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New technology could revolutionize printed electronics by enabling high quality semiconducting molecular crystals to be directly spray-deposited on any surface. That's not graffiti, that's my new computer
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The mode is available now as an opt-in via the /permissive- switch but will one day become the default mode for the Visual C++ compiler. Visual C++ and standard conformance: no longer an oxymoron?
Or am I just a moron (as well?)
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What oxymoron decided that "/permissive" was in some way a good description of "standard conforming"?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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the switch is "/permissive-" or "not permissive". At some point in the future when standard compliant becomes the default, I assume the switch to keep legacy behavior will be "/permissive+"
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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Microsoft has actually been doing pretty good there. GCC is still ahead. Both are ahead of Clang, which is floundering around.
(Speaking of GCC, it would be nice to have a truly native Windows version instead of that MinGW crap.)
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Margaret H. Hamilton and Rear Admiral Grace Hopper played key roles for NASA, Navy. I guess you still have a chance to win in the future
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Agile is Dead, Long Live Agility. 15 years after the birth of the Manifesto, many of us still don’t get what Dave Thomas meant, and why the heck this meaningful adjective started to work as a noun. Ask 10 developers what's agile, get 12 answers
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Ask 10 developers what's agile, get 12 answers
Optimist! It will be closer to zero - from the negative spectrum...
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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The Open Source Hardware Association certification could help buyers hack into and copy products Standard non-Standard
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If you aren't familiar with the popular Linux-based operating system, please know that it is the distribution of choice for the founder of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds. For those Linux fans who haven't already switched to Ubuntu, Mint, or any of the dozens of other flavours
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Kent Sharkey wrote: it is the distribution of choice for the founder of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds
I'm using Fedora since version 10 - now I would reconsider it...
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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I installed it last night. I've been using CentOS 6 at work and figured I try the Gnome 3 version of Fedora (versus the LXDE version I normally use at home [in a virtual box].)
All I can ask is; are linux users mental?
Seriously, what a hideous UI. Beyond the horrible design, the number of blatant bugs was astonishing. (When I click, "Remove" after ALL of the LibreOffice components, a) don't keep "Installed" on their logo and b) Uninstall of the other crap of LibreOffice.
Then there's the weird stuff that's missing. Like where is the user manager/user groups utility. Granted, it may be there, but I couldn't find it.
Oh, and when installing it asked if I wanted Google integration. I clicked OK and it came up with a list longer than the screen (remember, virtual box without additions) of things that it would "take over." The list would have made Microsoft blush. I clicked cancel. Still found areas where "I'm going to phone home" was still on. (Even after canceling the Google thing, I ran across a dialog box which stated that Google integration was on. Was it? Don't care. I'm deleting that install.)
BTW, for all those who complain about the Windows 10 start menu--it's still way better than whatever Gnome 3 and Unity call their horror show.
Back to LXDE.
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Whether it's a result of Brexit or they're simply sick of the weather, a new survey reveals that 56 percent of British people would like to move to the Moon. I guess the weather's better?
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I want 56% of the Brits to move to the Moon too 
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Can 56% of Californians join them?
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Why stop there?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I guess the weather's better?
It would certainly be more predictable... 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Apple's iOS software quality is being called into question again this week, following the discovery of a five-second video that will force an iPhone to lock up and freeze. You're watching it wrong
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Serves them right for using an "it just works" iPhone *religious technology "discussion" ensues*
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Kent Sharkey wrote: You're watching it wrong
The full snark came through and I LOL'd.
+5 for real laughs 
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Use a hammer. It will take less then 5 seconds to crash it...
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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A Stanford study found that the majority of middle school students can’t tell the difference between real news and fake news. Not sure if this is real or not, but here you go
And I'm pretty certain it applies to adults as well. Keeps snopes in business, I guess.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: A Stanford study found that the majority of middle school students can’t tell the difference between real news and fake news.
So, Twitter and Facebook are run by middle school students? 
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Critical Thinking Skills[^] - they removed them from the curriculum so they couldn't be questioned. Now they wonder. 
"Critical", that sounds hurtful to others. 
(Non)Information rushes in to fill the vacuum (the students' heads).
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