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Ugly bags of mostly water!
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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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When Microsoft decided to reimagine its web development platform ASP.NET, they decided that having it tied to IIS might not be such a great idea. To some definition of 'Simplicity'
I was tempted to go with, "Shut up, OWIN", but I wasn't sure how many would get that - or care enough to get that.
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With coding applications constantly expanding, will the ability to write code be the literacy of the future? Rise of the Planet of the Code Monkeys
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What kind of world do these people envisage where everyone has to navigate their way through it by writing code? Is it one where code gets deleted on execution?
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Depends on who or what's executing!
#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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When a crystallographer treated prime numbers as a system of particles, the resulting diffraction pattern created a new view of existing conjectures in number theory. For your prime time viewing enjoyment
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Google is revamping its consumer storage plans today by adding a new $2.99/month tier for 200 GB of storage and dropping the price of its 2 TB plan from $19.99/month to $9.99/month (and dropping the $9.99/month 1 TB plan). It’s also rebranding its storage service as ‘Google One.’ Just in case you need something to bind you in the darkness
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The flaws can expose emails sent in the past and "pose an immediate threat." Whoever came up with the name efail, I salute you
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On November 30, 2016, around 100,000 people all over the world logged online and played a video game. Together, they surely would have frustrated Albert Einstein. They couldn't beat his high score on Yahtzee though
(Was trying for a dice-related video game. Blanked.)
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Updates are easily the biggest problem facing the Android ecosystem, and Google is working hard to fix that. "Once in a blue moon" is 'regular', isn't it?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Google will soon require OEMs to roll out ‘regular’ regular Android security 'security' patches
FTFY
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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std::variant is a library addition in C++17 for sum types, and std::visit is one of the ways to process the values in a std::variant. Because every language needs a variant type
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for safety's sake, when the var is is captured by an auto, does the compiler throw a std::elephant_you exception? 
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In 1900, German mathematician David Hilbert proposed a list of 23 math problems that would change the world. Some have been solved. Others remain. DARPA attempted to update the list a few years back. Here are the highlights. In case you need something to keep you occupied for your next coffee break
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Google’s Project Zero has targetted Microsoft yet again and this time Edge is at fault. I'm sure they have a recommendation for an alternative
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The average professional spends 4 hours per day responding to work emails. That's both insane and understandable. I must be doing it wrong or something
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Emails and regular meetings... biggest enemies of productivity in office... 
(ok, ok, CP is responsible for a tiny % 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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Most digital photocopies used by businesses have internal hard drives that save scans of every copy made. "Born to be a carbon copy man"
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Google says it will take steps to ensure that humans are not fooled when they get called by software bots that can convincingly mimic the human voice. I thought humans didn't use phones anymore, wouldn't that be a clue?
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Now that DeepMind has solved Go, the company is applying DeepMind to navigation But does it know the way to San Jose?
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Location, you say? Navigate this!
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According to Cheddar, it would be a way for the social network's billions of users to make electronic payments on the platform, as well as outside it. Render unto Zuck the things that are Zuck's
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He can Zuck off if he thinks I'd trust him with anything financial.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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After 26 years, Boston Dynamics is finally getting ready to start selling some robots. Frickin' lasers sold separately
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