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Hey now. Microsoft products don't have bugs, they create features that nobody wants. Features like Microsoft Vista, Windows 8, Window ME. They are still cutting edge too, they had "open security" before Facebook made it cool to have your info easily stolen.
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Microsoft's new Windows Terminal terminal emulator causes jitters among Windows developers. for %a in (Fear, the, power, of, CMD!) do @echo %a
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The kilogram is the last unit of measurement to be untethered from an artificial object. *Excluding the US, Liberia, and Burma
Yes, it's changed there also. They just don't care as much.
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The pound is actually defined as 0.45359237 kg. Most Imperial units are now defined in terms of metric.
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That... makes no sense. Which I suppose makes complete sense in this case. 
People and their units. /sigh.
TTFN - Kent
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The author of the article wrote:
Most of the people who will notice the difference between Le Grand K and the new kilo will be scientists who deal with hyper-precise measurements, such as pharmacologists who must dole out exact doses of medications
This is obviously nonsense. Up to the new definition of the kg the mass was known to an accuracy of 50 microgram, that's only 0.05 millionths. Who cares if he/she gets an overdose of even one millionth
He also writes "The kilogram is now equal to the weight of 1.4755214 x 1040 photons with frequencies matching a cesium atomic clock." That's not a very large number of photons, about 1500. There's a symbol missing
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Given that some phamaceuticals are effective in dosages measured in micrograms, I really don't think your summary works here.
For example, LSD-25 can make you hallucinate with approx 60 microgram dosage.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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The article and my comment related to the accuracy of the measurement, not to the amount.
Up to the change in definition the mass of the standard kilogram was known with an accuracy of about 50 µg (0.05ppm).
The usual LSD dose is 50-100 µg, one doesn't need the above accuracy for the dosage
PS As a chemistry student some one asked me in the student union bar if I could synthesise LSD. The answer was yes, but even in those days you were reported to the police if you ordered the starting materials
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Lets get to the end game: Do I now have more or less mass?
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 33-year-old government IT contractor from the Upper North Shore Killara suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, for allegedly running a shadow mining scheme using the government's computing systems. Can I pay my fine in bitcoin?
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Might set off a Ripple. His accomplices tried to stop him from talking, but he was immutable.
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We’re releasing today the Free Wolfram Engine for Developers. It’s a full engine for the Wolfram Language, that can be deployed on any system—and called from programs, languages, web servers, or anything. "So baby can't you see, I've got to break free"
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Quote: There are now altogether 5000+ functions in the language, covering everything from visualization to machine learning, numerics, image computation, geometry, higher math and natural language understanding—as well as lots of areas of real-world knowledge (geo, medical, cultural, engineering, scientific, etc.).
Should I go to the salad bar first, or the sushi table, or ... the ?
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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[^]Quote: “If you find yourself spending more time fighting than getting to work, stop and ask yourself, ‘Who benefits from all the chaos?'” Cook said. “There are some who would like to believe that the only way you can be strong is by bulldozing those who disagree with you… We forget sometimes that our pre-exiting beliefs have their own force of gravity. Today, certain algorithms pull toward you things that you already know, believe or like. And they push away everything else. Push back! It shouldn’t be this way.”
So, it's not the elbows of pedestrians immersed in smart-phone selfie-land that are pushing me ... it's the algorithms.
I'm just going to have to stop bubble-sorting late at night.
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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Tim Cook said: Today, certain algorithms pull toward you things that you already know, believe or like.
That's odd. 98% of the time I am bombarded with garbage I don't want to see. Tim's algos much be working right on me. 
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Google has announced a new version of its business-focused Glass augmented reality headset, which it’s now designating an official Google product instead of an experiment. Take a look before they cancel it
Maybe they'll figure out how to put advertisements everywhere you look. Then they'll keep it.
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Online account hijackers received a taste of ironic punishment this week. "Set a thief to catch a thief."
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Kharmic justice in action.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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A massive database containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online. If I wasn't too old to know what an Instagram is, I'd be outraged!
Something with photos?
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Is there a betting pool somewhere for this kind of security leak, or would be bookies be at a loss?
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Nah - Instagram is where you put your grandmother on speed-dial.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Business and society run on increasingly complex software, so it’s time we require a license to write critical code. Can I see your license before we let you edit this switch statement?
I was going to go with "License to TCL", but ... meh.
Seems this idea comes around every few years.
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I wouldn't hire an electrician that isn't licensed and bonded. I think there are more parallels than not as IT is becoming as fundamental to infrastructure as electricity.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Just make sure the managers and MBAs who are ruining* the software projects have to be licensed too.
That actually is a very balanced and interesting article though.
*Oops, mis-spelled running.
modified 20-May-19 16:01pm.
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