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by maxxxxx 7y ago
They grew under Ballmer almost every quarter. Yes, they missed opportunities but by any standard it was a highly profitable and successful company.
752.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
They may turn into an IBM variation long term. Profitable, stable business. Not glamorous, but good money.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
If people have to really on this kind of programming to be aware of news they are in pretty bad shape ....
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I think they are in danger of neglecting Windows too much to the point of people leaving the platform. I personally wouldn't recommend Windows anymore. And almost nobody who isn't using Windows will use azure or .NET Core.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
In what way was MS sinking under Ballmer? Maybe they were not exciting but they were super profitable every year. I think it's more about better PR. Not everything is golden at MS now either. I am working on creating a platform for our
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I think the problem is what to do with these people if there is nothing to certify. Or how to ramp up with when suddenly there is a lot to certify. Companies know what they are planning so they adjust verification headcount early. A governm
757.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
What’s strange to me is that we get lot of good quality dash cam videos of recent meteors but somehow never of UFOs.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
But that takes an active effort to look away so it’s still stress.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
It really should be made illegal to put TVs and other noise making devices into the public space. I don’t understand why it’s acceptable to put that stuff everywhere. It’s basically visual and auditory littering, not much different from thr
760.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
When I take a long vacation it often takes me several weeks to slow down and learn to be myself without needing distraction. Unfortunately there are a lot of people whose first experience ever with having time to slow down will be at retire
761.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
I would love to be able to include pictures and diagrams in comments. If it was in a text format like HTML or JSON it would source control nicely. The IDE could then display and allow editing them.
762.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
Capitalism can have many forms. It’s worth and necessary to think about how to implement it.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
You could probably achieve this with an IDE that understands your rich text comments (maybe code them in JSON or base64 binary). To me it seems like a pure presentation problem.
764.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
That’s probably where it’s going. Companies want to have the “best”
765.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
He wasted a tremendous number of innocent lives so no credit for him.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
As a German I have very mixed feelings about von Braun. On the hand he was an impressive engineering leader but he was also a war criminal that used slave labor under terrible conditions without hesitation. I would have prefer him going to
767.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
There are plenty of ideas left but usually they get made illegal quickly.
768.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
I really think they need to reduce regulation so people can do creative stuff again. There used to be six wheelers or turbo vs non turbo but now it’s kind of boring. Maybe someone wants to try all wheel drive? Adrian Newey has been complain
769.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
Doing things behind others’ backs is generally unethical. This decision should have been made in the open.
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by maxxxxx 8y ago
There is another thread about a Code of Ethics for developers. This is an interesting case study. In many ways what they did was unethical but the result was probably positive overall. How do you deal with that? Ethics is hard and very depe
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by maxxxxx 8y ago
Let’s hope they do it this way. Munich in 1972 did a very good job building up infrastructure that is still In use.
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by maxxxxx 8y ago
We should have stopped at the Agile Manifesto. Everything following it made Agile worse. In the end companies will almost always regress to a top down hierarchy. True Agile is bottom up which is against the structure of most companies.
773.
by maxxxxx 8y ago
There is a long history of the mob paying off cops and politicians....
774.
by maxxxxx 8y ago
Personal I think a country needs to produce defense weapons but I would draw a line at selling to unstable countries for profit. Defense should not be a profit center
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by maxxxxx 8y ago
I guess we agree then. Determining what’s ethical is personal and it will be hard to crater a universal code.
776.
by maxxxxx 8y ago
No. I work in medical and progress is much slower. In a lot of tech you can try something and get immediate feedback. In medical you have to wait for years and spend a ton of money.
777.
by maxxxxx 8y ago
“think the limp-wristed 'ethical' stance on defense is really just virtue-signalling for other limp-wristed selfish people.” You are making some good points and you are damaging them with your last paragraph.
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by maxxxxx 8y ago
I don’t understand what you are trying to say.
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by maxxxxx 8y ago
Some people will think creating weapons for defense is an ethical thing to do. I prefer not to do that but I think the point is valid and there is no clear way to determine what’s ethical and what isn't.
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by maxxxxx 8y ago
I am usually not averse against regulation but one advantage of tech is that it's still the Wild West where it's possible to innovate quickly and change things. Lawyers and doctors are in much more controlled environment where not

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