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If you have a complex project, follow “Gall’s law” — or it will fail

6-Jul-23 12:01

The point is... will be windows 12 any better? Sigh | :sigh:

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?
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Kent Sharkey5-Jul-23 8:46

New tool exploits Microsoft Teams bug to send malware to users

5-Jul-23 8:46

Big Think[^]:
Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster.

Hang out around take-out restaurants and try to steal food? Oh wait, that's Gull's Law.

Kent Sharkey5-Jul-23 8:46

Re: New tool exploits Microsoft Teams bug to send malware to users

5-Jul-23 8:46

Bleeping Computer[^]:
A member of U.S. Navy's red team has published a tool called TeamsPhisher that leverages an unresolved security issue in Microsoft Teams to bypass restrictions for incoming files from users outside of a targeted organization, the so-called external tenants.

Is the malware Microsoft Teams?

Nelek6-Jul-23 11:58

Screw DRY – copy-paste is the goal

6-Jul-23 11:58

Kent Sharkey wrote:
Is the malware Microsoft Teams?

I wouldn't know... maybe I should ask McAfee...
I have both, company policy... D'Oh! | :doh:

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey5-Jul-23 8:16

Re: Screw DRY – copy-paste is the goal

5-Jul-23 8:16

Lawrence Jones[^]:
I’m here to say that if you want to ship high-quality software at pace, you should be investing in abstractions that are designed to enable copy-and-paste.

If it's not worth copying and pasting, why did you write it in the first place?

MarkTJohnson5-Jul-23 11:22

MarkTJohnson

5-Jul-23 11:22

Reading that headline I have to wonder if it is KSS.

Isn't doing that painful for both parties?

I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.

Employee skills gap and trust are biggest impediments to business adoption of generative AI

Kent Sharkey5-Jul-23 8:16

The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

5-Jul-23 8:16

ZDNet[^]:
More than 50% of sales and service teams don't know how to get the most value out of generative AI, according to a survey of over 2,000 sales and service professionals.

PEBKAC

Kent Sharkey5-Jul-23 7:46

Re: The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

5-Jul-23 7:46

The Overflow[^]:
Why replacing programmers with AI won’t be so easy.

Do I have to?

Greg Utas5-Jul-23 9:54

Greg Utas

5-Jul-23 9:54

In the absence of complete requirements, a good developer can often correctly guess what the behavior should be. And if there's uncertainty, get clarification.

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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

Re: The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

BillWoodruff7-Jul-23 6:43

Re: The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

7-Jul-23 6:43

Kent Sharkey wrote:
replacing programmers with AI won’t be so easy.

Managers will not have cubicle-serfs to blame their absurd/useless/buggy/past deadline/over-budget results ... following their specs lead to ?

«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

TNCaver7-Jul-23 9:54

TNCaver

7-Jul-23 9:54

If AI can take the pain out of getting complete requirements from users who don't really know what they want much less can explain what they think they want then I will welcome my early retirement.

There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
- Thomas Sowell

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)

Seven big tech companies say they’re platform gatekeepers under EU law

Kent Sharkey5-Jul-23 7:46

That essential morning coffee may be a placebo

5-Jul-23 7:46

The Verge[^]:
Tech companies behind search engines, social networking services, and operating systems with millions of users will face the Digital Market Act’s new rules in the EU soon.

None shall pass! (without ads)

Kent Sharkey4-Jul-23 9:01

4-Jul-23 9:01

Gizmodo[^]:
New research seeks to understand whether the effects of coffee is dependent on caffeine or if it's the experience of drinking coffee that matters.

"Our thoughts compressed, which makes us blessed"

Sorry for the obscure-ish lyrical choice, but that headline made the tune get stuck in my head.

Nelek4-Jul-23 12:58

4-Jul-23 12:58

That's why I don't drink coffee, Bacon is not so easy to adulterate Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

I do drink coffee, mostly 2 cups in the first hour, but it was too tempting

M.D.V.

abmv4-Jul-23 22:30

abmv

4-Jul-23 22:30

And makes for stormy weather

Caveat Emptor.

"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long

BillWoodruff4-Jul-23 23:33

4-Jul-23 23:33

And the vascular headache and wobbly sense of my own existence i get after a day or two of no coffee ?

The anti-placebo placebo ?

«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

obermd5-Jul-23 3:42

obermd

5-Jul-23 3:42

Caffeine withdrawal.

Forogar 5-Jul-23 5:03

Forogar

5-Jul-23 5:03

It's a real thing! ...or is it a placebo?

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

BillWoodruff5-Jul-23 8:33

VPN use is at an all-time high - but are people actually safe?

5-Jul-23 8:33

i know what that is ... i was mentioning caffeine withdrawal to argue against the idea of coffee/caffeine as a placebo. a form of rhetoric that is ironic [^].

cheers, bill

«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

Kent Sharkey4-Jul-23 9:01

Re: VPN use is at an all-time high - but are people actually safe?

4-Jul-23 9:01

Tech Radar[^]:
Research conducted by NordVPN - one of the best VPN services around - has found that while over a quarter of the UK residents surveyed use a VPN, 40% are using free services that may be dangerous and even run by hackers.

If your VPN is free, you're the product?

Nelek4-Jul-23 12:56

How coders can survive—and thrive—in a ChatGPT world

4-Jul-23 12:56

Kent Sharkey wrote:
If your VPN is free, you're the product?

If they didn't accept it / care about it with other way more obvious things... are they going to care about the VPN?

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey4-Jul-23 9:01

Re: How coders can survive—and thrive—in a ChatGPT world

4-Jul-23 9:01

IEEE Spectrum[^]:
4 tips for programmers to stay ahead of generative AI

With Natural Intelligence?

BillWoodruff4-Jul-23 9:28