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Microsoft has finally realized that many average users have no idea what a KB and its numerical ID are and don't know what to do when they appear in a Windows 10 setup error notification. They're changing KB to WTF?
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There is nothing to understand! People who "have no idea" how numbered identifiers work do not exist (if they don't have social security numbers, and they don't live in houses that have numbers, then that's pretty much not existing).
Here's everything that even the casual user needs to know:
The KB things are what you use to identify an update, when you contact ms to tell them that the update has killed your computer.
It looks more like ms is looking for an excuse to do the same as they did with their "friendly dates" (using them instead of timestamps), by using identifiers that are transiently understandable for casual computer users, but totally useless for professionals.
Some idiot who knows nothing about computer users is obviously Hell-bent on making a name for himself.
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I have no SSN and live in a house without number, street or any other address-like identification...
But I know what KB in the Microsoft universe means 
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I have no SSN
You have an Israeli ID card? A passport? A driver's licence?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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More to the point, can he get me discount on a CitiHawk[^]?
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Older developers, particularly those in the 38-53 and the 54-72 age brackets, overwhelmingly tended to create games as their first programming project. Those currently aged 21 and under, however, tended to build calculators as their first programming projects. Where's the fun in that?
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They're only making calculators in the hope that they'll become sentient, and say "Hello World".
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Mark_Wallace wrote: They're only making calculators in the hope that they'll become sentient, and say "Hello World".
I thought it was because everyone likes
8008135 but these days I feel like kids are more interested in Fortnite or whatever.
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Something just doesn't add up here.
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When I saw some other news article mention the same thing, I thought maybe there is a missed understanding of first program.
Calculator might be the first "traditional" program they learned, but not realising that Minecraft and many other games have obscured programming mechanisms.
Compare that with atari/commador (before my time so I might have a skewed perception here) that had pre packaged software, but also books which require you to write in the game before you can play it, hence becomes your first program you wrote, although maybe 95% copied with your tweaks.
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For the past two days, Windows 10 users from around the world have been reporting that they are unable to connect to Windows Update. When they attempt to do so, Windows 10 will complain that they are unable to connect to the update service. "And there was much rejoicing."
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20 million people are receiving treatment for blue-screen withdrawal symptoms.
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I was sure that you post only bad news about W10...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Tempting through it may be to believe that certain programming languages promote errors, recent research finds little if any evidence of that. "A poor craftsman blames his tools"
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They should do the same with degree courses, per university.
[edit]
And there's this:
The Register wrote: In a phone interview with The Register, Emery Berger, computer science professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said it's important to draw a distinction between what a failure to reproduce means and what's the actual state of affairs.
... But then he realised that he wasn't talking to his therapist, and hung up quickly.
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Quote: Tempting through it may be to believe that certain programming languages promote errors, recent research finds little if any evidence of that.
It's not the languages, it's the people who habitually use those languages that are the problem - IMHO.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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A survey conducted by HackerRank, a popular competitive programming platform, found JavaScript to be the most popular programming language for 2018. Frequently used != 'popular' (for either of them)
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But we already know that, in order of magnitude, there are:- Lies
- Damned lies
- Statistics
So what are we supposed to take away from this article?
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Yes, but if it's on the internet it must be true.
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Damn.
I know I've got a terrible memory, but forgetting one of the Great Truths like that is way over the top.
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Quote: there are:
- Lies
- Damned lies
- Statistics
..and correspondingly:
- Liars
- Damned liars
- Politicians
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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It's probably the "most used", but "popular" has a comeplete different meaning.
If MS would just come out with it's own strongly typed scripting langauge, javascript would fade and die.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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= typescript
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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I haven't looked at it beyond a cursory glance, but this appears to be more appropriate - Bridge.NET - Open Source C# to JavaScript Compiler[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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A lot of snark, but I've attended some coding meetup groups and almost everyone there is doing some sort of front end web developments for which they use JavaScript. I've been impressed with how quickly some of the demonstrators have put together working solutions.
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