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Re:AT&T Won't Upgrade Millions Of DSL Users To Fiber Despite Billions ...
on Friday December 13, 2024 @10:37AM (#42409447)
I read that as "on to a modem provider". That might be the way to go.
Re:Apostrophe Protection Society
on Saturday November 18, 2023 @03:25AM (#38316916)
I have an Irish name, such as O’Donnell, and even in 2023 it’s not unusual for a web site to say “Invalid last name” when entered. Like it’s 1996 and I’m doing a SQL injection attack.
Re:Times are great for programmers now. How does it end?
on Monday February 21, 2022 @12:30AM (#30412277)
More code is being written every day than is being retired. With an ever-growing code base, comes the requirement for more resources to maintain it. Demand for developers is outpacing supply.
Re:'Smartphone zombie' fine cheered on Chinese social media
on Thursday January 17, 2019 @12:17PM (#18932549)
Chinese laws are generally written to be vague.
Re:Why Canada Will Bear the Brunt of the American War on Huawei
on Monday December 31, 2018 @11:23AM (#18795238)
Huawei/Skycom was allegedly selling US products to Iran. It’s not about selling anything to Iran.
Re:Software Developers after 40, 50 and 60 Who're Still Coding
on Monday April 24, 2017 @10:16PM (#14190235)
I used Apple World for doing some graphics work in around 1982? Great stuff. 1MHz number crunching FTW.
Age 50 and writing C# .NET Core web services.
Re:The Zen of Erlang
on Monday February 08, 2016 @05:10PM (#11061242)
Do an image search for satellite rocket explosions. There are many.
Re:The Zen of Erlang
on Monday February 08, 2016 @05:04PM (#11061210)
I read it. There are plenty of other examples to choose from.
Re:The Zen of Erlang
on Monday February 08, 2016 @04:53PM (#11061157)
I thought the inclusion of a photo of the Challenger disaster as an example of "blow it up" is in very poor taste. People died.
Re:Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised
on Saturday August 08, 2015 @10:32AM (#10027317)
I saw this page two weeks ago, so it's not a new event. Don't know how long this page was up before that.
Re:Bloomberg Terminals Suffer Widespread Failures
on Friday April 17, 2015 @12:15PM (#9395282)
You can write the software, but where are you going to get the data? There are only a few companies that own it and they're not going to give it away. The data is very costly to collect. That's a lot of the cost of any financial software is data licensing fees.
Re:Dying of cancer is the best death
on Thursday January 01, 2015 @10:58AM (#8823234)
Agreed. You don't just get sleepy one day and go quietly. The side effects require treatment, even with no possible cure. It's a horrible, drawn out, not to mention expensive, way to go.