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0bx wrote: The only people who are "makers" are the Asian men and women who assembled my phone, laptop and all the other stuff that allows me to earn a living. People would do well to remember that imo.
Wow! Bit angry there! Has something touched a nerve?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Mark Merrens: "Maker"? WTF is "maker"? It's pathetic, meaningless bollocks. Morons.
And I suppose that this is your neutral mode of communication?
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0bx wrote: And I suppose that this is your neutral mode of communication?
Duh! That's me being passive! 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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It's not so much an insult as a true statement of their uselessness; much like "geek".
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Quote: San Francisco's techies
should shut the fuck up
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Traditional office working is losing ground as the “best way” to work, and managers supporting it are either of a generation where using social technologies is seen as lazy or timewasting, or they have the wrong team – i.e. a team that requires intense scrutiny to keep it working. Are you working virtually, or virtually working?
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"Denis Duvauchelle is the CEO and co-founder of Twoodo, the ultimate online collaboration tool."
So, no vested interest there, then?
Have to say I've worked in a variety of modes from full blown work at home to you can never work at home! I prefer the middle ground where I can, now and again, work from home if I need to because the garden trimmer broke and I need to wait in for someone to come and fix it but I still benefit from the social interaction you get form being in an office. I once worked for 18 months straight from my home office (the garden, mostly) and it was great at first but you end up becoming a little isolated: there is no substitute for walking into someone's cube and interrupting their mid-morning porn session with "Debbie does the Googleplex" because you need a cardboard programmer.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced that the development of a new USB connection specification called the "Type-C" connector has begun and is expected to be finalized by mid-2014. It's progress like this that brings a tear to my eye.
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'Bout frickin' time. 
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Finally! I hope microUSB will follow
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Can't wait to be forced to buy an overly expensive motherboard just because they have one mealsy USB-3 port on it, knowing that I'm going to need it sooner or later because it's not backwards compatible and I don't want to buy a new computer every 3 years because I try to be a sensible consumer and then when that day finally comes when I need to plug something the that USB-3 port, it appears to be malfunctioning and the warranty of the motherboard has already expired by then so I have to buy another motherboard anyway and get new mouse and keyboard and by that time it's probably also impossible to find a motherboard with the correct processor socket, so I also have to get an new processor AND RAM AND harddrive... 
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No doubt there will be adapters between the two "standards". Aren't standards wonderful? So many to choose from! </sarcasm>
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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You're right, but I was simply making a satirical observation.
I'm afraid the opinion you were projecting on me is an attribution error[^].
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8 tracks suck! Vinyl is the only true path!
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Just days after regulators in the United States cleared Microsoft's proposed $7.2 billion purchase of Nokia's devices and services businesses, the European Union has approved the sale as well. Noting that the transaction didn't raise any competitive concerns, the EU's European Commission issued its OK on Wednesday. All over except the cheering then
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As with all of the trends I’m covering in my year-end review, neither the “Learn to Code” nor the “Maker Movement” are new. I’ll say it again: read Seymour Papert’s Mindstorms, published in 1980. Welcome to being trendy.
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Microsoft may be considering delivering the consumer- and business-focused versions of Windows client on different schedules, going forward, according to Terry Myerson, head of the operating system group. Here's an idea, three versions: consumer, Workstation, and Server. Nah, no one would ever go for that.
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Attackers are using the 'Pony' botnet command-and-control server software. In almost as surprising news: the day of the week today ends in a 'y'
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When Android founder Andy Rubin stepped away from the mobile operating system he helped create, rumors suggested he would pursue his lifelong love of real robots instead. Now, The New York Times reports that those rumors were true: Google has purchased seven different robot companies for a secretive new robotics initiative — and placed Rubin at its head. "It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug."
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Malware communicates at a distance of 65 feet using built-in mics and speakers. So much for that being impossible
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They merely discovered that one can use air as a communication medium, using vibrations that are commonly known as "sound". A normal machine does not decode sound, and hence, this is as much as a problem as transmitting malware using pictures and a webcam. And yes, creating inaudible sounds is easy. Detecting those sounds is equally easy.
What the scientists found, is "funding".
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Meanwhile, dog whistles are causing computers to crash...
Seriously, is there a mic/speaker system commonly used that processes sounds outside the range audible to humans?
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At Node Summit today, Joyent execs announced the company’s latest offering: commercial support services for the Node.js core. That should open them up to the enterprise market
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