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Antivirus programs, by their nature, introduce a degree of risk. Since they have to scan malicious data to stop attacks (and thus need extensive permissions), a piece of malware that exploits antivirus flaws can typically run with impunity. At least your antivirus won't get hacked
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The best place to use most of MS' proprietary code is in a sandbox.
... The same one the cat uses.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The flaw is now identified as CVE-2018-14665 (credited to security researcher Narendra Shinde). It has been present in xorg-server for two years, since version 1.19.0 and is exploitable by a limited user as long as the X server runs with elevated permissions. X marks the spot
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With government approvals received, the acquisition announced in June is complete. Pull Request accepted
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Despite the hype and predictions of dominance for low-code development environments, the latest Evans Data Global Development Survey shows little appetite for low code or no code development environments among software developers. I'm gonna go with, "There's a reason for that, Evans"
Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice, shame on me. Burn me three times, shame on management.
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In other news "Drivers fail to embrace sitting on the driveway saying "vroom-vroom"."
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Oh yeah, some people are still not fed up with COBOL MUMPS and their ilk.
In a couple of years, it will take real developers' time to maintain that crap.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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A 'no-code' development environment does not mean there is no-code... It only means that someone else (who probably thinks he know better) wrote the code for you...
It also a pain-in-the-ass the bend it to your need, not to mention maintenance (when Mr I-know-better moves to an other platform and breaks everything)...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: A 'no-code' development environment does not mean there is no-code... It only means that someone else (who probably thinks he know better) wrote the code for you...
That's a slightly more negative view than I would take.
I was quite happy when I no longer had to write databases, if I needed them, and to just drag buttons and other controls onto a window, rather than code both the buttons AND the window. Libraries and frameworks are damned handy things.
This is just an extension of that, and it's bound to happen (with varying degrees of success/failure/catastrophe, for a while), so resisting it will just make you look like a miserable old bugger.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I was quite happy when I no longer had to write databases, if I needed them, and to just drag buttons and other controls onto a window, rather than code both the buttons AND the window. Libraries and frameworks are damned handy things.
Or you could say devs like to code the things we find interesting but not the things we find uninteresting or tedious. 
Kevin
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Mark_Wallace wrote: resisting it will just make you look like a miserable old bugger.
some of us don't see that as a negative character trait 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to get more Windows 10 PCs with built-in LTE connectivity into the hands of business users. We're already always-connected anyway
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This way they will still be able to push the updates although the user plugs off the cable, won't they?
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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Just say NO to Windows 10.
".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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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Just say NO to Windows 10.
Does this mean I can only say "NO", and not use stronger language?
%$&#, but that'll be hard.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Using stronger language may be satisfying, but it will be wasted on Microsoft. Install Linux, and if it's really necessary, keep a VM for Windows 7.
".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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The infamous “trolley problem” was put to millions of people in a global study, revealing how much ethics diverge across cultures. How about 'explode the vehicle, killing the AI'?
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Where's the option to kill both? Doesn't that give bonus points?
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The classic driving dilemma. Whether to kill a baby or a grandma. How many times we saw that old cliche? 
Zero
In order to understand stack overflow, you must first understand stack overflow.
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This will make a huge difference to my lifestyle.
(Given that I will never be either a baby or a grandma)
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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They use P@ssw0rd now instead of Password!
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Microsoft says PC players will be able to access a version of its all-you-can-download Xbox Game Pass subscription service some time in the future. I don't understand - I already play FreeCell as much as I can
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The painting, called Portrait of Edmond Belamy, was created by a Paris-based art collective called Obvious. I might start selling my meeting doodles (but I'll say they're by an AI so I can get some of those big bucks)
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