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The surprise hit of Google I/O was without a doubt Cardboard. Google’s paper product — or phone-based VR viewer — made its debut during yesterday’s keynote, and today, David Coz, the project’s founder, revealed its origins. It still blows my mind, so many minutes later
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Google wants to make the experience of using Chromecast more social. To do that, it's opening up the $35 device to everyone in your living room, regardless of whether or not they're connected to your Wi-Fi network. - .... .- - .----. ... / .- -.-. - ..- .- .-.. .-.. -.-- / -.- .. -. -.. / --- ..-. / -. . .- -
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To translate that Morse Code, visit here: Morse Code Translator[^] Kent Sharkey wrote: - .... .- - .----. ... / .- -.-. - ..- .- .-.. .-.. -.-- / -.- .. -. -.. / --- ..-. / -. . .- -
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What? It's not showing on there already?
TTFN - Kent
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Great idea! It reminds me of the 1970ies when the TV remote control used ultrasonic sound. Was a great experience when the neighbour used the dog whistle to call his dog...
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It's rare that you come across a bug so subtle that it can last for two decades. But, that's exactly what has happened with the Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer (LZO) algorithm. Software bugs ... in SPACE!
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A good bug is a dead bug!!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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The free, virtual and community-driven dotnetConf is on. Point your web-browser to dotnetConf.com. No registration, manager approval or anything required! The virtual conference is two days long. You had me at free
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Er... I think I just missed just about all of it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Bugger. Sorry about that. Hardly seems useful for tomorrow morning either.
Need more coffee (or gin. or coffee with gin.)
TTFN - Kent
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No problem. Have a G&T for me!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Google hired the noted inventor and futurist to build artificial intelligence that can think like a human. His vision is a computer with a structure modeled on the human brain, giving it a capacity for abstract thought. August 29, 1997 (or maybe next Tuesday at 3:15 GMT)
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"I speak of none other than the computer that is to come after me..."
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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The thing about the capacity abstract thought - the devil is in the concrete implementation
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SkyNet wouldn't attack us, would it?
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Building a CPU is not enough. It needs supporting systems like memory and power, it needs IO devices and it needs programming. Next, it'd need a survival-instinct and it would need to be mortal. Otherwise it would not think like a human, would it?
What would a mortal machine with a survival-instinct think of "humans" and their actions? Does that answer your question?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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This new alignment with strategy, customers and product owners is one of the biggest transitions in the ALM evolution that the developers have had to deal with, according to Holler. “You are not just building to a specification,” he said. “You are really tied into the story that rolls up to the business initiatives so developers really have more of a comprehensive understanding of the value they are delivering.” Should we even call it ALM anymore?
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I think the nature of ALM is that it's perpetually in a state of flux. It's not a matter of replacing or rethinking it. Devs just need to pay attention to its natural evolution.
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Google had plenty to announce during the keynote at its I/O conference yesterday. Alongside its big announcements, the company also shared some interesting statistics about the growth of its Android platform. Isn't that about the size of the Windows Phone install base?
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I'm so sick of these Android malware studies and reports and statistics. They're all skewed by the fact that it's the most open and forked mobile OS out there, and that the overwhelming majority of malware instances come from international markets where they're running independent versions of Android out of third-party marketplaces with zero security updates or support for Google.
This topic has become one of the biggest worthless piles of tech article fodder, and publications just keep shoveling it.
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All true. I have actually been trying to avoid putting these in for just those reasons. This one I couldn't resist as it actually showed just how small the problem is (5 million out of 1 billion install base), and for the WP shot.
I will now go back to trying to avoid these stories.
TTFN - Kent
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Fair enough, I'll admit that on first read I only skimmed the article out of frustration. On a second pass-through it's not quite as bad as most...and a good WP dig indeed.
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In the field of software development, the Pareto Principle can be summarized by saying that most problems are caused by a small number of bad coding practices. Eliminate them and your work will be very much easier and more productive. Bonus #11: basing your code standards on a listicle.
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If eliminating those 20% was that easy, the principle itself would not have existed.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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