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Google says that if you don't check in on your Google Drive files every now and then, it may delete them. They've figured out a new way to cancel stuff?
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A major technical challenge for any practical, real-world quantum computer comes from the need for a large number of physical qubits to deal with errors that accumulate during computation. Instead of 5-10 years away, they could be 60-120 months away!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: New approach to circuit compression could deliver real-world quantum computers years ahead of schedule
and/or not... 
M.D.V. 
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EFF on the attack as IT giant tries to claim free supplies during 'device lifetime' just an introductory offer First hit's always free
Why are there still so many printer horror stories?
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By "life", we meant the life of a hamster and we all love hamsters (you hamster hating ghouls.)
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My hp laserjet (inherited) just broke and I have to buy a new printer...
Guess which brand is not going to be in the "check for new device" list?
I have been pissed by HP in several ocasions, not only printers but laptops too. I won't give them any money more if I can avoid it.
M.D.V.
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FWIW, I've been happy with my Brother[^] - it's one of the few purchases I haven't regretted.
And agreement on HP laptops. I had one a while back and it ended up on the regret pile very fast.
TTFN - Kent
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I'll second your Brother recommendation, bought a color laser printer last year, it just works.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Kent Sharkey wrote: And agreement on HP laptops.
I must differ. I (and my family) have been buying HP laptops for quite a while (at least 8 years), and they've been solid workhorses. The only problem I ever had with one was when I dropped it, and the screen developed a line across it, otherwise functioning normally.
Perhaps our usage profile differs from yours.
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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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Perhaps our usage profile differs from yours.
Fair enough, and entirely possible. Or that I got a lemon (happens to all manufacturers).
Still sticking with Lenovo and/or Dell for the foreseeable future though (until I get a lemon from one of them)
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Why are there still so many printer horror stories?
Err. Ahrm.. Because HP remains in the market.
They made a 500mhz bandwidth CRO in 1960. That was impressive.
Much of their last 60 years has been a dissapointment however.
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A newly found side channel in a widely used protocol lets attackers spoof domains. "Sooner or later, everything old is new again"
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Cool... does it mean I can take my epaulettes / shoulter pads and the bombacho trousers out of the box again?  
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Eta Carinae has been exploding for nearly 200 years, and now we're firing lasers at it. We have always been at war with Eta Carinae
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Are we not a bit (200 years or more) too late?
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Now that Microsoft has released .NET 5, you are probably wondering whether you should start using .NET 5, and perhaps more importantly whether you should migrate existing code to .NET 5. "The problem isn't change, per se, because change is going to happen; the problem, rather, is the inability to cope with change when it comes."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "The problem isn't change, per se, because change is going to happen; the problem, rather, is the inability to cope with change when it comes."
Nice quote 
But sometimes, inability could be replaced by "impossiblity", because some things are just out of our hands.
M.D.V.
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Imagine a world where you move around in your own personal sound bubble. I get that whenever people start talking about "Waterloo"
Or they mention a "midnight train going anywhere"
Apologies to anyone affected.
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What? No Soft Cell stuff in there?
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Oh, great. Thank you so much
Now I know I have to DunDUN Run away... 
TTFN - Kent
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Glad it's not just me!
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Will it stop my neighbor from screaming and jumping up and down when "his" team scores?
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Oh great, like I really need help with that.
I take an antidepressant as part of migraine prevention therapy. One of the minor side-effects is that if I listen to a piece of music, it will continue playing in my head long after the music stops. It's a temporary aberration in short-term memory and completely harmless, but can be disconcerting.Kent Sharkey wrote: "midnight train going anywhere"
How about Georgia[^]?
Software Zen: delete this;
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