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Agreed. I won't be in the 50+ club for a few more years, but have learned not to chase every new technology as I have other things in life more important. When I do decide to learn something new, I tend to realize it is just a rework or rebranding of a previous technology and I pick it up pretty quick.
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Given that most of us older folks can recall many of these shiny new ideas under different names in the past, I think that we have good reason not to be impressed with modern technology. The exceptions are ideas that were before their time (e.g. the hardware/software was not up to supporting it then), but can now be implemented properly.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I think part of this is that the older generation went into technology because they were genuine techo-nerds. While those still exist, I'm continually surprised at how many millennials in technology have no interest in technology or computers in general. Fortunately, I've worked with several who are very smart AND curious.
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.NET Framework 4.6.2 contains dozens of bug fixes and improvements. No more 260 character PATH restriction! Party time!
Oh, and some other stuff. I guess.
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.Net blog a debugger will be able to determine which reference is null and provide this information to you, making your job easier.
Now experts on CodeProject will no more find the most relevant type of question...
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You're making the unwarranted assumption that the posters on QA know what a debugger does. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: You're making the unwarranted assumption that the posters on QA know what a debugger does.
Are you sure you used the right words? Or did you rather think of
what a debugger is.
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That, too. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Oh that's easy. Its a medical device used to separate couples who get stuck together under some circumstances. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging 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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Can't we already use the debugger to figure out which reference is null?
".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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Yeah, but if you hit something at runtime, any logging you do won't tell you much information.
Not the best code in the world, but we've all written var x = obj.Method().Property.SubProperty;
Logging that exception won't tell you much beyond the line where it was thrown. Hopefully these changes will tell you (e.g. for logging purposes) that "Property" was null.
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In a paper published as the cover story in Nature on August 4, researchers introduced the first fully programmable and reconfigurable quantum computer module. Programmable ions? I used to love that band!
Before they sold out to Big Quantum, that is
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The threat of ransomware is becoming widespread among corporations, with almost half of U.S. businesses suffering an attack from the nasty form of malware recently, according to a new survey. sEnd 3 uNMarkEd bi7C01N 70 rEad 7h1s 8lur8
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Spaceflight venture Moon Express wants to be the first private company ever to land on the Moon in 2017 — and now the company has been granted approval by the United States government to launch to the lunar surface. "Not because it is easy, but because it is hard"
(slightly paraphrased there as they're not doing 'the other things')
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Approach exploits how HTTPS responses are delivered over transmission control protocol. Another day, another attempt plot to suck the joy out of life
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Contrary to what you've been told, frequent changes can be counterproductive. If 123456 was good enough for Grandma, it's good enough for me
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Quote: By studying the data, the researchers identified common techniques account holders used when they were required to change passwords. ...
"The UNC researchers said if people have to change their passwords every 90 days, they tend to use a pattern and they do what we call a transformation," Cranor explained. "They take their old passwords, they change it in some small way, and they come up with a new password."
So true. Everyone I know does this and it's the same for the 100's of websites people use.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Seriously, everyone does it. so true and so bad.
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It's also been found that writing down your passwords is more secure since you tend to create more complicated passwords. (Since I started using passpack.com years ago, my passwords have definitely gotten more complicated.)
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Joe Woodbury wrote: passpack.com
looks interesting
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I just write them down on a piece of paper like everyone else at work and put it under my keyboard. No one will ever think to look there.
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Google wants every mobile website to move incredibly fast — and play by its rules. Remember when we had that standard HTML? Yeah, good times.
Yes, I am imagining a time where there was "standard HTML". Right after I saw that unicorn kitten.
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I first read that as "Google's speedy mobile phishing tool..."
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Researchers discover that ultrasonic vibrations reduce friction on flat screens by causing the fingertip to bounce on pockets of trapped air. Can it do anything about greasy fingerprints?
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"Discover"? - what exactly were they doing when they chanced on this discovery?
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