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Better get my "eBooks" certificate 
Only numbers 1, 2 and 15 on that list make any sense...
It makes a bit more sense when you realize this isn't just tech: "The top 10 industries hiring U.S. freelancers for the Top 100 skills are 1) Consulting 2) Internet Software & Services 3) Internet 4) Consumer Discretionary 5) Health Care 6) Consumer Staples 7) Publishing 8) Education 9) Advertising and 10) Specialized Consumer Services"
The list as a whole[^] makes a bit more sense, although stuff like "eBooks" and "eLearning" sounds like they're putting the output in the list rather than the skill like "author" or "writing" or "(educational) content creator" or whatever.
That's like saying "software" instead of .NET Core.
"Romance writing" made the list as a separate skill, while that could also mean "eBooks".
The list also has "AWS" on 15, "AWS Lambda" on 80 and "Amazon S3" on 100, those are all AWS...
Seems odd to mention AWS services specifically.
While last years buzzword was Blockchain and this year's (or last few years maybe) is AI/ML, I find them very absent from this list.
Also, over a third of those skills are technical, while far from a third of America works in tech (a bit short of 8% if I'm to believe this article[^] ).
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MIT researchers say they’ve taught test subjects how to manipulate their own alpha brain waves, thereby improving attention at a given task. The key: give the participants live feedback of their brain activity. Does it involve a buffer overflow?
I could have sworn I've seen videos of people doing this back in the 90s, if not earlier.
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Where did I put that damned tin foil hat?
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It's called the "Sitting your arse down at the desk and bloody well getting on with it!" technique.
Tried and tested for generations.
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I'm sorry, does this come with a large book full of platitudes, a 10 day retreat/course/life exercise, CD of more platitudes, and associated cookbook? If not, I'm out
TTFN - Kent
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We're currently negotiating with Dr Phil, to drop by and tell all the incompetent wankers underachievers to "forgive themselves" for missing deadlines and screwing up contracts, and for blaming everyone else for their c0ck-ups, getting competent colleagues fired -- but that will cost extra.Kent Sharkey wrote: associated cookbook
I refer the learned gentleman to The Twilight Zone and/or The Simpsons' Tree-house of Horror, with the suggestion that he have a care what he wishes for.
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Focus you mean ?
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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A hallmark of this period of creation that mirrors today is a culture of sharing, and we see that in both times, innovators benefited from spaces and mediums to explore, share, and build upon each other. Does this mean I have to start wearing trunk hose?
I was going to go with 'ruff', but apparently they were later than the renaissance (the really egregious ones anyway)
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He might want to look up the meaning of the word "renaissance" in a dictionary.
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Earlier this week EFF released Certbot 1.0, the latest version of our free, open source tool that helps websites encrypt their traffic. Because you deserve a padlock today
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Kent Sharkey wrote: the latest version of our free, open source tool that helps websites encrypt their traffic.
As long as it doesn't encrypt our drives... 
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Microsoft has decided to no longer offer the Windows 10 Notepad through the Microsoft Store, which will most likely cause future updates to become available at a slower pace. The guy that downloaded it will be very disappointed
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Kent Sharkey wrote: The guy that downloaded...
Shhh... for one developer that tries to test the product... let him debug in peace 
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What, didn't everyone enthusiastically adore the new icons and colour scheme that they added to notepad as one of their figurehead improvements in a recent winio update?
There are obviously too many Luddites using computers, these days.
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Next CodeProject contest - write a clone of NotePad.
".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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Microsoft used a database of three billion publicly leaked credentials to identify users who reused passwords. Silly people. Everyone knows you're supposed to increment the number at the end first
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Silly people. Everyone knows you're supposed to increment the number at the end first
oh man... why did you told it publicly? 
I am going to need to change to letters because of your post 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft used a database of three billion publicly leaked credentials to identify users who reused passwords.
I would have thought that taking possession of what you know to be illegally-obtained data is in itself a criminal offence.
Actually, I don't have to "would have thought" it -- taking possession of anything that you know to be illegally-obtained is a criminal offence.
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More questions then answers:
Did they ignore spam accounts?
Did they do a followup if the accounts logged in to see reset and action?
What if these accounts are the secondary low risk accounts because some service that they need one time?
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It's 1990, and Linus Torvalds was an unhappy Minix user. "Clap along if you know what happiness is to you"
I'm normally only accidentally happy anyway
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Linux exists only because of a happy accident
Did he hit his head against something? That could explain some things   
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 Definitely would have been a better blurb. It does explain things. Maybe he had an iPhone?
TTFN - Kent
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Most children ... oh you mean the OS.
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As cellphones got smarter, they also became marginally more dangerous to the clumsy, easily distracted humans holding them, according to new research. D'oh!
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Yes, but does this include the people who were hit over the heads by the people who stole their phones?
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