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So the theoretical math for a theoretical problem checks out, theoretically?
It's like my software: theoretically bug-free.
Got it 
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With the name Smarter, you might expect a network-connected kitchen appliance maker to be, well, smarter than companies selling conventional appliances. But in the case of the Smarter’s Internet-of-things coffee maker, you’d be wrong. Welcome to the Internet of Tomfoolery
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I find the existence of an Internet-connected coffee maker, and the fact that people would buy such a thing, necessary and complete proof that natural selection isn't working fast enough and should be lent a hand.
Software Zen: delete this;
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It always amuses me that the most luddite of people are those who work develop software or otherwise work in IT.
This tells me something about the anti-wisdom of some ideas that are floating around nowadays.
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You didn't get that memo?
That's what this whole year is all about. 1 in 7,800 and counting.
Naturally and terribly sadly, there have been some targeting errors.
What was that old Russian saying again. In 2020, you don't get virus. Virus get you!
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The creator of the C programming language and co-creator of Unix never got his Ph.D. because he didn't file his dissertation Just imagine what he might have accomplished if he got those three letters after his name
That didn't come out as sarcastic as I had hoped.
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Here's a takeaway from this week's Ignite 2020 event: An advanced Azure cloud portends the death of the traditional, high-powered dev machine packed with computing, memory and storage components. It's all fun and games until the network goes down
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 for your comment.
Plus it'll have a subscription fee and overage charges for extra cores or memory.
And your codebase will get hacked and stolen.
Pass. With prejudice.
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Greg Utas wrote: Pass. With prejudice.
Indeed. The cloud (what we used to just call "someone else's server") is cool for much stuff but this seems like a risk for no real advantage or benefit. If we want to work from anywhere then this can be arranged without having to put the entire environment on someone else's server.
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Funny. We're moving our dev stuff to the cloud, and they say we will no longer need our dev machines as a result.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Who are "they"? And what is your view?
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"They" are management, and my opinion doesn't matter because I'm a) "just a developer", and b) "just a contractor" (their words when they said my opinion doesn't matter).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Don't take this the wrong way John:
You're a contractor and you work a contract for the gubment. Having done this myself throughout the 1980's for both the DoD and the DoE, I can add the following:
You are also a whore. The key I found was to never be a cheap whore.
Software Zen: delete this;
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They pay me an awful lot to just ignore my advice. 
Their current push is to replace all of our apps (there are 12) with a single Tableau dashboard. I advised against it, and cited my years of prior experience using that product to wrangle the heavy data payload with it, but they ain't hearin' it. I'll quit my job before going through that bullshit again...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: "They" are management, and my opinion doesn't matter because I'm a) "just a developer", and b) "just a contractor" (their words when they said my opinion doesn't matter).
Ah yes, I recall now.
Your situation always appears odd to me: You are a contractor and yet you seem to be treated like an employee.
No doubt it is one of those bizarre US government things.
But it really doesn't matter for you: As a contractor (even under the US government) it's not your problem if work slows down. You use the tools provided and so be it. Take the money and smile. 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: It's all fun and games until the network goes down
Remote offload with local fallback when the network's down could be beneficial; especially for people on the tail end of their current machines useful lifespan (or just for people stuck with low end machines because of feckless beancounters). I wouldn't want a setup where any networking glitch puts me completely dead in the water though.
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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Given that my product environment almost never has a live Internet connection, this would not be a viable way to develop, debug, or diagnose software.
Of course I keep forgetting that everything's a web application these days, and nobody develops anything else.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Shirley U. Jest
#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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Hugh G. Rection [the funniest one I've seen]
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LOL.
#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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This document outlines the prospective roadmap for WinUI through 2020 and into 2021. Just remember to take a left at Albuquerque
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Ah, the latest long term strategy that they'll forget about in about 2 months. 
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'L'ong 'T'erm - 'L'imited 'T'hought. Coincidence? I don't think so!
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Microsoft’s source code for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has leaked online. Try not to run away screaming if you look
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Of special note in the code were the repeated comments, "This would work if we had new icons."
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