Experience

What life gives you when it doesn’t give you want you want.

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Qt 5.8.0 – The Microsoft Blues

by seasoned_geek

Microsoft is long known for releasing bug ridden bloatware then charging for the bug fixes. Windows Vista followed by its bug fix Windows 7 and who could ever forget Windows ME? In its defense, Windows ME was not an operating system. It was a task switching GUI running on top of DOS fraudulently sold as an operating system just like 2000, 98, 95, 3.1x, 3.x, 2.x, 1.x and “for workgroups.” Anyone using or writing PC … Qt 5.8.0 – The Microsoft BluesRead more

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Thanking WannaCry

by seasoned_geek

Yes, the title of this post may sound odd for an IT professional, but that is just it, I’m a professional, not just someone who gets paid to write code. I run into sooo many people who want everyone to believe “professional” means getting paid for it and nothing could be further from the truth. Professional is defined by the level of architecture one provides in their solution design and the level of security they … Thanking WannaCryRead more

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UC Berkeley – Birthplace of The Fourth Reich

by seasoned_geek

Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. The above quote is from “The Life of Reason” written by George Santayana and published in 1905. Perhaps more of you remember Winston Churchill’s version of it: Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. Which was uttered in a 1948 speech to the House of Commons. It really doesn’t matter which version of it you remember. What … UC Berkeley – Birthplace of The Fourth ReichRead more

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Le Frexit

by seasoned_geek

In a few short days the French will cast their ballots to put Marine Le Pen in office. Yes, there are a good many people who wish to believe the investment banker running against her has a shot, they even have polling data to back it up. Just remember how well that “scientific” process worked in America’s 2016 Presidential election. Those same “scientific” methods predicted a landslide victory for Hillary Clinton with pretty much the … Le FrexitRead more