buttony buttons!
That we wanted to lick!
Oh, ummm... while I agree, I mainly feel it's primarily a matter of change always causing interruptions. What the particuilar change is doesn't matter; once people get used to doing something one way, don't change it. UI designers are the worst at violating this simple rule.
I've had a Win 10 system at work for a couple of weeks now and I just can't tell where one window ends and the one beheath it begins. It's horrible.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: just can't tell where one window ends and the one beheath it begins
I've had the damned thing for months and I still have the same issue.
I hate having to hunt for a button amongst a bunch of flat boxes, make the bloody things stand out so they are instantly identifiable.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: UI designers are the worst at violating this simple rule.
The common controls have hardly changed; well-designed, consistent, recognizable and the reason we do not longer need any manual to operate software. All of the UI designers will say that consistency is one of the most important parts.
And your manager will say that he will not buy any new MS product, since the UI has not changed. That is the reason why Office had to introduce a new set of controls on each iteration, most of the time without adding any value whatsoever.
PIEBALDconsult wrote: I've had a Win 10 system at work for a couple of weeks now and I just can't tell where one window ends and the one beheath it begins. It's horrible.
I am finally upgrading my Windows 7 machine today.
To WINE, the only reasonable and decent version of Windows 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I want one too
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