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After reading a few posts down why Sarah Sharp left Linux kernel development, I don't think it bodes well for getting more women into open source, if her treatment was any clue.
Marc
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Yes, I remember reading a post from Martin Fowler about attending a Ruby conference where one of the talks was accompanied by soft core porn slides, to allow the speaker to make points.
I guess that doesn't help either.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I'm quite certain that Open Source isn't going to make a difference to women in technology.
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Almost exactly two months ago, we reported on some fake apps found in the Windows Phone Store. Unfortunately, the news hasn’t stopped there – instead, it seems that this third-party app store is becoming an increasingly popular platform for the bad guys. Better tell all your Windows Phone friends ... if you have any.
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I took note. One of the alleged faults of WP is that "there are almost no apps". I like it this way. If I craved to maess my phone up with tons of useless and often malicious apps I'd revert to Android.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Seemed like quite a lot of Danish bank have terrible HTTPS connection security (scoring a F on Qualys SSL Labs). That’s a bad sign and my gut feeling was telling me that this wouldn’t be the only security vulnerability they would have. Good thing my offshore accounts are in Switzerland
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I have a theory that 99% of the people are a bunch of bunglers.
I guess that 1% didn't work at Danske Bank...
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NASA has released around 13,000 images of the manned Apollo missions that took place between 1961 and 1972 to Kipp Teague, who oversees the Project Apollo Archive. Bob? Is that you?
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For the first time since it introduced its own ad-blocking support, Apple has approved an app which allows users to block adverts inside mobile apps – even the company’s own ad-supported Apple News. What about an app that blocks Apple updates please.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced Amazon Inspector, a sort of bot service that looks for and identifies potential security and compliance vulnerabilities. Da da da da inspect your gadgets. Da da da da da whoo-hoo!
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Gues what? It is one.
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The next time you’re thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead. Two-dimensional barcodes and QR codes can hold a great deal of information, and the codes printed on airline boarding passes may allow someone to discover more about you, your future travel plans, and your frequent flyer account. Wonder if I can get a paper shredder through airport security...
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Kevin Priddle wrote: Wonder if I can get a paper shredder through airport security... Does it count as weapon ?
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Only if it shreds more than X sheets per hour, thus qualifying as an instrument of mass destruction.
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Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, has launched scathing criticism at governmental plans to ban data encryption, arguing that encryption is both impossible to prevent and a direct result of overreaching digital surveillance. Ban all the things!
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Yeah, ban data encryption it is "moronic", and say bye-bye to privacy and hacking bank transactions will be kids game.
I will finally be able to play with Joshua.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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"Gabriel Aul, who is Vice President, WDG Engineering Systems at Microsoft and the spokesperson for the Windows Insiders program, confirmed today that the classic Control Panel is about to die in the future:
@billybobjoe2211 @brandonleblanc Having two separate implementations means more code complexity and disk/mem usage. Getting to one is leaner
— Gabriel Aul (@GabeAul) October 4, 2015"
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«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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BillWoodruff wrote: about to die in the future
What?
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Who can say what is about to die in the past without being a time-traveler ?
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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More a comment on the redundancy or ambiguity, can't tell which.
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Why write 'will die soon' when you can double the word count? Writers are often paid by the word, you know.
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BillWoodruff wrote: disk/mem usage Yeah, right. I cannot wait for that memory hog control panel to be gone...
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Maybe, they thought that God[^] will take care of controlling everything.
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