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That's similar to the difference between a US Survey acre of land (43,560 sq. ft.) and a "builder's acre" (40,000 sq. ft.), which is about 10% of the US Survey acre. They use the builder's acre in real estate listings, so you're not getting the acreage they advertised.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Because people used to buy rough cut 2x4's from the saw mill and run them through joiners to smooth out the edges by shaving some off. So when the lumber yards started selling smooth boards directly, they did the same thing. Started with a rough cut and shaved it down to the same size consumers were typically doing.
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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"Register here for free to get your free donut".
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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The lawyers for the plaintiffs also need to receive their fees in coffee and donuts.
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Software has inertia. Best not make any early decisions then
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Best not make any early decisions then
I know some "specialists" that don't take any early decisions, nor in time decisions, nor late decisions...   
And the worst is... my work was depending on the work of one of that class for a good while. Man was I frustrated... 
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Software has tremendous inertia when automated tests are lacking or management is clueless about technical debt.
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In a recently updated blog post, Microsoft has noted that the upcoming version of Windows 10 has a "scoped" set of features and Microsoft will share more details about it later this year Do those new features include ways to force you to 11?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Do those new features include ways to force you to 11?
Probably, along with another bunch of new icons
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Artificial intelligence is a common part of everyday life now; it plays a role in everything from shopping suggestions, to entertainment mediums like video games, to the production of art pieces... and it's also pretty easy to argue that AI is still in its infancy. The rest of us have already been replaced
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The other 57% don't know where does "Sayonara, baby" come from...
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I'm far more scared of the sentience of those who will control the programming of that AI.
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What scares me more is the lack of sentience in 99% of the population and 100% of government officials.
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Microsoft announced that it will stop providing service updates, security fixes, and technical support for .NET Core 3.1 on December 13, 2022. Can we restart it if we drill down to it and set off some nukes?
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They said nothing avoid stop providing new icons... we are safe.
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Why? It is based on Windows 3.1? 
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Eight in 10 employers want employees with college degrees -- yet most would be satisfied with specific skills, experience or training. Because 81% of hiring managers have degrees?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Because 81% of hiring managers have degrees?
I think more because that 81% of the managers think than having a degree is the same as knowing what was teached in the degree...
but many degrees have actually little to do with the real world, so...
Hey, many managers (and most politicians) have lost contact with the reality. Here it is...
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Because it's always been done that way and because they're too lazy to independently assess candidates' skills other than to ask dumb-ass questions during interviews.
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Where else besides college could you possibly learn about manhole covers? 
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Because the self taught expert balsk when developing a Proportional-Integral control algorithm with a BEMF observer to manage the PWM signals for the 6 MOSFETs of a three-phase system.
Because the self taught "coder" won't implement a frequency-based image analysis alogrithm capable of running in less than 10ms on a Pentium 4 to detect foreing objects in x-rayed containers traveling at 3 m/s on a conveyor line.
Because the bright geniusses that only coded on their own won't give a flying ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) about computational complexity, known operational research approches, advanced trigonometry, signal electronics, error estimation and transients.
Such developers can easily get to work in the overcrowded and overmarketed world of the thousand Javascript frameworks, but no more than that.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I doubt it's the hiring managers. It's HR that requires these degrees. The reason is an idiotic US Supreme Court decision back in the early 70s that basically forced companies to find criteria other than skill sets for job offerings on the basis that this was the same as racial profiling and discrimination. The result was that companies pushed this determination onto the American higher education system. So instead of companies being hit with racial discrimination lawsuits our colleges and universities now get hit with them.
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Scientists in Switzerland have developed a battery made out of paper which will release its charge when splattered with water. For when you need to send a shocking letter
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Nervous people that get sweaty hands might really have fun with these...
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