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I'm talking about cloud from a programmer's point of view.
I'm not interested in saving some documents and images in the cloud, I'm interested in hosting applications, scaling up servers dynamically, spinning up databases, doing CI/CD, all that.
Azure and AWS are currently the biggest cloud platforms by far.
I'm currently using Azure and I love it.
As someone who doesn't know how to install a server I can still host applications, databases, and a whole lot more 
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Is the term 'cloud' set to drift from enterprise IT terminology? | Citrix Blogs[^]
Quote: A standout finding among the IT leader respondents is that 26% believe the term ‘cloud’ will be obsolete by 2025. Of those who don’t see a future for the term, 56% predict that cloud technology will be so embedded in the enterprise that it will no longer require separate terminology. Additionally, one third sense that in the future employees will simply refer to cloud-native apps, such as Salesforce, Workday and SAP Concur by name, and with little consideration for where the app or data is hosted. Above all, it seems we are reaching a point where enterprise cloud services, be it public, private or hybrid, will be so well-established that talk about ‘cloud’ will soon be an irrelevant signifier.
The possible extinction of the term ‘cloud’ is also mirrored in the next generation of workers, who will begin entering the workforce in 2021. Whilst 83% of 12 to 15-year-olds recognise that ‘cloud’ describes where they, as consumers, store their photos and music (when it is put like that), and two-thirds say they would regularly or sometimes use the term cloud with their peers, as many as 30% don’t really know what the term means in isolation. One third also say that they never use the term ‘cloud’ outside of ICT classes at school.
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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I keep everything on my own "cloud". I have a cloud of floppy disks that I call my own "cloud". It works quite well for all files less than 1.44mb - which is most of them really.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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F# 4.5 has been developed entirely via an open RFC (requests for comments) process, with significant contributions from the community, especially in feature discussions and demonstrating use cases. The "Ain't Dead Yet" Edition
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I'm thinking back to J#!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Rare book by ‘world’s first computer programmer’ contains a groundbreaking method for calculating Bernouilli numbers It's unclear if all the tests passed
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New ACLU test illustrates the limits of Amazon’s Rekognition system Sounds a little low
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507 false negatives out of a test set of 535 images is a really bad result.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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Great. I just spit water all over my monitor.
ONLY 28 OF THEM?!?!
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The error message stated "⚠️ Printer is refreshing".
So I took a bite.
It was not.
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That IS news to me.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Indeed - the real news is that someone has put decaf in the coffee machine!
(Sorry - was meant to put this in the lounge... he ho)
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Windows 10 now uses machine learning to stop updates installing when a PC is in use - The Verge
You know, why don't they just let us decide? Why do we need "machine learning"?
“We heard you, and to alleviate this pain, if you have an update pending we’ve updated our reboot logic to use a new system that is more adaptive and proactive,”
Oh great. So 1) another update to get the new "reboot logic" and 2) no, you didn't hear us. If you want to alleviate the pain, cure the disease, don't mask the symptoms!
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Odd. Haven't screen savers been doing that for decades now? 
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That's one of the main reasons I haven't gone to 10. Let me decide when I have the opportunity to update instead of shoving it down my throat.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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That's not what we want.
We don't want them overnight.
And we don't want them, not a byte.
We don't want them in our box,
And we don't want them you musk ox
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Marc Clifton wrote: Why do we need "machine learning"?
What's the software world without buzz-word marketing? 
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Human learning: Services->Windows Update->Properties->Disabled.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: Human learning: Services->Windows Update->Properties->Disabled.
Machine learning: Services->Windows Update->Properties->RE-ENABLE!
Which is nowadays exactly what happens. Windows re-enables the updater. 
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Fake news alert!
The true version would be:
Windows 10 now uses machine learning to ensure that updates start installing a minute before you need to use your PC.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: Windows 10 now uses machine learning to ensure that updates start installing a minute before you need to use your PC.
So close, yet so far. One tiny change, s/start/finish/ and it would be as close to perfect as an automatic default could be. As long as I can continue to override it to reboot when I click yes, there're more important things to grouse about.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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As a software developer, you want nothing more than to build and deliver great products and features to your customers. But you also know software development isn’t always easy since making changes is a guarantee that bugs will be introduced. Except for the ones that really bug *me*, of course
Yes, mostly an advertisement, but with some good points for discussion
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438-page document intended for GDPR compliance rather than to soothe users' fears To ease, or extend, your fears
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Although most businesses have security protocols in place for sharing information from the intranet, employees do not seem to know the guidelines. There's a company protocol for that?
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Need a helping hand? Tell this robotic arm—with your mind—to grasp that thing you need while your own two hands are busy Just the thing for your upcoming Zaphod Beeblebrox cosplay
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