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Quote: She had earlier built one of the original computerised airline reservation systems.
The innovation - which matched customers and available seats - was tested by United Airlines in 1962.
According to the Computer History Museum, it had a one-second response time and worked for 11 years without any central system failures.
Nice. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Good God!
So the solution to the problem has been there for years, but no-one paid attention!
OK, Guys, the next time (whether it's ten seconds from now or a whole five minutes) that your windows machine plays up, throw a bucket of water on the floor!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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npm JavaScript predictions for 2019: React, GraphQL, and TypeScript are three technologies to learn I predict that JavaScript will still be around in 2019. Where's my grant money?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I predict that JavaScript will still be around in 2019. Where's my grant money?
Hey, stop undercutting Gartner's business. Next thing you know, you'll predict that "the cloud" will be important to the enterprise. And that "computers" may impact the future. Oh and that "Icon Engineering" is the Next Big Thing.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: Next thing you know, you'll predict that "the cloud" will be important to the enterprise. And that "computers" may impact the future.
Demmit! Those were my next two grants! grumblegrumble people stealing ma monay! 
TTFN - Kent
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When exactly React, GraphQL and TypeScript became TECHNOLOGIES? What happened to the frameworks we used to know?
(And remember - you want effective, small code? Stay away from npm and its interlinks!)
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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/*sigh*/
How could they so blatantly miss the obvious?
Some people will be working on computers, producing web pages.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Despite a gap between the supply of available JavaScript talent and enterprise demand for such skills, student developers are more interested in learning Ruby and Python. "Still it's hard, hard to see. Fragile lives, shattered dreams"
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Despite the high demand of a sh*t language, students are still learning other sh*t languages.
Alternative headline: Despite the high demand of Javascript jobs, students are learning languages which pay more. Experts baffled.
(Plus, they need a graph comparing what students claim to know versus what they can actually capable of doing.)
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Joe Woodbury wrote: (Plus, they need a graph comparing what students claim to know versus what they can actually capable of doing.)
Hallelujah, Brother!
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Joe Woodbury wrote: (Plus, they need a graph comparing what students claim to know versus what they can actually capable of doing.)
That should be extended to many "professionals" too
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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Eh, people get paid to write Ruby?
I thought they just got pity points...
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Joe Woodbury wrote: (Plus, they need a graph comparing what students claim to know versus what they can actually capable of doing.)
Like proper grammar. 
#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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Good thing I don't have a job as a writer.
(Actually, I was going to write "can actually do" and then changed my mind. I noticed later, but didn't bother changing it.)
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Computer hardware maker Super Micro Computer told customers on Tuesday that an outside investigations firm had found no evidence of any malicious hardware in its current or older-model motherboards. Audit performed by: Mr. Magoo of Three Blind Mice, LLC
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Another case of "should we believe bloomberg or everyone else" resolved.
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I'll bet they did one of those "technical" searches, not one using magic dust and fairies.
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So, you'll have to upgrade to get the free malware chips!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Returning to the context where a memory was formed temporarily brings back vivid details of the episode by increasing the electrical excitability of the engrams that store the memory in the brain, a new study shows. Posting this before I switch tabs again
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A very memorable article.
Rat A goes to section B before section AB but rat B goes to AB longer than rat A went to AB because he was at A while B was already at AC and rat C doesn't know where the Hell he is and WHO LET THAT CAT IN HERE?!?
There are times when bullet-point lists can be useful, don'tcha know.
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In which case it sounds like I need to dig a big deep fiery pit next to my desk.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Well there's a shock.
I think Proust expressed it all somewhat more eloquently a long time ago.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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As of Windows 10 build 18298, when you open the properties page of any Console window, you’ll notice an additional “Terminal” tab. Click on this tab and you’ll see several new settings for some experimental features we’re working on for future OS releases First Notepad, now Console. When will the sanity end?
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Is this to appease those who remember the days when windows had a very useful terminal app?
Too little, too late. We're all using products from other companies, now.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What were they thinking?! These erroneous guesses about tech in 2018 would shatter any crystal ball. "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."
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