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Is MS in Crypto 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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Amazon today announced the launch of CodeWhisperer, an AI pair programming tool similar to GitHub’s Copilot that can autocomplete entire functions based on only a comment or a few keystrokes. Let it whisper sweet code nothings in your IDE
Or should that be 'whisper sweet nulls'?
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Did they train it on GPL code too?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Someone is trying to steal people's Microsoft 365 and Outlook credentials by sending them phishing emails disguised as voicemail notifications. Another reason to ignore voicemail
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In an effort to create a jack-of-all-trades browser, Microsoft just keeps adding more utilities to Edge, and it does not plan to stop soon. As all browsers definitely need
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Why, just, why??? This is nothing more than code bloat.
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I am reminded of a phrase I once heard.
Just because you can do a thing doesn't mean should do a thing.
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New data from Twilio confirms that people have come to expect hyper-personalization during every single brand interaction. But there’s a catch, as the majority of consumers don’t trust brands to keep their personal data secure. 40% of users are deluding themselves?
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In other news, researchers identify who responds to Nigerian emails and extended warranty calls.
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That must be the 40% who haven't had to report fraudulent financial activity on their credit reports.
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Based on a survey by Wakefield Research of 250 US software developers and architects, at a senior level within enterprises of 5,000 or more staff, it looks at the differences in goals, challenges and reasons for failure between business leaders and architects. "No plan survives contact with the enemy."
Or management decisions
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One of my old Systems Engineering university textbooks provided an extensive list of reasons why projects fail. Every second point was "Poor planning".
Then we got "Agile".
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"plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
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Quote: [S]oftware architects...cite a 'lack of intelligent tools' as the number one reason for failure....'[T]oo complex,' 'inadequate skills or training' and 'failure to accurately set expectations' all tied for the second most common reason. Then build the tools, you whiners! The article talks about redevelopment more than development, and if management has agreed to that, it shouldn't be hard to convince them of the need to build tools that will increase productivity.
The biggest reason for failure that I saw, multiple times, was trying to build a system that would replace a large one that had been around for a decade or more. This is virtually guaranteed to flush a ton of money down the toilet, because large systems grow out of successful small ones. The odds of success are low, even with skilled management and architects. And the fact they say they can do it means they have strong egos, and hubris is waiting.
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Actually, the main problem with creating a new monolithic system to replace an existing monolithic system is that management doesn't understand the reason that it's being rewritten, which is to make it more maintainable and extensible. A given app rewrite can benefit from lessons learned with regards to past efforts to extend the existing version, as well as maintenance pain points regarding chosen architecture.
However, those benefits are flushed down the drain when management thinks it's a simple lift-and-shift operation, and then realize it's like writing a whole new app (both the front-end and the back-end). They don't want to put the money into it, because "it works the way it is", despite the fact that maintenance tasks are taking longer and longer (and they fail to grasp WHY that's the case).
Here's the way the conversation usually goes (and it happens every month or so):
Management: "Why does it take so long to add such and such feature?"
Dev: "Because the code base is 13 years old, and you won't approve a rewrite."
Management: "How long will a rewrite take"?
Dev: "One day."
Management: "There's no money in the budget for that kind of effort. Let's just keep it the way it is."
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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"He's just a small time civil rights attorney. When major firms started threatening him he started worrying that he'd get disbarred and backed off." "Seriously, when the going gets tough, you don't want a criminal lawyer, all right? You want a _criminal_ lawyer."
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It's a tale as old as time:
Attorney decides to make a name for themself and get rich by suing a mega-corporation. Meets client. Realizes the client is a lunatic. Quietly returns to the sewer.
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Artificial Intelligence, meet Natural Stupidity...
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The software on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft is to be upgraded after nearly two decades, giving the orbiter capabilities to hunt for water beneath the planet and study its larger moon, Phobos. Don't turn off your orbiter while update is in progress
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I guess someone figured it needed Bing to improve its search results...
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Let me guess; a calculator, speed tester and unit converter.
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You sir, are a god among men. Thank you for that!
TTFN - Kent
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Trends for compensation, remote work, training, and more "Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven"
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Stack Overflow's latest developer survey shows that most developers are working remotely and favor a flexible working environment where they can use their favorite technologies. And snacks.
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Some developers have been telling us that they want to use sound to help them understand what’s happening in their code. Sounds like a bug to me
Now your code can compete with the cicadas (but more often than every seven years)
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