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A handful of tips on writing more maintainable software Write it in the future?
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I was going to suggest: don't write the code in the first place. Go to the beach instead. 
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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The EU is considering a copyright proposal that would require code-sharing platforms to monitor all content that users upload for potential copyright infringement. More like copyfight
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So the - very - few hosts will left Europe... Good one...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Time crystals, systems of atoms that maintain a periodic ticking behavior in the presence of an added electromagnetic pulse, have now piqued the interest of one well-funded government agency: the Department of Defense. "If I could save time in a bottle..."
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Star Trek fans (or really, anyone who's interested in taking a course in a constructed language, or conlang) can access a Klingon language course for free via the Duolingo website. mobwI' friday ram
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My daughter, aged 12, took a class on sign language, was enthralled, and is now watching YouTube videos to teach herself.
Sounds good right? Well, she thinks everyone knows sign language and so signs to them and waits for a response. She even signs when she is singing, practicing the words she knows.
Can you imagine what Klingon sign language would be like?
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I hear Snoop Dog tours with a sign-language interpreter, maybe your daughter has a future combining singing and signing. 
I think Klingon sign language might involve bloody knuckles.
Which makes me think how few aliens in SF are "differently abled".
TTFN - Kent
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What an incredibly weak article. It is just a rehash of someone else's article. The worst part is it makes statements and then includes supporting quotes that have little to do with the original statement.
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My daughter/son-in-law have an alexa in their place. Left alone with it for a few minutes, I said:
"Alex - Die"
Apparently He/She/It/They were prepared for this and had a reply with obviously hurt feelings.
Makes me wonder how often this is said to Alexa and her kin
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Instead of making you spend hours of your life on customer service lines, DoNotPay finds all the travel confirmations in your email and then checks for a cheaper price for the same type of ticket 17,000 times per day until your flight departs. That doesn't sound very 'AI' to me
More like a macro.
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You misunderstood; in this context AI meant Auto-Indexer.
(That said, most airlines tickets charge $50 to $100 to change a reservation, so the actual savings aren't what they mentioned in their example.
Plus, it's only a matter of time before the product starts spamming you 17,000 times a day.)
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New research shows security leaders have false confidence in their ability to respond to security incidents. Step 1: Run around like mad. Step 2: Blame everyone around you. Step 4: Profit!
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Run up to the computer and pull the network-cable!
Yes, seen that response 
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Apple, in addition to the highest U.S. market share among computer manufacturers, is also the most reliable brand, handily beating out a group of competitors that includes Samsung, Dell, and Lenovo. And by 'reliable', they mean 'shiny'
And I can never find the Windows key on them
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Why is it, then, that the Macs in my office have a constant stream of problems while the Windows PCs almost never do?
(And I laughed at this: "The company now does offer Apple repair services, although it's not clear whether or not it services Apple under the terms of Apple's warranty repair program."
People take their Macs to an Apple store.
On the other hand, the screen of my son's Asus was acting flakey. He took it to a repair shop that had good Yelp reviews. Few months later and it's worse than it was before.)
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Apple has the might "command" button. It often looks like a propeller.
And a "control" and "alt" button for which the tough Apple-guys are knowing a lot short-cut commands 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Perhaps the fact that users are prevented from upgrading their over-priced shiny wonder is a factor ?
And, how about average cost of repair, rather than frequency ? And, breaking out hardware repairs from software/OS repair/restore/re-install ?
«... 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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A have an Acer laptop that's eight years old, and has *never* had a failure.
Maybe they are referring to the 1 year life-span of their laptops where they try to compel you to upgrade to the latest and greatest version before your current one starts exhibiting issues.
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OK, PC partisans, let's hear some anecdata!
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We’re excited to announce a new offering for building real-world games using Google Maps’ tried-and-tested model of the world. Won't you frag my neighbour?
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A technical mind can write an award-winning technical report at work, but the art of writing a resume can be challenging. Assuming that's one of your goals
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Researchers at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) have devised a new test, the Arc Reasoning Challenge (ARC) that can test an artificial intelligence on its understanding of the way our world operates. Short version: it doesn't
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