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  1. Re:Not the programming language on Which Programming Language Has The Most Security Vulnerabilities? (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 2

    I really hope you are joking that an assignment operation can cause a loss of data because if you are, please close your editor, walk away from your computer and look for a new profession because you should NOT be writing code.

  2. Source Code Or Configuration Files on Over 100,000 GitHub Repos Have Leaked API or Cryptographic Keys (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess my question is that are these keys in question in source modules or just configuration files. If they are in configuration files, how do they not know these are just test keys that will then get changed to production values.

  3. Re:Not necessarily more secure on America's Cities Are Running on Software From the '80s (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So what you are saying indirectly is that you are the brain-damaged one since you speak of things you have zero knowledge of. VMS was one of the best designed OS's ever. It was light years ahead of all the Unix's flavors at the time.

  4. Re:Still better than current policies on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Uhm, you do realize that there was already "work done" to generate pensions, retirement plans and such right? Yes, your theory does not jive with the real world because basically you are telling people to not plan for retirement, live in the moment and let others somehow take care of you in your later years.

  5. Re:Outdated News on Facing Soil Crisis, US Farmers Look Beyond Corn and Soybeans (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a big world outside CA. No offense, but your state has some of the worse farming practices known to man.

  6. Outdated News on Facing Soil Crisis, US Farmers Look Beyond Corn and Soybeans (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Farming has moved so far beyond this article that I am not sure why it was even published. No-till farming has been in use heavily for over 30 years. For those that don't know what this means, farmers don't continuously plow their fields before planing and after harvest. This keeps the topsoil in-tact and far more healthy as well as promotes the worm population which is very important and a key sign of the health of the soil. These are just a few of the major items because there is not enough space to fully elaborate. In the last 10 years, the use of cover crops alone has become the normal here in MI which reduces herbicide use and promotes organic material in the soil. Bottom line: the farmers of today are far better maintainers of land than then used to be and there is no worries that the world will end or another dust bowl is in our future.

  7. Racist...Really on NYC Politician Wants To Ban Cashless Restaurants (eater.com) · · Score: 1

    So could people enumerate just what is left in this world that is NOT racist? I am simply amazed that I find the time to be a racist and still get all my work done...whew.

  8. Quote From The Article on The Internet Has a Huge C/C++ Problem and Developers Don't Want to Deal With It (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Finally, we can shift the culture around security within software engineering. When I first learned C++ in college, it was expected that sometimes your program would crash."

    A quote from the article...WTF school is teaching this kind of crap. It would appear that the issue mainly resolves around the teaching practices and not so much the language.

  9. Re:Government of judges on EU Court Rules Hungary's State Monopoly Over Mobile Payments Is Illegal (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow....just....Wow. Never thought I would see the words "EU" and "free market obsession" used in the same sentence.

  10. Re:Context on Red Hat is Planning To Deprecate KDE on RHEL By 2024 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I guess I am confused on why btrfs is being deprecated. Any ideas why?

  11. Might want to brush up on your reading skills. He was pointing out to all of the tin foil wearing people that the system was never abused by any President.

  12. So you have a fear of something that has not happened and you have ZERO proof (other than your quite vivid imagination) that it will happen which results in you changing cell phone carrier....gotcha.

    May I make a suggestion. Turn off the news, stop reading every conspiratorial news site and just start enjoying life because you are letting non-events control you.

    I will now stop feeding the troll and take my own advice because it is sunny outside.

  13. Re:Not participating on Cellphones Across the US Will Receive a 'Presidential Alert' at 2:18 pm Eastern Today (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what exactly is causing you issues with this? Local TV stations have been doing this for years for severe weather situations. Now if they start broadcasting baseball scores or election results, then I will be with you on the objections.

  14. Re:Would you even be looking for a job? on Do You Know Cobol? If So, There Might Be a Job for You. (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not just how familiar you are with the core banking packages that banks use, but they are quite complex and consists of my components. The only parts that are typically still in COBOL is the part that holds balances and transactions on the accounts which typically require very little maintenance...if any at all. It is because of this stability plus the fact that IBM does do a good job of maintaining compatibility that COBOL code like this will continue to be in production systems at banks for long after people like you and me are retired.

  15. Re:Would you even be looking for a job? on Do You Know Cobol? If So, There Might Be a Job for You. (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    And how much would you like to bet on that 5 year prediction? Before you decide, let me give you a little history lesson. I have been in the financial sector since the very early 90's, and every 5 years or so, all of the really smart people claim just what you are claiming, and guess what happens.....

  16. Re:All security = an implementation. on Blockchains Are Not Safe For Voting, Concludes NAP Report (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Your best not suggest your #1 suggestion to people here in my country (US) because many will interpret that as "voter intimidation"....and I wish I were kidding on this. Now on a more humorsome note, #1 would surely cause havoc in Chicago where the motto is: Vote Early and Vote Often.

  17. Re: Yeah I'm sure this will work. on EU To Move Ahead With Cultural Quotas For Streaming Services (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You do realize that the only reason the trade barriers were put in place was because the other country put their own trade barriers up first...right?

    How the hell the parent was up-voted is beyond me.....*sigh*

  18. Remote Employee Benefit on Ask Slashdot: Should We Hang Up on Conference Calls? (ft.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One of the greatest advantages of working remotely is that you just put your phone on mute and continue to actually get work done.

  19. Re:Oh well on Windows 10 Continues To Close in On Windows 7 (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Make a suggestion, virtualize the environment and call it a day. Personally, I have been using VMWare for years now, and I doubt I will go back. I have several VM's depending on customers requirements so I just spool up the VM and off I go. If your host hardware dies, just reinstall (I use Linux) the OS, install VMWare and bring over backups of the VMs and you are ready.

  20. Re: Huh... on Slack is Buying HipChat and Stride From Atlassian (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry there, a little tongue-in-cheek humor. Yeah, I have heard of all those kewl products, spent time evaluating those kewl products only to realize that they have poorly re-invented the wheel.

  21. Huh... on Slack is Buying HipChat and Stride From Atlassian (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    After reading the post, I laughed out loud because I have been working as an engineer for 20+ years and never really heard of any of those companies or "products".

    Guess I will get back to work just writing code that actually makes people money.

  22. Re:If I had that much money on Jeff Bezos Becomes the Richest Man In Modern History, Topping $150 Billion (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Let me introduce you to P.T. Barnum.....I think you two will get along just fine.

  23. Re:If I had that much money on Jeff Bezos Becomes the Richest Man In Modern History, Topping $150 Billion (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    1) You do realize that your magical funding was actually derived from the evil system you are trying to say is somehow awful.

    2) I really wish he would just to prove to fools like you that it would only take a few years before your magical island is a trash-heap.

    The shear lack of understanding of the human condition amazes me sometimes.

  24. And how in the heck can you make the statement that he attempted to fix the health insurance when he actually handed MORE power to the insurance companies?

  25. Re:This is incorrect at a basic level on Researchers Find That One Person Likely Drove Bitcoin From $150 to $1,000 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    My question is this, how can the transactions be considered valid if the person initiating the transaction didn't actually own the coins?

    To me it seems people were just pumping the volume up with transactions that were not valid which triggers a price increase. I am going to assume I am missing something, so could people please fill me in.