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Most kids in the biz don't know about slashdot. It ain't no thang to repost here.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - 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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Strangely enough, I can't seem to find this article on SlashDot.
I do use it as a news finder, but I don't think that most items are "from" there (by a longshot). In most cases the overlap is that both I and the /. readers find it important enough to share.
Also: feel free to post your own news not from /. here.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: feel free to post your own news not from /. here.
I thought that CP stuff is combining daily news.
No more Mister Nice Guy... >: |
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That's how I viewed it as well - saving all you the time of having to monitor the internet as much as I do.
TTFN - Kent
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Sure, let's go with that. 
TTFN - Kent
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I’ve often seen people suggest that you should learn C in order to learn how computers work. Is this a good idea? For your consideration (and discussion)
No doubt complete with a few comments about Jane.
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"Which programmers don’t understand how computers work?"
Just about every one who started with managed languages. 
And, yeah, Sun was lying. It's what Sun did.
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How computers work does not explain how Windows works. Even if you come from a managed background, you can read a method-segnature. If you can read, you can discover the WinAPI.
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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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Joe Woodbury wrote: "Which programmers don’t understand how computers work?"
Pretty well all of us, to some extent! Even for low-level programmers there are still a great many things that happen "auto-magically".
I do recommend C as a great starting point because it does require that awareness of basic machine architecture and not just the OS but it won't teach you everything that you could ever know and it should be stressed that other paths to enlightenment are available.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Joe Woodbury wrote: "Which programmers don’t understand how computers work?"
Well duh, it's the gnomes in my computer that take my data and do the calculations and then run from A to B with that data and paint it on my screen! 
See, that I started (and stuck) with a managed language doesn't say anything
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Consumer group blames open source libraries and the lack of auto-update mechanisms. The sixth one is restarting
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Source code is spread around a variety of platforms and infrastructures that we use to develop and/or distribute it, and software projects often migrate from one to another: there is no universal catalog that tracks it all. I thought that's what GitHub was turning into?
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What we really need is a vault to contain the printouts (or, ok, the punchtape) of all the source code that makes the world turn around.
Because, an X10 solar flare could affect all our electronic media. Especially if the earth's magnetic field reverses and we have no protection for a few hundred or thousand years.
Hmmm, but then again, all electronic equipment that could use that code would be fried too. 
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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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Codenamed “Nocturne,” the tablet is going to be sold as the Google Pixel Slate, a report said a few days ago. But a new revelation makes Nocturne even more interesting: The 2-in-1 device may dual-boot Windows 10. And they say you can't get any work done on a Chromebook
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Before it was a smartphone manufacturer, an email provider, and smart home company, Google was just a single website and a search box. However, even this seemingly simple service still has a couple of tricks up its sleeve. "You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
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The latest hack on Facebook that allowed outside parties the ability to control about 50 million people's accounts was "a sophisticated attack," according to Carolyn Everson, Facebook's vice president of global marketing solutions. Don't worry, I'm sure there are plenty to spare
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Shareware helped to spark the PC revolution. It's the forerunner of today's mobile app development. Because (all together now): Sharing is caring
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Microsoft has confirmed that it is no longer developing the touch-friendly versions of Office apps for Windows Because people really don't like touching Excel?
Would you have preferred PowerPoint?
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Maybe they will still make them available for touch. They just won't be friendly.
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That was a useless but nice endeavour. Using an office app without keyboard? Not even for simple stuff (i.e. managing a small list of possible wedding locations). Yet the path to create something viable has for sure generated some usable byproduct.
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We’ve been working on Project Stream, a technical test to solve some of the biggest challenges of streaming. For this test, we’re going to push the limits with one of the most demanding applications for streaming—a blockbuster video game. I like big pipes, I cannot lie
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Martin Rees, a well-respected British cosmologist, has made a pretty bold statement when it comes to particle accelerators: there's a small, but real possibility of disaster. FIFA standard, or US?
I'm assuming the US has a different sized field - they seem to for everything else.
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Fight planetary obesity !
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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