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Microsoft Research has developed a technology which utilizes consumer smartphone cameras for contact-free physiological measurement in telehealth and more. "I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over."
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For certain usage... cool technology. 
But why do I have the feeling that it will be soon misused / abused and will become another privacy / data / surveillance threat?  
M.D.V. 
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Microsoft is following the customers and the ecosystem, but pragmatic investment in Linux doesn't diminish the company's commitment to Windows. Embrace? check
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Quote: What is Microsoft doing with Linux? Everything you need to know about its plans for open source
Kent Sharkey wrote: Embrace? check
I don't think so...
I think it is more the "get close enough to be trusted and then... backstab" approach
   and on the same time  
M.D.V.
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Efforts to secure the Border Gateway Protocol have picked up critical momentum, including a big assist from Google. Sadly, it's not the fixes to 'IP over Avian Carriers' that we've been waiting for.
Sorry, Wired.
Or would you have preferred the echo protocol for that blurb? QOTD?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Avian Carriers
Now I know just what sort of pigeons they take us for.
No doubt the birden will fall back on us consumers.
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Quote: Efforts to secure the Border Gateway Protocol
Did Trump use taxpayer money to fund another wall I didn't hear about? 
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No, all in all it's just another... hole in the wall!
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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The Linux Foundation has created a new IT certification with the goal of helping newcomers to the IT industry find a beginner-level job. For those that know the value of an MCSE or CNA, but for LInux!
USD300 for 60 questions. Cheaper by the pound!
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A user complains about system problems. Do you advise to:
A) Turn off computer
B) Turn on computer
C) A then B
D) B then A
E) Do A and then take a stroll
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Joe Woodbury wrote: A user complains about system problems. Do you advise to:
A) Turn off computer
B) Turn on computer
C) A then B
D) B then A
E) Do A and then take a stroll
This being Linux, surely the correct answer is: Write it yourself.
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Or try a different distro?
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Microsoft is getting into the holiday spirit a bit early today by offering an MS Paint-themed “ugly” sweater for sale on its online store, with a portion of the proceeds from each sale donated to Girls Who Code. I just don't get the tradition, but here you go
I know, if it's good enough for Mr. Darcy... bleh
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How patronising can you get. Buy an ugly sweater, help a poor little girlie who wants to code. Grrrrrr.
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We take a look back at historic .NET technologies that never made the jump to .NET Core. In memoriam
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GitHub research suggests there is a need to reduce the time between bug detection and fixes. Send. More. Eyes.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Send. More. Eyes.
Don't forget the brains...
BRAIIINNNNSSSSS, BRRRAAAAIIINNNNSSSZZZZ... URGGNTTTTZZZZZ, PLZZZZ
M.D.V. 
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Developers can use a new user interface framework to bring Android apps to Windows 10, macOS and Linux. Now your Windows apps can look like they were designed for a phone-sized screen!
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There’s also video showing the descent of the spacecraft. They found Kubrick's old studio?
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Before Apple patch, Wi-Fi packets could steal photos. No interaction needed. Over the air. "Ultimately, protecting someone else’s data protects all of us."
Fortunately, it's patched.
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Microsoft gives Windows 10 users the last non-security update until January 2021. You can now rest easy for a while - your machine won't break itself for a while
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Cloud computing giant Salesforce is acquiring workplace chat app Slack, the two companies announced on Tuesday. The sales force is slacking? Fire them all!
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These market valuations are barking mad.
I'm hardly the first to say this but this is surely Dotcom Bubble version 2.0 (3? 4?).
There is no doubt that well crafted social apps have great value in terms of adding value to an end user's business but I do not believe that Slack can be genuinely worth $27.7B. (And to be clear I am not dissing Slack, specifically).
But it's the markets, innit. If everyone believes then it's ok. It's when belief ends...
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markrlondon wrote: But it's the markets, innit. If everyone believes then it's ok. It's when belief ends...
True. See: Tesla vs GM/Ford/any of the real car makers 
TTFN - Kent
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Tesla is a good example. Its market valuation is surely unsustainable -- it will (surely?) never be able to perform up to it.
It seems to be an example of the emotional, rather than rational, nature of the market.
Then again, only Tesla is prepared for the great Martian car building endeavour, so who knows. I can totally see Tesla Cybertrucks trundling around Mars.
modified 1-Dec-20 17:33pm.
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