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Acquired December 1997, Hotmail was the gift that kept on giving—for good or ill. I'd make a HotMail joke here, but I think they've all been said by now
Almost as good as "aol.com" for identifying the age of the sender.
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I got a Hotmail address soon after my Yahoo one, about sixteen years ago. Hotmail was a regular spamfest, far worse than Yahoo. Since then my address has migrated to Outlook.com. I like it, but I have so much crap connected to my yahoo account, that I don't have the energy to change. Though given how bad Yahoo is becoming, I may have to force myself.
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I think the funniest part was how they tried to implement Hotmail on Windows Server but performance was so bad they bagged it and went back to the previous implementation on Linux.
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To clarify, the implementation wasn't on Linux, but a combination of FreeBSD and Sun Solaris--a HUGE difference at the time.
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Yes, now that you mention it, I do remember that. At the time, Sun was huge in the server market.
Thanks 
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The Harvard Business Review may have published this logic puzzle back in 1996, but people are still scratching their heads over it today. Just in case you're a little short on "stupid interview questions" this week
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It’s an excellent chance to make a summary of things that happened to C++! As you might guess the whole year was dominated by the finalization and publication of C++17. Yet, there are some other “big” things that happened. It's still compiling?
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BTW, that guys website is awesome and highly recommended.
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What's C++? That a new library for JavaScript or something?
Jeremy Falcon
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A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug. Fortunately not a lot of people use those chips
And yes, it does include one possibly naughty acronym. Sorry for offending anyone with that.
If you noticed it.
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I thought this was going to be an article on the downfall of kentucky fried chicken and their spokes person.
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This is awful. 5% to 30% slowdown on affected systems to remain secure.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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It seems that picking the AMD FX 8xxx starting to pay off...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Just a little reminder that it’s about 100 times more important what you build than how you build it. Unless you build it on a swamp, of course.
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This software collects TV-viewing data for advertisers “by identifying audio signals in TV ads and shows, sometimes even matching that information with the places people visit and the movies they see.” Advertisers then use this information to target ads more appropriately to individual users. Black Mirror watches you, while you watch it
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That explains alot. I keep my phone in my back pocket and get endless advertisements for whoopee cushions.
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The Redmond firm says passwords are a relic from the early days of computing that have outlived their usefulness. Let's replace it with something almost as bad!
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Is this the part where they introduce underwear tag handwriting recognition? Thats how I know which ones are mine...and i doubt anyone will be trying to steal my "identity" anytime soon.
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Because all the new alternatives are bulletproof...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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NASA astronauts successfully sequenced the DNA of microbes found aboard the International Space Station, marking the first time unknown organisms were sequenced and identified entirely in space. I'm a little disappointed it wasn't the Andromeda Strain
But also kind of glad
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Is it not more "was"? 
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Agreed. The article is not clear on whether they killed it or not.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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In case "they" killed it, stupid human being!
Anyway thanks for bring this in front.
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