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Kent Sharkey wrote: And a somewhat skewed view it is (must be one of those funhouse mirrors):
They should know everything under the sun and bit more.
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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When a software project fails, the reasons for that failure are often outside the development proper, e.g. not well defined requirements. And without knowing what they actually need, they'll fail, too.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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I don't expect anything less than elephant crap out of recruiters, but would at least hope for internally consistent elephant crap.
Quote: We’ve said it once, we’ll say it again – great developers just don’t hang out on job boards. They already have a job, probably a pretty good one too,
Not an unreasonable assertion, although the few percent who aren't working now are much more recruitable than those of us who currently have a good job; so ignoring them to only look for people currently working somewhere else is a bit questionable.
Quote: Let’s say that you’ve found two or three strong candidates who could all be great for the job. Bringing them online for a test drive to see how they fit in with the team could be the tie breaker you need to make the best decision. This is the best way to see how they think, how they work both independently and with the team, and whether they can deliver what you want from them in the time given.
Make sure the task set is meaningful and reflects the actual job they need to do. Between you and me, this is how Toggl has been hiring for years now, and it has worked fantastically for them. Most importantly, be sure to pay candidates for their time during their test period, as it is a big commitment to ask of them without even the guarantee of a job at the end of it.
But forcing people to jump through a hoop big enough that it'll eat their years vacation and probably give away that they're looking for a new job (non-compete/moonlighting disclosure policies) if not force them to quit their current job first essentially eliminates anyone who's currently in a good job (and most people in a crappy job) from having any interest in your company. 
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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Yes, much useful in brake ECUs. Wait a minute that I ask the cloud what action to perform after your brake pedal press ;D
GCS d--(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--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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"With many software companies switching to the cloud because of its ease of use and scalability..."
They've obviously never attempted to setup and get anything working in Azure.
"...JavaScript could teach Dyson how to suck." -- Nagy Vilmos
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With Microsoft Teams usage surging and soon adding consumer features and Skype integration, many are wondering about the fate of Skype. But Microsoft corporate vice president Jeff Teper said in an interview that the firm won’t stop adding new functionality to Skype too. And what's the good news?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: And what's the good news?
For them: That every new feature in skype will piss the users off to change to teams?
For me: I don't care, I don't use skype or teams.
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 Sharkey wrote: And what's the good news?
It keeps the wreckers from destroying other potentially still useful MS products?
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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Microsoft today announced the general availability of the Surf game in Microsoft Edge to all users. Previously, this game was only available in Canary, Developer and beta channels. I guess this means all the bugs are fixed (and they've run out of icons to change)?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I guess this means all the bugs are fixed (and they've run out of icons to change)?
I suppose it is their lastest marketing shoot to try to get users (back?) to Edge
M.D.V. 
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In this post, I’ll try to document the characteristics and habits of the highest-performing teams I’ve been on. They create lots of subroutines?
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They don't have a unnatural load of unuseful meetings to speak about the work that is not being done because they actually are in the meeting
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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Don't blame Microsoft's war on open source all on Steve Ballmer, says former Windows boss Steven Sinofsky. Plenty of blame to go around
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Yet another article which glosses over GPL and how insidious it is. Microsoft still rejects it.
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There’s a story going around the internet about Ebay port scanning its visitors without any permission or even indication that it’s happening (without digging into the browser’s developer tools) - it’s absolutely true. Because if you go to their website, you're obviously untrustworthy?
OK, that didn't come off the way I had thought, but I'm out of brain for the day. Even a vanilla blurb was out of reach. Feel free to write a better one (as y'all often do).
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< auctioneer's chatter > I've got $210 on port 80, how about $3,549 on port 249? < /end chatter>
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If you portscan me, my firewall blocks your entire subnet in about about 200ms. The block is for one year. I have 1/2 million IP's blocked at this second. Not sure what e-suck thinks they are going to get from this but welcome to my blacklists.
Oh well, the world is full of stupid people.
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It is supposed to be a security check to avoid being remoted scammed buying things you are not ordering.
Another thing is, if it really does help as they say or whatever other hidden profit are they getting from it.
M.D.V.
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It's Javascript running in your browser port-scanning your local computer. I don't think your firewall's going to help. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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There’s always a lot of talk in cybersecurity about the importance of training employees to be aware of phishing attempts. 20% of the employees make 80% of the errors?
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The remainder ignored the email?
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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In this article, you’ll learn five advantages of Lambdas. They also make great wool, and are useful as pack animals
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Building large-scale quantum computers will require suppression of errors. Scientists have used a neat trick to apply powerful 3D error-suppression codes in a 2D architecture, something one industry insider said many thought was impossible. It's all fun and games until you fall through the fabric of time and space
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Working from home has liberated employees from distractions. 3/4 enjoy all the Zoom meetings
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A survey of introverts found...
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