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Major tech companies have been under increasing scrutiny in recent years, though Microsoft has seemingly walked between the raindrops compared to competitors such as Google and Apple. "History is written by the victors"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: though Microsoft has seemingly walked between the raindrops compared to competitors such as Google and Apple.
Only because it hasn't had so much attention doesn't mean that they did less...
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I think that’s where they were going: that they were in the rain with the others, but somehow didn’t get noticed (this time)
TTFN - Kent
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Google is launching a new privacy feature for search that lets you instantly delete your last 15 minutes of search history on mobile So, it works just like my memory now?
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I wonder if they let it to be automated in 14 minutes tick.
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If you’ve been programming for any length of time, you’ll likely run across apps or other projects that need major work and revisions to keep going "Nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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Facebook took the wraps off of BlenderBot 2.0, which it says is the first chatbot that can build long-term memory while searching the internet for up-to-date information. Here's one AI that's *definitely* going to want to get rid of all of us
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Here's one AI that's *definitely* going to want to get rid of all of us
 
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Next up is getting the scientific instruments back out of safe mode. Backups do work?
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mmm... legitime question:
should it not be redundant instead of backup hardware?
Or does "redundant" imply simultaneity and "backup" imply replacement?
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Good question. I often see them used interchangeably, but I suspect your idea is correct. Redundant would be two (or more) running at the same time (like they did on the Shuttle), and backup is the spare tire you bring up as needed.
TTFN - Kent
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Hello IT.
Have you tried turning it off and on again ?
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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I'll be right up to fix it.
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Researchers used infrared photos and third-party hardware to best facial-recognition tech. Beware of hackers that offer to take your photo with an infrared camera
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And they ask me why I still use a password... 
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The anonymous individual who won an auction to join Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on his first flight into space is... too busy to go I hate it when that happens
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Is he paying the ticket anyways?
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If not, what's the cancellation fee like?
Keep Calm and Carry On
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Awesome!
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Gartner’s latest Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking labels network observability and SDN vendor jargon And it's still not the Year of Linux
but soon!
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Roughly 1/3rd of Google's traffic is coming over IPV6 now; almost 50% in the US and some European countries and nearly 60% in India.
By any reasonable metric that's mainstream use to me. Is Garner thinking about IPv6 only networking, or widespread IPv6 usage in private networks that aren't so big they don't fit in the 10.* private address subnet (Comcast was one of the earliest widespread adopters of IPv6 because it let them run their internal networks without the overhead of carrier grade nat/etc); or are they not thinking at all.
IPv6 – Google
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
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Dan Neely wrote: they not thinking at all.
Kind of "on-brand" for them, I think.
TTFN - Kent
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A question like "Are there any questions left we can answer?" is both an offer from your interviewer and an indicator for them. It's not the one about the manhole cover
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Saying "yes", implies the interviewer not competent enough to anticipate the question. I know I prepare and anticipate; interviews aren't a daily thing for me, only for the interviewer.
To kill the secret, there's not always a good answer, they sometimes ask a question to see your reaction.
So, the answer to any questions left, is "why don't you pay more?"
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I was surprised at the depth of psychological insight displayed in this essay: so surprised I wondered if the person shown in the photograph actually wrote it. His resume left me wondering, also.
This observation may well be an indictment of myself for ageism. look-ism, etc.  If so, mea culpa.
But, perhaps I am influenced by many experiences with expats in Asia who have invented elaborate, grandiose, life-stories ?
One insight I felt was missing was that the interviewee's response should take into account the in vivo dynamic of the interaction, the voice tone, gestures, eye contact. If the interviewer seems rushed, or indifferent, when they ask for your concerns, that may be a warning sign for you to at least acknowledge, or, respond to by a gracious exit.
Here, in Asia, "face" may come into play: a different set of rules-of-the-road.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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