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There are many situations where you need to express that something is “optional” - an object that might contain a value or not. You have several options to implement such case, but with C++17 there’s probably the most helpful way: std::optional. Reading is considered optional
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Being able to hack both the software and the hardware was a virtue for a long time. However, the world of computer programming has changed dramatically in the last decade. Someone hasn't seen the code bases I've seen lately
This is the "traditional" hacker, not crackers. They've still got job security.
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They turned off the Gibson?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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Calculations by University of Twente researchers show that Bitcoin is more vulnerable to attack than people had always assumed. Today in not entirely shocking news
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Phys.org wrote: If some Bitcoin users were to form a group that controls 20 percent of the currency's computing power
With those kind of assumptions even paper-currencies can be hacked.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"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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Microsoft is being urged to rush out a patch for a bug in Internet Explorer that's being used in attacks. Or, as it's also known as: a day of the week ending with a 'y'
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Florida police have reportedly attempted to unlock a dead man's smartphone using his fingerprint, an act that reflects an ethical dilemma for the modern age concerning biometric security for mobile devices. Dead men tell no tales (but they might give you the finger)?
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It appears that Microsoft is looking to decrease the amount of storage that Windows 10 hogs on your computer. Jack Sprat approves
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I think that somebody at MS forgot to include
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN in a header file when they compiled Windows 10. 
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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They can start by making Cortana uninstallable.
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That would be terrific!!!
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"Just being associated with a failed system can taint careers and diminish prospects of any employee when applying for a new job" "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
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If you interview for a position outside of your company, then how does anyone know if any of your projects were failures? I've never had a failed project and I've never had a bad manager!
modified 17-May-18 0:21am.
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- Your resume lists a company known for failures.
- Your resume lists a project that is a known failure.
- You post information from either of the above on social network sites.
- You answer questions honestly about prior work
Consider yourself blessed for not having bad managers and/or employers
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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Obviously, you don't recognize sarcasm.
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Be careful, failed sarcasm can hurt your career.
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 The trolls are in the trough today. Maybe time for a vacation!
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Funny thing is I just got back from vacation and hadn't been to CP for several weeks. I think I'll take a few more until the sun comes out.
modified 17-May-18 0:22am.
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Maybe I didn't; or maybe I recognize that the next generation of people think they are infallible...
Either way... The very first programming project I was thrown at was at a company that was building a website for another; basically a rewrite of eBay for a company wanting to make a million dollars in the collectible coin and numismatics (paper currency) realm. Project was quoted at 60 hrs. Did get it finished off in slightly over 600
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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As I've said before, the most valuable knowledge isn't knowing what to do, but knowing what not to do.
Besides, given how many projects fail due to management, I don't blame the developer. Unless they are too blame (which, unless they are psychopaths, it usually obvious in an interview.)
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I was involved in a project that was considered a failure and resulted in several executives losing their job over it. That failure had no discernible effect on anyone else's career that I know of. That is, it's failure didn't. It had a big effect on several of my former colleagues with most leaving that company for bigger and better things or, in some cases, just different things.
FWIW, that project was the world's first fully automated monolithic disk drive assembly system, at least to the best our knowledge it was. What I mean by that is, we fed it disks, cases, heads, positioners, and screws and it assembled everything and a drive came out the other end. It was a very expensive lesson that a lot of people learned quite a bit from. Enough that it hasn't been tried again since, as far as I know. It was for a company that no longer exists and I was working for a different company that also no longer exists. That was in the era before 5.25 drives got to 1GB and prior to any 3.5 inch HDs. Back then drives cost serious money.
Today disk drives are assembled in a modular way. One system typically performs only one or two steps of the assembly process and usually that system is just a single machine with little integration between the different machines. In other words, drives are built on "islands of automation" and moved between them, much like many other products are today. Of course, that varies by manufacturer and even between the different plants of some manufacturers.
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That would be a very lazy recruiter, recruiting on assumptions. I'd call him out and influence his/her career 
Having seen multiple fails, I can safely say that they are valuable learning-moments. If you haven't seen anything go wrong ever, you have not worked ever. That's a safe bet
It is also quite valuable to see these trainwrecks coming before they happen, so you can give the client a choice. That farmer is likely to ignore the robin, but at least he has been warned about the rain.
"I told you so, I told you so, I told you so" 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"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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Nvidia researchers have developed a new AI technology that can reconstruct holes or intentionally removed content from images. What about thumb removal?
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Microsoft developers working on Windows 8 created a puzzle and embedded it in the wallpapers used for internal builds of the operating system. "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead"
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Gmail is usually pretty good about filtering unwanted spam messages, but a number of users reported earlier today that their inboxes were suddenly flooded with ads that were apparently sent from their own accounts. And here I thought I had $30million for myself
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