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XModem, YModem, Oh kiddies, choke on that! 
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I see your YMODEM and I raise you Kermit 
Mircea
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I remember using command-line Kermit a long time ago. It was also one of the file transfer protocols supported by ProComm, a full-screen MS-DOS communications and terminal emulator program I used a lot back in the day.
As they say, good times .
Software Zen: delete this;
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I started telecommuting when telecommuting was not a word. ProComm with Kermit/XMODEM/YMODEM/ZMODEM was the tool of the trade to log into company's BBS at a blazing 9600 bauds.
Now I'm stuck with this 500M fiber link and drooling for 1G. Boy, aren't we spoiled!
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: Boy, aren't we spoiled!
Indeed we are. In the late 1980's I worked for a defense contractor. We had a microVAX-II running VAX/VMS 3.something. Our terminals in the office generally ran at 9600 baud, except for yours truly. Since I was the system manager for the beastie, I solemnly decided that I needed to run at 19.2K. The machine had a 2400 baud modem connected to a phone line. I would call in over the weekend to work occasionally.
We even had the "breakin evasion" feature enabled on the phone line. There was a password protecting the modem connection you had to enter before you got the login prompt. You had only three chances to enter the modem prompt correctly. After that it would continue to prompt you, but ignore what you entered even if you entered the correct password. At the time there were over 70 VAX/VMS systems in the area (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), so there was a thriving hack community trying to break in.
Software Zen: delete this;
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NVIDIA is dropping support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 drivers starting in October. 2021, as they focus on supporting Windows 10 and later versions of Windows. I'm sure those people are worried about staying up-to-date
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I'm not going to create an account on BC to reply there, but the reason they're doing it nowish is that later this year they're releasing another long term support branch for their drivers (with 3 more years of security/bug fixes; but no new features) and then pruning the list of legacy items being supported (600/700 series GPUs are also being retired) in their development branch.
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
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Test projects give you a way to exercise your code to see if it works but they're also part of your project's "permanent record." If all you want to do is try something out with some throwaway code, C# Scripting in Visual Studio might be a better choice. Who needs a compiler?
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Gartner released new predictions about technology products and services, specifically who will build them and the impact of AI and the pandemic. Is it too much to hope for that, "you build it, you support it"?
Oh wait - it's a Gartner prediction.
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Or is 80% of tech useless?
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So IT out become OUT?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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2024 is way too soon but yes, low code/no code will have a huge impact on the development community.
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In recent years, companies have been investing in sound to make their software and stand out. "By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody"
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One of my favorite albums. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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CNBC wrote: In recent years, companies have been investing in sound icons to make their software and stand out.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"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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Unless it's truly important, shut up already. I despise mindless interruptions.
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dun DUN!
TTFN - Kent
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That was directed at the noisy software, not you...
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Same here. Audio notifications are only enabled for infrequent, high priority events. Everything else is muted and checked manually when I'm between steps of a task or less often.
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
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Sounds made during normal operation drive me nuts, hence my speaker is muted 99.9% of the time.
"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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Not to sound like a broken record (obligatory-but-muted rim-shot), but I don't have speakers on my working PC's. I have a headset I use for online meetings, but I even keep the volume turned down when I'm not actively using it.
Sound is an unnecessary distraction. If you display a visual indicator (icon in the task bar, plus a notification popup), a corresponding sound is not only unneeded but obnoxious.
Joel Spolsky I believe made the claim one time that these sorts of "micro-distractions" were more of a productivity drain than meetings or phone calls. It produces a pointless break in your concentration, disrupting 'flow', and forces you to consciously decide to ignore it for the moment.
Software Zen: delete this;
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According to a job listing, Microsoft now wants to build a new experience that will involve modernization of the existing user interface. Ooooo! More new icons!
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Some parts were not already broken.
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The Microsoft development flowchart:
+---------------+
| Is it broken? |
+----No-------+---------------+-----Yes----+
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+---------|---------+ +------|------+
|Fix it until it is | |Add new icons|
+-------------------+ +-------------+
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Their technology enables a single device, such as a mobile phone placed in the pocket, to wirelessly power other wearable devices on a user's body, using the human body as a medium for power transmission. "I have the power!"
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