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«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something very special."
– Stephen Hawking
RIP Stephen Hawking
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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And the average IQ of the species drops by a appreciable amount.
Rest in peace, sir - the world is a better place for having had you in it.
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He was our brain.
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50+ years in a wheelchair and didn't loose his faith in mankind...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Sic transit gloria mundi
GCS 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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I do hope that if there is anything that comes after this life it is interesting for him. Peace, bullshit, give his ghost or whatever a challenge, peace is boring.
That was an intellect one can admire, he will be missed.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Oh, f***. 
May him rest in peace.
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... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Normally ignore these, I mean movie stars are a dime a dozen.
But Stephen Hawking really did make a massive difference.
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R.I.P.
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Just read the news a minute ago.
Having spent a number of years trying to follow his footsteps along that mind bending road in cosmology I always felt I knew just enough to know how little I actually knew and in that the immensity of his intellect and his achievements. Doing all that while living with ALS makes the entire feat that is his life incredible.
We all knew he’s been on borrowed time for the last 50 years, and even though I thought it would never come as a shock when he eventually shuffled off to the great singularity in the sky it..., well, it still is.
I feel like a torch that was helping shine a small light on the deepest darkest places of our understanding of the universe has just gone dark.
RIP Professor Hawking.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Just saw the movie The Theory of Everything[^] a few weeks ago.
If there's anything I admire more than his IQ and his (proven) theories it's his positive mindset.
If more people had that mindset the world would be a better place.
Unfortunately, we now have one less 
R.I.P.
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RIP
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A sad day indeed
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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 Sad indeed. I wonder if studying his physiology will help in the treatment of ALS, as he may have been the person who survived the longest with that disease.
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modified 14-Mar-18 13:37pm.
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Channel surfing tonight and I stopped on this episode of the Twilight Zone:
"The Twilight Zone" The Brain Center at Whipple's (TV Episode 1964) - IMDb
Where the owner of a factory replaces human employees with computers.
He himself is replaced by a robot.
It really is something that we have been seeing a lot, automation replacing human in factories, AI replacing humans in some decision making processes.
On a side note, most of the original Twilight Zone shows really stand up time.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Given the not advanced breed of monkeys I have to write software for I think the worst PIC is better than them. The machine shows an alarm with a text detailing how to fix the problem and the mandatory training taught the only way to reset the condition? Abruptly shut down the power! It happens again (because the condition is still valid)? Abruptly shut down the power! Rinse and repeat until the poor PC inside the machine gives up then call our company threatening law action because "ze safwar dasz no wooking".
GCS 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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I don't remember the particular episode but yes, it was a wonderful series.
As to automation, I find it odd that we see this as a new thing. When I started work in a big utilities office, we had a typing pool, a room full of comptometer operators (remember those?), a whole stack of people making punch cards and numerous other people doing jobs that simply don't exist nowadays.
Ned Ludd and his mates were predicting the end of employment due to automation way back in the 18th century but we've seen time and time again that when one activity becomes obsolete a new one is created.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Very much agree. I think it has to do with the AI buzzword.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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See: Allan Sherman - Automation - YouTube[^]
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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I will be moving to new role next month with different organization. I have been with current employer for 6.5 years and built around 30 solutions in that time span. Now that I am leaving I need to handover all those solutions to external company. They are not filling the role for now but outsourcing the work. I have already setup all the documentations I have in a nice folder structure by application. Made sure all the source code is there in version control server. I will be having one on one meeting with company this Friday.
Any tips for smooth handover ?
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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