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On May 4, 1971, computer scientist/mathematician Steve Cook introduced the P vs. NP problem to the world in his paper, "The Complexity of Theorem Proving Procedures." More than 50 years later, the world is still trying to solve it. For those who mind their Ps and NPs
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Quote: Are there 300 Facebook users who are all friends with each other?
Who cares? See how easy it was to solve that problem? 
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That problem is A-complete
A for apathy
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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That would be 'P', as in pragmatic! 
"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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Yahoo! Finance selects selects a "Worst Company of the Year" based on audience surveys about a company that upset them the most. There are so many people to thank for this award
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The CEO and the board of directives are so worried about it...
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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By focusing on outcomes (code in production, code churn, and code quality) rather than outputs (lines of code and story points) it is possible to measure software developer productivity objectively. So I can't just add a bunch of line feeds to pump up my kLoC?
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Quote: it is possible to measure software developer productivity objectively.
Except that code quality (one of the three things listed as an outcome) is quantitively impossible to measure - people will argue what code quality means until the cows come home. Which is actually something I can see every day at the farms nearby. Really quite fun to watch.
And "code in production" as an outcome, vs. "lines of code" - well, aren't those the same thing? I can write 1000 lines of shyte, push it to production. Now that code is in production. How has that improved the "outcome?"
Code churn - what the heck is that? Pluralsight defines it as "Code Churn is when a developer re-writes their own code shortly after it has been checked in (typically within three weeks)."
So is that a good thing or a bad thing? And geez, I pretty much to a commit for every step along the way to implementing some feature. So I have a pretty high code churn by that definition. But once the integration tests are written and I'm happy, off it goes to production and I almost never touch it again. So that code, on production, has a very low code churn. So what the heck does this metric mean for "outcomes?" What does "rewrite" vs. "refactor" mean? As I touch the code during development and commit the changes, am I rewriting, or adding to, or fixing, or what?
And the article doesn't provide much help to these questions.
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The tax-prep firm believes Square's new name will tarnish its brand. "Now I'm gonna dead you. This is MY block!"
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Would have been nice for the article to show both logos so the reader could decide if they were too similiar.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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I think it’s just on the similar names. H&R’s logo is just a green rounded square with the name, and Block’s is…whatever the elephant this is[^]
TTFN - Kent
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Despite what you may have heard, NASA firmly denies it's using the bug-ridden log4j. I guess they don't have to worry about Martians hacking it then?
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Quote: NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter uses the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 SoC seen on Samsung Galaxy S5 and OnePlus One.
Huh. I suppose it can phone home then. 
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I hate to imagine what the roaming charges would be. 
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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Researchers find internet access may not be required to exploit vulnerability The gift that keeps on giving
And before anyone says what my first three reactions were - yes, it still needs *network* access, just not *internet* access.
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Microsoft is finally signaling the end of the legacy Control Panel in Windows 11. You weren't using it anyway, were you?
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To provide the highest quality of feedback we are upgrading our system, which means older versions of Visual Studio will no longer be compatible to provide feedback. Your feedback is very important to us. Stay on the line, and we'll keep ignoring it.
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Some said a worm weaponizing Log4Shell was their "greatest concern," while others dismissed fears about it as "overblown." Write one exploit, run everywhere
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I recommend you "Blackout" by Marc Elsberg
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Thank you! Added to TBR pile. 
TTFN - Kent
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You might want to read "Zero" by the same Marc Elsberg in relation to Meta und big tech companies
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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An 80-qubit processor made by linking two 40-qubit ones. Still waiting for the Q*berts
@!#?@!
It looks like an old board game (like crokinole or something)
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Kent,
I have no idea how you would know about Crokinole [^]. I mean, there is no way anyone would ever speak about this unless you've played it. 
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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I’ve been stuck at the lake on rainy weekends. 
TTFN - Kent
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