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The Redmond giant has added yet another feature to its hat by helping Mackmyra developing the world’s first AI-generated whiskey. Smarter than the average tipple?
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Smarter than after imbibing large quantities of any other tipple! 
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Annual assessments can be "wildly inaccurate" - not to mention "soul-crushing." Here’s why the dreaded ritual falls short, and what might work better. List four S.M.A.R.T. reasons why they're awful
"All too often, Aguinis says, formal performance reviews become a self-serving exercise in politics, not a realistic examination of an employee’s strengths and weaknesses. "
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What, are you saying that I'm not incredibly amazing and that what I achieve isn't miraculous?
[sniffle]
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well, it only said, "most people". I'm sure you're not "most people" 
TTFN - Kent
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They are even worse, to the point of being entirely useless, when you review yourself.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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You need to develop software requirements before you get started. But are you getting input from the right people? Here’s how to know. It's not just "who's writing the cheque?"
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The people you should talk to are busy, and the people who you don't need to talk to keep you busy by repeatedly telling you how great they are (while making sure that you never get to talk to anyone who actually knows what they're talking about).
Same old, same old.
I don't see any strategies in the article for getting around those obstacles. Maybe I should offer to rewrite it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The problem? Post office customers were tossing out unwanted mail and receipts -- all of which contained confidential personal data now regulated by GDPR. The post office's solution was to remove its inadvertent data collection facilities, which apparently led to people leaving their regulated data lying on the office's counters and floors.
Fortunately, this new normal for post office users was swiftly reverted back to the old normal. The Commissioner of the Office of Data Protection issued a clarifying statement on post offices, rubbish bins, and protecting the privacy of post office customers.
When contacted this evening, a spokesperson for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner told independent.ie that "under no circumstances" could public litter be in breach of GDPR.
So only a temporary win for the Gradual Dismissal of Public Refuse-bins this time.
giggles in American 🦅🦅🦅
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Shredders cost about the same as waste-bins, these days.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Shredders cost about the same as waste-bins
But they require maintenance, and come with higher liability (e.g. if someone gets their fingers stuck in the shredder  )
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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There's a really simple solution: a bin with a narrow opening that no-one can get their hand through.
Kind of like a post box, really.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Even more than a shredder, that makes too much sense for government usage.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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They should fine people who talk about themselves too much 
"Sir, have you given yourself explicit permission to share this information about yourself?"
"Uhhh... What?"
"That's what I thought, see you in court."
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Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003, citing the discovery of a “wormable” flaw that the company says could be used to fuel a fast-moving malware threat like the WannaCry ransomware attacks of 2017. Good news for people on XP still checking Windows Update regularly
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Both of them?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Adobe is warning some owners of its Creative Cloud software applications that they’re no longer allowed to use older versions of the software. And searches for GIMP go through the roof
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Well, yeah. But I couldn’t think of other alternatives. I just stick with Paint.net for most things, and Gimp for weird image formats.
TTFN - Kent
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Microsoft is launching the first decentralized infrastructure implementation by a major tech company that is built directly on the bitcoin blockchain. Does the amount of security vary by the moment?
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Microsoft is working to improve the reliability of its Azure infrastructure on multiple fronts, including via 'Project Tardigrade,' its effort to enable a cloud app to survive platform failure. In the future, our VMs will have VMs
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But will it be as adorable as a tardigrade?
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Not possible!
TTFN - Kent
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