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And people said Richard Stallman was crazy...
Really though I'd be surprised if Google isn't already doing this.
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Hmm. It appears that blogs.windows.com will only allow users of window 10, windows 8, and windows mobile devices to opt out of their data slurping.
Given that this is in breach of European law, I have opted to block the site from my intranet.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That info is a year old...
".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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Yes, but as cited by others that made comments in that article, I am annoyed that they didn’t consider the legions ofdevelopers that are maintaining legacy systems for increasingly long periods because companies don’t want to spend the money to rewrite their apps.
".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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Rewrite them? For what business gain, pray tell?
David A. Gray
Delivering Solutions for the Ages, One Problem at a Time
Interpreting the Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting
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Cobol.
".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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What about COBOL? So far as I am aware, Microsoft has never had a COBOL compiler.
David A. Gray
Delivering Solutions for the Ages, One Problem at a Time
Interpreting the Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting
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COBOL devs are still needed. That means legacy MS framework devs will be needed for years to come. However, if MS deletes all of their docs for these legacy frameworks, where will the legacy devs go for assistance? That's right the same place the COBOL devs go.
So, COBOL.
".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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So far as I can tell, Microsoft has never deleted anything, though they frequently mark documents as “frozen” and no longer maintained, and move them to an archive. To this day, you can still find stuff covering long-retired versions of Office, Windows, and even DOS. You might have to use Google or Bing to help you find it, but it’s all there.
David A. Gray
Delivering Solutions for the Ages, One Problem at a Time
Interpreting the Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting
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I preferred MSDN over any of the things that have replaced the various portions of it.
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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We associate participation with power, so here’s what to do before, during, and after meetings if regular interruptions are preventing you from being heard. Because using *that* monologue from ‘Dirty Harry’ isn’t it. Apparently.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Because using *that* monologue fr---
Ah, well, if we're talking about monologues, one of my favourites is Iago's, from Othello. Now there's a monologue!
What were you saying? Never mind. Let's talk about Shakespeare...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Eighteen months after the initial outbreak of the WannaCry Ransomware infection, the malware continues to rear its head on thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of infected computers. Makes me wanna something
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Security researchers used 2,500 pictures of a hand to create an exact model out of wax. Beware of hackers who offer to “give you a hand”
Awful. Positively awful. Someone needs to speak to the manager.
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Damnit!
I was wondering why the guy taking my passport photos took seven hours to do it, and mostly pointed the camera too low!
(And ain't it a shame that I don't use that kind of verification for anything?)
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A new study found that people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol or coffee and are overweight in their 70s tend to live longer than their counterparts. I'm going to live forever!
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Well, over the years, I have oft given well-intentioned purveyors of unasked opinions such sage advice as "Shut the **ck up and leave me the **ck alone!"
Now I have a web page that I can shove in their faces, saving myself some breath.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Effective January 3, 2019, Microsoft is consolidating the Azure Developer certification path from two exams, AZ-200 and AZ-201, into one exam, AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure. Now you can get right on that
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Cognitive load is important. I don’t expand much on this here, but if a programming language or a library makes me feel stupid, then I’m less likely to use it or like it. C++ does that a lot  "Now, I don't want to go on a rant here, but..."
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Aras Pranckevičius wrote: makes me feel stupid ...
Ipso facto, I rest my case.
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With its new release, pay-what-you-want OS project now has a pay-what-you-want app store. Just in case 2019 is your Year of Linux
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Does anyone have those things that you download multiple times, over a longish period of time, but never, ever install?
This is one of mine.
There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that I've overpaid for it.
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In a new book, veteran programmer Adam Barr explains why it happens and how to fix it "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley"
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