steve371

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by steve371 10y ago
Once a large insurance firm was recruiting in campus and hiring ppl to maintain their old COBOL system
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How can I write an unkillable program, redux(blogs.msdn.microsoft.com)
6 points by steve371 10y ago|0 comments
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by steve371 10y ago
Most hilarious KB I read today.
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Be someone who makes everyone else better(queue.acm.org)
4 points by steve371 10y ago|0 comments
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by steve371 10y ago
very cool. love the interaction. laughing at the quote. Coworker who sees me staring intently at a command prompt: Backs away, slowly...
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Use-Case 2.0(queue.acm.org)
35 points by steve371 11y ago|6 comments
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by steve371 11y ago
We use a mix approach. In most case, we do OTS as stage 1 and then developer can merge their individual branch to develop branch. And then later reviewer will do a in depth review independently. For complex/critical logic kind of code
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by steve371 11y ago
I won't even argue if the study is bias or not. Let's just say chocolate is good for the brain. But is it advisable for people to consume them in certain amount daily? Well, back in the days, there were numeric studies about benef
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by steve371 11y ago
Chinese company is not a red flag. but Qihoo is. The company has known bad reputation. a. they labeled their own browser as a Microsoft security update, which triggered MS investigation b. they cheated on the anti-virus lab testing and got
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by steve371 11y ago
From its current stage, you can not have even couple sentences conversation with it. And what you have said before does not matter in most cases, unless it is few designed subjects. The best it can provide is still simple one question, one
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by steve371 11y ago
I'd vote for having a QA team. Not for quality control purpose. But to have someone think outside the box. Sometimes, you will be surprise when you talked to the QA team. And you could not get those ideas from dev peer review.
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Lean Software Development – Building and Shipping Two Versions(queue.acm.org)
30 points by steve371 11y ago|11 comments
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Componentizing the Web(queue.acm.org)
61 points by steve371 11y ago|20 comments
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by steve371 11y ago
Some of the ALMOST free alternatives do not get any better. I used lots of free services so that I do not have to concern that my credit card information will be compromised. For things I need to declare ownership or critical, I turn to the
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by steve371 11y ago
sounds more like an excuse.
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by steve371 11y ago
Personally, I use add-ons to force every link to open in a new tab. Because when I click a link, it is more like reference/supplement reading, but I have not finished to consume the original page.
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by steve371 11y ago
I agree some of the facts but not the conclusion. The article looks bias and smells like an advertise pieces when I reach the bottom.
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by steve371 11y ago
"This call may be monitored or recorded for quality assurances or training purpose. Your information is confidential and protected by the law." Call centers do that long time ago. And our voices are stored and used globally. I wis
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by steve371 11y ago
On a more wider subject, I always wonder what happens to the developers just simply disappeared. Phone apps, browser add-ons, you may only notice something happens when it stopped working. Then you go to the forum, you go to the blog, there
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by steve371 11y ago
As a good old fashion user. I want to read reliable,solid and critical thinking news and able to read&write comments on a single page. I am OK if they just handle over the IT cost to social media, and just simply swap their original com