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Quote: The particular Fluid Framework components currently available with the preview include the following items, according to the home page:
Action Items: Keep track of tasks, assignees, and timelines in a table.
Mention: Tag your colleagues using the @ symbol anywhere so they can easily find relevant sections.
Table: Create a table that suits your needs.
Date: Add dates to easily keep track of upcoming deadlines and highlight overdue tasks.
Check list: Tick items off as you complete them.
So a to-do list, then.
Where's the "Do some work without having to f*** about with cr@p that some idiot thinks is original and clever" option, for those of us who don't need a 400MB embedded to-do list slowing down our documents and spreadsheets?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The typical software developer is an early bird, drinks just one cup of coffee a day, and never touches Soylent. Does this mean I have to shave?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: drinks just one cup of coffee a day
Yeah, right... 
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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Was this an online questionnaire?
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Quote: drinks just one 64oz cup of coffee a day
FTFY
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Text-generating tool pinpoints and replaces specific information in sentences while retaining humanlike grammar and style. We have always been at war with Eurasia[citation needed]
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Wait, I can see to it. I can't wait for it, see? I can't wait to see it.
Having seen how the totally egoless, giving, and non-judgemental wikipedia community operates, I think I'll put in a bulk order for popcorn.
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2038 is for Linux what Y2K was for mainframe and PC computing in 2000, but the fixes are underway to make sure all goes well when that fatal time rolls around. "So now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive"
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Oh. I though they meant that they'd decided which piece of the cow to order.
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A question I have always had about this is how it will affect cars; are there any cars that will crash (in more ways than one) when time overflows?
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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Researchers at EPFL have developed a new, high-precision method for 3D-printing small, soft objects. The process, which takes less than 30 seconds from start to finish, has potential applications in a wide range of fields, including 3D bioprinting. But they still can't make a good mug of Earl Grey
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Kent Sharkey wrote: But they still can't make a good mug of Earl Grey
But that's not their fault -- there's no such thing as a good mug of Earl Grey.
You might as well just sprinkle some of the missus' old, unwanted perfume into the most flavourless tea you can find.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Quote: there's no such thing as a good mug of Earl Grey
I concur. Stopping here as there isn't enough ink left to complete my full reply!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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The Mac vs. PC debate isn't nearly as intense as it was earlier in the 21st century, but a new malware report could stoke the flames a little bit for the first time in years. I feel so safe now
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It's not that windows has got any safer, it's that Steve Jobs is no longer with us.
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We’re decent at building software when the consequences of failure are unimportant. The average piece of software is good enough that it’s expected to work. Yet most software is bad enough that bugs don’t surprise us. Speak for myself there fellow
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We're not bad at it; but as you recently noticed, "Organizations that move fast really do break things".
Also, this is the only field where hobbyists become project-leads. If you think that is normal, you deserve some agile-surgery.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Quote: agile-surgery
Precedent by Agile Morphine. 
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Because it's hard to guess all the mistakes that something as stupid and linear-thinking as a computer will make.
Or should that be "user"?
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Yet another article damning an entire industry because of a failure by some extremely incompetent people.
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As a counterpoint (and partly to something I posted a while back regarding how other engineering disciplines, like architecture, don't use Agile methodologies):
The problem of software is complex. Yes, people write just bad code. But a lot of times, even good code fails, and the problem here is properly handling the failure, which is another aspect of the discipline of writing code.
But more specifically is the problem that by the very nature of software, things not in the control of the developer "break." Connectivity and bad data (user input, a third party data source, etc) come to mind.
For example, when someone builds a house, it has to meet various codes. We expect the house to "function" in expected ways. If we want the house to "function" differently (add a porch, a second bathroom, a garage, etc.) we have to go through a process involving permits, inspections, contractors, etc., much of which is based on known and vetted practices for how to do something that has been done hundreds, thousands of times before. And while the physical appearance might be different in each instance, the "behavior" of the garage, the porch, etc, are well known and have to follow certain regulations. For example, I was surprised to learn that my porch doesn't need a railing, but if it were 6 inches higher off the ground, it would have.
With software, especially software that is intended to be general purpose (a database, a CMS, etc) we really don't know how the user will use it. Will they want to park their car in the living room? Will they invite their friends over for a BBQ in the bedroom?
The point being, we, as a society, have very little experience with "engineering" something where generalization is the intention -- watch a movie, play Warcraft, live stream chat with a friend, oh, and do some work - write documents, program an Excel spreadsheet, create a presentation, send emails, etc...
It's all new territory!
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I like the house analogy. +1, will definitely steal in future.
TTFN - Kent
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NSA releases Python course after receiving a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for its training materials. If it's good enough for the spies, it's good enough for you guys
Assuming that 'guys' is gender-acceptable to a generic group of people. If not, please send me something acceptable for a group containing assorted genders (and non-binary people).
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