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Lukas Eder shares his personal tips and habits after more than 20 years of programming, which he groups under the banner of “defensive programming”. Surely he’s not the only one who gets paranoid now and then? "Trust everybody, but always cut the cards"
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if (variable.equals("literal")) { ... }
if ("literal".equals(variable)) { ... }
IMO code like this hides real bugs, I'd much rather get a null exception and figure out why the variable is NULL instead of been fooled into thinking evreything is working because it didn't crash.
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... You can do that?! Why is that even a thing?
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What does the rise of containers mean to software engineers? To answer this question, here's a guide for leveraging software containers for those charged with application development, focused on what's important. For those of us (but definitely not me) who don't understand Docker et al
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Linux now drives about 25 percent of the activity on Azure. "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not."
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Each of us uses COBOL ten times a day without knowing. What are the costs of retiring the language? Maintaining the perfect record of "headlines that ask a question"
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I learned COBOL in school...was thinking of brushing up on it as it sounds like COBOL programmers are in demand 
...some people hate it but I don't mind it...it makes me feel nostalgic for the old days.
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COBOL will NEVER go away, there's just waaaay to much code written in it. Every time you buy food at the supermarket, every time you withdraw money from your account, every time you take a book out from a library etc etc. COBOL is ubiquitous and it's here to stay.
"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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The libraries I know around my place don't use COBOL anymore, but they have books about COBOL.
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That's probably good enough
"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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The Perseid meteor shower is the most widely observed and dependable annual meteor display of the year, and its peak this week has all the earmarks of being an excellent example of celestial fireworks, weather permitting. "Shooting stars never stop, even when they reach the top"
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Damn website - all the advert videos play just fine, but the actual content videos steadfastly refuse to do so.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Cisco announced that it been working on a next-generation open source video codec, called Thor, that should sidestep all patent issues that current codecs such as the HEVC have presently. You mean like Ogg, VP9, Daala, XVid...? Great unique idea!
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You know...
one to rule them all ... and in the darkness bind them
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?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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To help improve IoT security, the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) has released its Internet of Things Trust Framework. Before someone hacks your fridge (again. Why else would it have ordered all that cheese?)
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Before someone hacks your fridge (again. Why else would it have ordered all that cheese beer?)
FTFY
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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That I know why it's in there
TTFN - Kent
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LastPass, one of the more popular password management solutions next to 1Password, is making its smartphone apps free to use. For those who don't like remembering to type KD*02!<pw%
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I've used Lastpass for the last year or two. Works great across all my platforms.
Apparently the cross platform stuff is still $12/year - worth it.
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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You are aware they got hacked last year? (LastPass Hacked - Lifehacker[^].
Do you really think its wise to rely on a service like this?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Rob Grainger wrote: You are aware they got hacked last year?
Yes.
Name me one single tech company or retailer that hasn't been hacked... yet.
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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Me.
But, I'm nobody.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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The difference, I don't use most tech companies to store the passwords to all my other accounts.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Meh... I know many people use the same password on all their accounts so a hack at one is essentially a hack on all of them.
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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Don't ever put all your eggs in one basket.
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