User: NotSoHeavyD3

The only thing that surprises me about this

On: Man Caught Wearing Earbuds With a Dead Phone Found Guilty of Distracted Driving (www.cbc.ca)

That this clearly delusional ruling didn't come from an American judge, it came from one in Canada.

Re:No. Sometimes you can't reach stupid.

On: Measles Cases Top Last Year's Total

Funny that you should bring up the Daily Show since they had anti vaxxer and profession Katherine Hepburn impersonator RFK jr on and from what I remember they didn't mock him. I think this is the video of that episode but it's been a long time since I've last seen it. http://www.cc.com/video-clips/...

Wasn't there another article covering this

On: Is Believing In Meritocracy Bad For You? (fastcompany.com)

Which pretty much said you needed a basic level of ability, IE a floor, but once you got above that level there was little to no advantage and going above that level of ability and other factors became way more important. Things like being good at self promotion, networking, etc.

The lesson here is

On: Shared Scooters Don't Last Long (substack.com)

Never lend or rent anything you arenâ(TM)t willing to have destroyed and if you do expect that to happen unless you do something to prevent it. In other words people suck.

Umm, he almost got into college at 16

On: Huge Study Finds Professors' Attitudes Affect Students' Grades (arstechnica.com)

At a fairly good one too. The reason he didn't get in was his French grades weren't good enough so he spent his time working on that and got in when he was 17 so it's kind of hard to seriously argue he wasn't a good student.

This is why update strategy was

On: Windows 7 Users Who Installed January Update Report Network Issues; Some Say the Update Has Also Incorrectly Flagged Their OS License as 'Not Genuine' (itpro.co.uk)

On windows 7 I used to do the following

Turn off auto updates

Check for updates by hand

Only if the update was at least a week old update at a time of my choosing

Of course when I tried this on windows 10 check for updates is now check for the latest alpha updates and immediately apply them.

Well I guess itâ(TM)s not hackable anymore

On: Microsoft's Emergency Internet Explorer Patch Renders Some Lenovo Laptops Unbootable (betanews.com)

then again you could get the same level of security by repeatedly hitting it with a sledge hammer.

I told my niece if she gets into Harvard

On: 'What Straight-A Students Get Wrong' (nytimes.com)

to go to the parties. Getting A's there is less important than networking. Actually in a lot of schools it's more important to network than to get A's.

Re:At this point if you told me

On: Latest Windows 10 Update Breaks Windows Media Player, Win32 Apps In General (arstechnica.com)

Funny you should mention it, I literally use 8.1 with classic shell. Without it I have no idea how anybody uses 8 or 8.1 but with classic shell? You're right, it's a great OS.

At this point if you told me

On: Latest Windows 10 Update Breaks Windows Media Player, Win32 Apps In General (arstechnica.com)

At this point if you told me Windows 10 was Microsoftâ(TM)s way at getting back at everyone who hated Windows 8 Iâ(TM)d probably believe you.

The most important thing to do at a new job

On: Does Switching Jobs Make You a Worse Programmer? (forrestbrazeal.com)

Is find what the "in" group is and make sure you're part of it. If in your first 6 months you realize you're not part of the in group for any reason you might as well leave because it's actually easier to get into the in group as an outside hire than as a member of the company who is currently in the out group.(You're now typecast.) For those that do know the in group gets listened to, gets the good things to work on, and if they ask for something they'll actually get it.

Re:That's a great comment

On: That Time The Windows Kernel Fought Gamma Rays Corrupting Its Processor Cache (microsoft.com)

You're very right there. Also I'm guessing there's probably some issue tracking so putting that in there would be nice as well. I'm just so surprised the original developer didn't put in some pointless comment.

That's a great comment

On: That Time The Windows Kernel Fought Gamma Rays Corrupting Its Processor Cache (microsoft.com)

Since it explains the reasoning why that code is there.(Since another developer could come by and wonder why that code is there.) I've seen way too many people put in a comment like ;invalidate cache and call it a day.

Guess I'm sticking with Win8.1 and classic shell

On: Latest Windows 10 Update Has Yet Another File-Managing Issue (gizmodo.com.au)

I've been running Win 8.1 with classic shell and I haven't had any of these problems, probably because they haven't produced a major update since I originally installed it. Guess I'll stick with it a bit longer. (Classic shell makes 8.1 a decent OS.)

So basically

On: 3D Printers Have 'Fingerprints', a Discovery That Could Help Trace 3D-Printed Guns: Study (sciencedaily.com)

Build your sten at home with regular tools since it will be more reliable and won't have a fingerprint either.

Do you know why that's the current theory on guns?

On: The US Grounds All F-35 Jets (bbc.com)

Because if the guy that did the research for this assessment is even close to being correct https://www.youtube.com/watch?... The last time anybody managed to shoot down one plane from another plane with a canon was in 1989 in the Iran/Iraq war. If that's how things are going currently then maybe you need a canon for ground attack but air to air? Not so much.

Re:So basically go with LTSB

On: Windows 10 October 2018 Update is Deleting User Data For Many (windowscentral.com)

I'll have to try that. I've installed pro as part of a dual boot but after I installed it I've had loads of problems when I first started and hearing stuff like this with ever update has made me stick with my previous OS as my primary. Thanks

I heard they're renaming Win 10 to WinUWP

On: Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 October Update (zdnet.com)

Which will of course stand for Windows Unreliable Work in Progress

So basically go with LTSB

On: Windows 10 October 2018 Update is Deleting User Data For Many (windowscentral.com)

Which is apparently easily the best version of Windows 10 because it doesn't have upgrades except for security patches.

That tells me why most meetings are useless

On: Why Can't More Than Four People Have a Conversation at Once? (qz.com)

Since it basically implies only 4 people in the meeting get anything out of it.

Well this would get you most of the way there

On: NASA Is Offerring $1 Million To Turn CO2 Into Sugar (space.com)

Since making alcohol is pretty much get a bunch of sugar, dissolve it in water, and then get yeast to convert it for you.

The big problem will still be agile lawyers

On: The State of Agile Software in 2018 (martinfowler.com)

I know I've mentioned this before but the problem with agile is like that of law. The whole point of law is to make society fair and just. In a nut shell so you don't get treated differently because you're some schlub than you would if you were rich and well connected.(Don't laugh) Unfortunately law is complex so you need someone to help you navigate it. They're called lawyers and they're hopefully experts in law and can help you navigate the legal system. The problem is that while in theory a scrupulous lawyer will do his best to help his client, as will the lawyer for the other side, and in the end promote a more fair society. However all it takes is for a few dirt bag lawyers to take their knowledge and weaponize it, completely perverting any sense of justice to screw person after person over. You'd hope the legal system would have the person disbarred but some how that doesn't seem to happen enough.

I see the same problem in agile. In theory agile is all about empowering the developer, make his opinion valued and get him or her engaged in his work. By doing this motivating the developer to do their best work but also valuing his contribution and not turning them into a cog in the machine. However I've seen more than a few agile lawyers. Oh sure, they can quote agile principles at the drop of a hat. However when it comes time to actually empower anybody but themselves? Nope doesn't happen. How about listening to the developer, of course not let's use agile principles to just put the poor schmuck on a never ending treadmill and then wonder "Geez, why don't the developers like agile, guess they must be lazy." Simply put just perverting any sense of agile and then blaming the developer when their fucked up agile doesn't work. Why do they do it? I have no idea, maybe they get off on it or something but the problem is that agile lawyers sound like experts so management falls for it every time. The only thing you can do is move on and hope the next place either doesn't do agile or manages to be one of those rare places that has a clue and does it somewhere near right.

They should have called it conversational dev

On: The State of Agile Software in 2018 (martinfowler.com)

Then again if they had gone with that name (one that one of the guys at the original agile conference wanted to go with) people probably would have screwed it up anyway.

Of course he said that

On: 30% of America's Student Loan Borrowers Can't Keep Up After Six Years (cnbc.com)

Because he the student loan industry federalized so he could use the profits from student loans to pay for Obamacare. That's right, he wants you to go get an advanced degree so he can get money out of you to pay for the healthcare industry.

Re:Two guys with 8 will be terribly disappointed

On: Microsoft Prepares To Kill the Windows 8 Store: No New Apps From November (arstechnica.com)

If you want to make it even better install classic shell on 8.1. It's the best version of Windows yet.