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In its current state, the HomePod is something much simpler: a neat accessory for Apple Music subscribers. "Just as the AirPods are fun and flashy headphones for Apple diehards to listen to music on the go, HomePod is a pleasant way for them to listen to that music at home. That’s it."
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One of the more unfortunate trends that shaped up as a result of the massive blockchain boom last year was the sudden proliferation of crypto-jacking scripts Fear not, friends. Opera will protect you. "Oh goody."
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Why not just say, "Sh*t will happen."
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Yup. Bitcoin craze skyrocketed. We down here have all sort of false prophets claiming to be bitcoin and blockchain experts.
Anyways found this[^] recently which you may find educating in case you're a web dev and serve some content from CDN
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The social media behemoth has seen a decline in traffic in recent weeks along with millions of users leaving its platform, and it appears to be taking rather drastic measures to win them back. Please log in and click ad. Pls?
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The sentence says all.
Article wrote: After all, no one likes a desperate ex.
This is going to scare even more people away
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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The email in your mailbox is your copy of what was said, and nobody else can change it or make it go away. The debate continues
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That's not necessarily true anymore. As more and more data, such as emails, are stored in the "cloud", who ever has access to that server can delete or change the data. It's that very reason I always archive my emails to a file to my local machine. Been doing that since 1998.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Donathan.Hutchings wrote: Been doing that since 1998.
Just curious... in the 20 years since, how many times has someone deleted or changed one of these e-mails?
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What's frustrating, though, is writing an email with very specific questions and then have them all answered offline, so there is no written record.
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Never has been.
Composing an email is nothing more than creating a text file.
This file may be saved locally and uploaded to a server.
And copied to another server, possibly multiple times.
Eventually a copy ends up on the destination server.
And then downloaded to a local machine.
Operational specs in the protocols say nothing about how long these files are kept.
Any one of which these simple text files can be changed.
That is why SMTP POP3 IMAP are all inherently insecure
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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Makers of the Telegram instant messenger have fixed a critical vulnerability that hackers were actively exploiting to install malware on users' computers, researchers said Tuesday. If you haven’t updated your Windows app lately, now would be a good time.
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Engineers discovered 19 Android applications that were uploaded and made available through the official Google Play Store. Here we go again.
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There are plenty of junior developers, but not many jobs for them But I did not shoot the web developer~
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Thankful for the company that took a chance on me 20 years ago so I could get some experience, but with all the changing technologies, frameworks and languages I still feel like a junior developer.
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Two decades ago, the industry focused on software tools and frameworks with low learning curves. Today, technologies with large learning curves receive all the press.
In addition, new developers also must maintain several generations of older technologies while learning the new ones. No wonder junior developers are hard to integrate.
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virtual ~Junior();
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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How many job ads have you seen where the phrase "able to hit the ground running" is used? The answer: a lot. I've been "in the biz" for almost 40 years, and here are my observations:
0) Most companies are only interested in producing the minimally-acceptable product without sufficient testing for the least amount of money possible. They pay less for "talent" by out-sourcing to India, et al, getting more experienced programmers for a lot less than paying even the most junior programmers in the US.
1) Junior programmers fresh out of college expect way too much in terms of pay and respect for their skill set. Theoretical programming that they did in college might be really cool, but in the real world, theory is usually a waste of time (because of the desire by companies to just get it done for the least amount possible).
2) Experienced programmers job hop (every 3-4 years is the average) because
a) They wind up doing stuff they don't want to do (systems integration, maintenance
coding, testing, technical support) instead of writing code - ALL of those things
have happened to me personally, several times, and is in fact happening to me in
my current position.
b) The programmer realizes that their employer has no respect for their skillset
c) They've been out-sourced when the company has enough of a code base to hand off
to foreign developers who are paid much less
d) Their employer would rather hold onto them as long as possible without an increase
in pay, because off-shoring is cheaper than rewarding their developers
e) Junior (younger) programmers generally don't have lives, and are willing to work
longer hours for less pay than senior developers. As you get older, you get married,
have kids, and tend to accumulate responsibilities that do not involve the
workplace. Older developers are pushed out to make room for the next generation of
slave laborers because the old guys are seen as "less devoted" to the company. I've
actually been in interviews where I was told that everyone is expected to work a
60-hour week.
f) The employer puts non-technical managers in charge of the dev team, who (among
other transgressions) impose unrealistic schedules on the developers. This is
nothing more than a lack of management skill, yet programmers are brow-beat over
it and made out to be the bad guys.
There's more I could say, but I have systems integration I should be doing.
".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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Over the last four years I’ve been the CTO at SketchDeck and now, as I leave and hand the reins onto the team, I wanted to reflect on the experience and what I wish I’d known at the start. Pants optional Fridays do not work, no matter how much you want it to.
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Good advice in my opinion. I would add one more for the startup crowd (not really for CTOs): choose who you partner with carefully. It's heart-wrenching watching something you've poured years of your life into crash and burn due to another's self-absorbed nihilism with nothing you can legally do about it. Use your gut, your head, background checks, and anything else available to make the best determination whether both now and in the future they'll be positive for your business 
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Bill Gates warns that big tech companies aren’t worried enough about government regulation "There’s no question of ability; it’s the question of willingness."
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Google is enabling its built-in ad blocker for Chrome tomorrow (February 15th). Chrome’s ad filtering is designed to weed out some of the web’s most annoying ads, and push website owners to stop using them. And does it block Google ads?
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If you want to command a multiyear, seven-figure salary, you used to have only four career options: chief executive officer, banker, celebrity entertainer, or pro athlete. Now there’s a fifth—artificial intelligence expert. Want to command the crazy wages? Here’s what you need to bring.
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Google just announced a plan to “modernize” email with its Accelerated Mobile Pages platform, allowing “engaging, interactive, and actionable email experiences.” "Facebook is doing it, so Google has to."
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Or not![^] (Article on Charter not spending more money as direct result of Net Neutrality repeal.)
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