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Microsoft has already confirmed next update for Windows 10 will automatically remove Flash Player. Longest goodbye ever
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And the world heaved a collective yawn...
".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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Lithium-ion had a lucky break early on. Successors will need billions of dollars to catch up – if they don't flame out first You might get a charge out of this
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Microsoft officially ended support for its one-time flagship operating system, Windows 7, at the start of 2020. As the year draws to a close, I ran the numbers to see how many PCs are still running this unsupported OS. Spoiler: It's a big number. If it ain't broke, don't break it
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You, your employer, and the taxman may have very different understandings of "home." So I can't declare the video conference as a home office?
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Remote work getting boring.
Wonde Tadesse
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The researchers also theorize the primordial black holes could play a role in the synthesis of heavy elements when they collide with neutron stars and destroy them, releasing neutron-rich material. /shrug. Sure. Why not?
If they keep guessing, they'll get it right eventually?
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Below is a loosely-categorized collection of links to CS textbooks in a variety of areas that are freely available online A little light reading for you
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The author considers Go to be one of the best modern languages of today (together with Dart + Flutter and Rust). I wonder if they've collected $200 yet?
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Though making predictions is more precarious in this environment than ever, here's my list of five Microsoft technologies which I think could impact Microsoft's business customer base in 2021. Alas, Bob 2021 didn't make the cut
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Or: Five Microsoft technologies that will die in 2022. ???
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If they make it to 2022. 
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: If they make it to 2022.
If any of us do...
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Nothing about work during 2020 has been normal. So what does 2021 have in store? Here's what the experts told ZDNet. Better waistband on the sweatpants?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Better waistband on the sweatpants?
I've found that isn't actually the problem. What I really need is sweatpants with suspenders*.
*US suspenders, not UK. You pervs.
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I had the unfortunately thought that I might want to read this article.
IT should be titled. "Five no 6 no 99 new buzzwords to watch out for in 2021 and beyond"
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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The days of a clunky robot lumbering slowly on stiff legs, its head tethered to a bundle of cables, are officially behind us. The robot apocalypse now will be a musical
As they dance upon piles of our bones. Can't wait!
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Wow!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: The robot apocalypse now will be a musical
Musicals are the apocalpyse, IMO! 
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References to decades-old computer software are included in the new Brexit agreement, including a description of Netscape Communicator and Mozilla Mail as being "modern" services. Seems about right for a government document
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But did they discuss chimney sweeps and VCR repairmen?
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The NextMind controller is a sensor that reads electrical signals from your brain’s visual cortex, and translates those into input signals for a connected PC. I could do with the next mind. This one's a little worn out.
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On January 1st, Cloud Print turns into a pumpkin. So, print all the clouds you can before it's gone
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A Japanese company and Kyoto University have joined forces to develop what they hope will be the world's first satellites made out of wood by 2023. Now the astronauts will have to worry about splinters
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They can watch their low-res version of 'Shrek' on a custom VCR. What's a floppy disk?
"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should" - part 1.44MB
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