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This is a problem of middle management, which are far more treacherous as a group that low level or executive management. (My theory being that most middle management is stunningly incompetent, largely having gotten their jobs because they got an MBA and/or they knew someone.) I've dealt with Microsoft middle management only through a few interviews and various beta programs, but what I found only reinforced my negative views of middle management. It's made all the worse in that Microsoft executive management is more concerned in preening and claiming to be woke than in actually running their damn company, with Brad Smith (president) being the worse offender (and Nadella not doing his job.)
PS. At smaller companies, my experienced with HR were almost always great. At larger companies, HRs job seems to be to make everyone's life a living hell. You know it's bad when, in one case in my job history, even the company president complained that HR wasn't being helpful.
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A few days ago, we announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2019. But I’ve been using Visual Studio 2019 exclusively since the first internal build – long before the release of Preview 1 in December of 2018. During this time, there has been a lot of little features that have put a smile on my face and made me more productive. If the little things don't get you to upgrade, what will?
It's not like there are any huge differences between this and 2017 are there? Or 2012 for that matter? (Maybe I'm just not paying enough attention. Or paying Microsoft enough.)
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Little as in 32x32 pixels?
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I thought icon files were bigger than that these days?
TTFN - Kent
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Big? They're the biggest thing ever!
Bigger than God Jobs!
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Well, I'm on 2017 at home, and we're on 2015 at work (because 2017 isn't on the approved software list).
I still think the intellicrap is too intelli-vasive, and it gets in the way of actually writing code. I watched the overly enthusiastic 2019 keynote, and saw no compelling reason to update.
".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
modified 5-Apr-19 9:15am.
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#realJSOP wrote: because 2017 isn't on the approved software list
I wonder why the development tool of development tools, which his existed for decades, created by what I assume is also your supplier of probably most of what runs in the office, even needs to be approved...
Does it go something like this?
You: "Hey guys, the new Visual Studio 2017 is out now!"
Someone: "Wait a minute... We need to approve it first."
Y: "But... We've been using 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015 and it's mostly just new features..."
S: "Yes, but actually no."
Y: "So when will you approve it?"
S: "By the time a new version comes out."
Years later...
You: "Hey guys, the new Visual Studio 2019 is out now!"
Someone wakes up and remembers he still has to approve 2017: "Oh crap, guys, 2017 is now approved!"
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Two words:
"AirForce" and "ClusterF*ck"
".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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"AirFarce"? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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They made the stupid decision to make VS 2019 C++ backward compatible with VS 2017 by not making an ABI change required to make VS 2019 C++ standards compliant.
Then there is a color scheme change that nobody asked for. Then there is refusal to fix several known bugs in favor of crap like color schemes. Frankly, the VS 2019 beta process was so much like the VS 2012 beta process that I finally just threw up my hands. (In addition to having very arrogant people in charge who refused to listen, they closed bugs in a haphazard, and often quite rude, manner, and started deleting ALL negative comments on their blogs.)
So, I'll stick with VS 2017 until they get their collective head out of their asses.
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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty says methods used in the traditional human resources model are failing American workers and need assistance from machine learning. Can it also tell which workers IBM will layoff in the next round?
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The article says: AI, which has replaced 30 percent of IBM's HR staff
... Can't possibly do worse than human HR staff.
On this, we can agree.
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So it tracks emails with the words "I quit" in them?
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Employee: With more crap like this, I'm going to quit.
AI: I predict employee is about to quit.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: IBM CEO Ginni Rometty says methods used in the traditional human resources model are failing American workers and need assistance from machine learning. Can it also tell which workers IBM will layoff in the next round?
if (employee.age < 30 &&employee.yearsWorkedAtIbm > 2)
{
return employeeStatusType.WillProbablyQuitSoon;
}
else if (employee.age > 50)
{
return employeeStatusType.LayThemOff;
}
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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A computer virus that can add fake tumours to medical scan images has been created by cyber-security researchers. Beware of hackers bearing MRI machines?
I'm sure it's technically feasible, but I really wonder if it could be done in practice.
Maybe if they accept USB devices and autoplay?
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I'm beginning to think that malware "researchers" should be given the same shrift as religious fundamentalists.
The world certainly wouldn't suffer from a lack of either.
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There are some more issues with "Artificial Intelligence" in health care. Science magazine just recently had an article about that:
Adversarial attacks on medical machine learning | Science[^]
(only the summary is freely available, the rest behind a paywall).
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Linus Torvalds, who created the Linux operating system that secretly runs the internet, said he detests social media, including the platforms Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. "Even a broken clock is right twice a day"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Even a broken clock is right twice a day"
Spot on.
I don't see eye-to-eye with Torvalds on a lot of things, but we both work in the same field, so we've got to agree on the most basic things.
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Actually, it's the people that use them that are diseased.
OK, maybe that's a bit harsh, but...
Latest Article - Azure Function - Compute Pi Stress Test
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I wish he'd added, "and I should know!"
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A configuration mistake in the Microsoft News app caused Window 10 users to receive strange test notifications, which caused them to think they were infected. No, that's just Win10 working as designed ;(
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OK, so windows has turned to cr@p, but this is bullfacts.
A couple of twitterers (or similar) wondering what the messages were != loads of people thinking they were infected with viruses.
If you aren't smart enough to see what ms is doing wrong, don't make cr@p up, because it reduces the credibility of genuine complaints.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: because it reduces the credibility of genuine complaints.
it doesn't matter... they will ignore them 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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