Re: Skateboarding Rhinoceri?????
Pshaw. The proper plural of VAX is VAXim (or, in Saudi Arabia, VAXaat). Little endian, you know.
Posts by BHetrick
5 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Oct 2020
The unit of measure for fatbergs is not hippopotami, even if the operator of an Australian sewer says so
Security warning deluge from 'npm audit' is driving developers to distraction
Monday 12th July 2021 09:05 GMT
Re: Can we have some real engineering, please?
A long time ago, when I did compilers for a living, I had to explain the difference between an error message, a warning message, and an informational message. An error message is the compiler saying "this code is wrong and I can't figure out what you could have possibly intended." A warning message is the compiler saying "this code is wrong but I can think of something you might have intended." An informational message is the compiler saying "you might want to know this fascinating thing I have observed." A _warning_ means the code is _wrong_. Ignore _warnings_ at your peril.
Do you want speed or security as expected? Spectre CPU defenses can cripple performance on Linux in tests
Come on, Amazon: If you're going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator
Excel is for amateurs. To properly screw things up, those same amateurs need a copy of Access
Monday 12th October 2020 15:13 GMT
That's because their customers are not the users. The customers (senior management) they wow with eye candy that visibly (although not effectively) supports the data generation, consumption, and communication needs of the organization. The users are left to beat the mass of data destroying, bug ridden, user hostile misfeatures into something approaching utility in getting the day to day work done. Other office suites failed primarily because they valued the user over the customer, and look where that got them. It's actually quite brilliant.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
