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Scientists have succeeded in developing a wearable and implantable device, that measures electrophysiological signals and applies electrical and thermal stimulations. What a coincidence - those are the first two things I test all my electronics on as well
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If you happen to have a box of spaghetti in your pantry, try this experiment: Pull out a single spaghetti stick and hold it at both ends. Now bend it until it breaks. How many fragments did you make? If the answer is three or more, pull out another stick and try again. Can you break the noodle in two? If not, you're in very good company. And people say mathematicians never carry out important research
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Antivirus pioneer John McAfee’s cryptocurrency wallet has been hacked again by security researchers. womp womp
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Isn't there something unethical about hacking the mentally infirm?
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An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you’ve used privacy settings that say they will prevent it from doing so. Evil level: predictable
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Vim is everywhere. "People don't know that vi was written for a world that doesn't exist anymore"
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Bianca Lewis, 11, has many hobbies. She likes Barbie, video games, fencing, singing… and hacking the infrastructure behind the world’s most powerful democracy. Keep election out of reach of children (and maybe put one of those funky screw caps on it?)
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She said she wants to ensure Donald Trump gets no votes. He isn't. Apparently, actual education isn't a requirement for this hobby.
(Changing votes is a far cry from being able to see what those votes are. Well, except West Virginia. Added: the "hacking" is basically hacking CNN displaying totals. Hacking West Virginia's internet voting, on the other hand, would be very enlightening and even useful; either to fix the system or just mock West Virginia.)
modified 13-Aug-18 17:17pm.
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Two recently discovered vulnerabilities in the fax protocol can transform fax machines into entry points for hackers into corporate networks Fortunately *no one* uses fax machines anymore, right? (Right?!)
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Give me your number - I've got a lunch coupon just for you! 
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Then Google is much better, their dress code seems to be "wear something" 
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Take a quick search through GitHub, and you’ll find thousands of commits that feature words you can’t ever say on network television. Unless it F'ing belongs in there
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Network Television and code have very different audiences. "Showing code to a customer"; who does that?
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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Well, no, you might not show your code to a customer but your customer might just get to see something in it.
Many, many years a go, I finished a long switch statement with something to the effect of:
default: errorText = "[Little round things]! Cannot possibly get here ...";
Needless to say, a couple of years later, it did manage to get there ...
And code does sometimes get sent to third parties, my favourite comment in some code that I received, read (in highly bowlderised form):
The redacted name being the owner of the company in question and the comment being somewhat factual - but still the best PR move ever!
So, basically, no, I don't use naughty words in source files these days. Somebody, somewhere, will see it at some point!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: So, basically, no, I don't use naughty words in source files these days. Somebody, somewhere, will see it at some point!
I will not have my naughty parts removed just to prevent others from seeing them.
In the articles that I wrote you'll more likely find attempts at humor instead of profanity, but the goal is the same; it was probably a frustrating piece of code that the reader is to be warned of. I am not writing an essay or a PG13 movie script; it is code, and I will expect the audience to be another coder.
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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I'm more than happy to use the full breadth of the English language in any situation where there aren't any children around (and will fervently defend my right to do so), but in situations - such as code - where you don't know who will wind up reading what you write, I think it's safer to assume that it might be a little kid, however unlikely that is in reality.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: I think it's safer to assume that it might be a little kid, however unlikely that is in reality.
Oh, yes, we got to save the kids from profanity! It's a gateway to drugs and murder.
Also check your code to see if you're using the correct pronouns, as it may scar someone for life! 
PeejayAdams wrote: in situations - such as code - where you don't know who will wind up reading what you write
It is not a diary; your code will not be published to the larger public. Comments in code are there to make clear what is happening, to limit bugs, and to make it easier to understand. That's the goal.
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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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Oh, yes, we got to save the kids from profanity! It's a gateway to drugs and murder.
Oh God, nothing like that! I'm not an elephanting puritan, I'm on the kids' side on this one.
By surrounding children with swearwords you're denying them one of the more fun and furtive educational activities of their youth - looking up and finding out what various forbidden words mean. Didn't you used to love looking up "elephant" in the family dictionary when no-one was looking? Or enumerating the words you knew that you couldn't use at home?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: By surrounding children with swearwords
I am not surrounding children with swearwords when uploading code to GitHub. That's a heavy overreaction, even if there's a curse-word in the code.
PeejayAdams wrote: you're denying them one of the more fun and furtive educational activities of their youth - looking up and finding out what various forbidden words mean
That would not be denying them, but providing them with fodder.
PeejayAdams wrote: Didn't you used to love looking up "elephant" in the family dictionary when no-one was looking?
This is Europe. We had the subject in school and had to take exams on it. No need to look things up if they are part of your homework.
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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Eddy Vluggen wrote: This is Europe. We had the subject in school and had to take exams on it.
Not true.
I don't know in holland, but I had en education quite free of "bad words" in the school area / time and I went to a normal public school (just in case).
I know you like sarcasm but... just because things are a mess now, you don't need to extrapolate it to the past or to the whole europe.
And if you want to continue, I suggest you to open a thread in the soapbox 
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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Nelek wrote: Not true.
I don't know in holland, but I had en education quite free of "bad words" in the school area / time and I went to a normal public school (just in case).
I was not referring to eduction of "bad words", but normal sexual education
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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PeejayAdams wrote: Or enumerating the words you knew that you couldn't use at home?
Some time ago, my father pointed out that in Europe, you may defecate, micturate, and fornicate in public. But God help you if you smoke! 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: It is not a diary; your code will not be published to the larger public.
Perhaps not published by yourself - The Weird and The Wonderful[^]
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