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What a recurring blather of nonsense...
Developers often skew young because older staff can grow tired of relearning their skills each time a new platform comes out.
Yes, we do grow tired, because of all the different buzzwords but nothing really new. "Older" developers simply have a better BS detector.
Second, and more importantly, companies frequently hire younger, inexperienced programmers to perform the same work for a cheaper salary.
Bingo. The color of money. I have more money to do it over than to do it right. If a project collapses, it's never the fault of management decisions, etc. Not saying us older dudes are perfect, but I have seen some sheer misery generated by the younger crowd.
Still happily coding and developing software.....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Consider what it looks like from 63. . .
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NASA is calling on coders to help in the hunt for potentially dangerous asteroids. Over the next six months, the agency will be offering a total of $35,000 in prizes in a contest series that aims to improve the way telescopes detect, track, and analyze incoming space rocks. Do we get extra points for hitting the UFO?
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Google has definitely benefited from the rise of the mobile web, especially since its Android platform is now by far the most widely used mobile operating system in the world. However, the mobile web has also shown itself to be disruptive to Google’s traditional search business mostly because it’s having trouble collecting data on what users are doing when they’re looking at mobile applications. "The Eye of Sauron now turns to the last free kingdom of men."
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Kudos for tag line
Kent Sharkey wrote: "The Eye of Sauron now turns to the last free kingdom of men."
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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In my experience 95% of what I'm doing on the mobile app is trying to discover where they've hidden all the functionality from the website.
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 So maybe having Google scan it would be helpful?
I really hate companies that do that, and they tend to be the first to keep shoving their app in your face when you go to the site.
TTFN - Kent
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I bet they know what users are doing when they're looking at adult-themed apps.
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Kinoma Create is a JavaScript-powered Internet of Things construction kit designed to help software developers become “makers” who are able to easily design prototype products faster, according to the company. The platform allows users to create personal projects, consumer electronics and Internet of Things prototypes with no prior hardware experience.
I'v tried Raspberry Pi and failed, this seems promising....
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Raspberry Pi really so hard? Been years I didn't do anything with hardware.
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I advice Netduino or better, gadgeteer. Wrote about it.
Same thing but with real C#, real IDE, and real libraries. 
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Speaking to a packed exhibit hall, Edward Snowden said the keys to protecting the public from government surveillance is encryption and civilian oversight. The world's most famous whistleblower has said it before, but reiterated it for the SXSW crowd, that end-to-end encryption would go a long way towards protecting user data from both spying and attackers. Kind of ironic he used a Google service to give the talk
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It looks like the rise of the “as a service” model, where people can buy software, platform access, security and more from a cloud-based provider for a fixed term, may have spawned its Damien: cybercrime as a service. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"
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Labor data shows says that Feb. was a strong month for IT hiring, though it's still not at early 2013 levels Good news?
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It’s certainly not bad news. However, the increase needs to continue for quite some time before it is great news.
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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Fraunhofer Institute researchers are demonstrating three tools for securing mobile apps from development through to deployment Or... you know, people could be a little more careful?
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There was a time when computer games didn't have graphics. Or at least they couldn't have graphics and sound at the same time. They certainly couldn't have graphics, sound and enough content to keep even a human being amused for more than a few minutes. So they had text. "Don't panic"
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Must remember - check pockets of dressing gown for analgesic, and bring towel...
Quote: You keep out of this, you're dead. An ambulance arrives.
It seems the intervening 30 years have not made me any smarter.
modified 10-Mar-14 14:59pm.
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[SPOILER ALERT!]
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CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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No fair posting spoilers! 
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: No fair posting spoilers!
Whoops. Fixed.
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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Google today launched the Google Apps Referral Program in the US and Canada. The referral program lets you share Google Apps with other businesses, and pocket a $15 bonus for each new user that signs up. "What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?"
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http://ghost.teario.com/how-not-to-write-an-api/[^]
Quote: By the way, they're charging money for this API!
What mistakes does this API make, then?
1. Passwords are stored in plain text.
2. The app can see all users it has registered, without any clear reason.
3. The key is sent over the network.
4. The API can return plain text passwords, for no clear reason.
5. The data is all sent in plain text.
6. There is no concept of auth/deauth for the app - it always has access to users it registered.
Oh and they were warned about the problem back in 2010. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging 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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Looks like a how to from "Hackers cookbook".
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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