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Submission+-Ian Fleming predictions from 1955. (wikipedia.org)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: The third James Bond novel was published this day in 1955. The thriller Moonraker is from a long-ago era with a villain that makes no sense today — A rocket-building technocrat who is actually a secret Nazi working for the Russians.

CommentAmerica's Fortune 500 compaines will stop this. (Score 1)338

by sandbagger (#65266961) Attached to: DOGE To Rewrite SSA Codebase In 'Months'

I have no idea how many tax lawyers America's Fortune 500 companies have, but it's more than the number of developers DOGE has to work on this. They'll absolutely step in and make it clear that before any changes get made, they will not eat the cost of any mess-ups and the US government will.

This is DOA.

Submission+-New organ discovered in the human body says paper. (thelancet.com) 1

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sandbagger writes: Researchers have officially classified the mesentery—a structure in the digestive system—as a distinct human organ.

Previously thought to be a fragmented and insignificant part of the abdominal cavity, new research reveals that the mesentery is actually a continuous structure that plays a crucial role in holding the intestines in place. It is called the mesentery.

Submission+-64 Years of Radio Shack Catalogues (radioshackcatalogs.com)

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sandbagger writes: Remember when you could go to your local mall and get electronics components? You used to be able to at Radio Shack. Some kind souls have been digitizing decades of catalogues to commemorate a now-vanished era.

CommentThis is a one-way use case (Score 1)130

"Our developers shipped 79% of the auto-generated code reviews without any additional changes," Jassy explained. "This is a great example of how large-scale enterprises can gain significant efficiencies in foundational software hygiene work by leveraging Amazon Q."

Running an automatic tool on a stack that is self-contained is, of course, going to be easier.

This boast of Amazon's is like saying an economy car is as good as Rolls Royce when sitting at a stop light.

Great. However, Amazon customers customize their work to be compliant with Amazon. Every enterprise-grade software I've worked on has had complex deployments where we need to customize the software to fit with the customer's existing data; and modify our processes to match their workflows to say nothing about bridging to new systems, data types and workflows.

Submission+-What happens if you connect Windows XP to the Internet in 2024? (youtube.com)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: Have you ever wondered if it's true you can instantly get malware? In this video, a person connects an XP instance directly to the internet with no firewall to see just how fast it gets compromised by malware, rootkits, malicious services and new user accounts. The answer — fast!

Submission+-Adobe Exec: Early Termination Fees Are 'Like Heroin' (theverge.com)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: Early termination fees are “a bit like heroin for Adobe,” according to an Adobe executive quoted in the FTC’s newly unredacted complaint against the company for allegedly hiding fees and making it too hard to cancel Creative Cloud. “There is absolutely no way to kill off ETF or talk about it more obviously” in the order flow without “taking a big business hit,” this executive said.

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