If you have never had to endure software development run by MBAs, you probably don’t hate the word movement. Decades ago, when I was contracting at Caremark between two of their bigger Medicare fraud convictions. Not their current record fraud, between other records. Look it up, they’ve got a lot of them. You also have to look up MedPartners, but I digress. Yes, this is a follow-up post to my Fedora 43 post of this … Not All Movement is ForwardRead more
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Ubuntu F’ed Networking Again!
I’ve lost count of the number of times Ubuntu F’ed Networking over the course of my career. Was that the 2008 edition when the ISO ran great, it installed, and after it installed updates, all wifi using Broadcom chips ceased to work? It was great! They were used in something like 80+% of all laptops and I don’t know how many of those USB Wifi dongles. Ubuntu just can’t be used for anything that matters. … Ubuntu F’ed Networking Again!Read more
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ID.me Duth Sucketh
ID.me is a shining example of why Agile is not a valid software development methodology. It is also a shining example of Elon Musk and DOGE’s limitless incompetence. One should expect nothing less from someone who not only builds the ugliest vehicle ever made in any country, he also makes it so poorly body parts fall off. These imbeciles want you to use a “smart” phone app to control access to your irs.gov account. Oh, … ID.me Duth SuckethRead more
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How Qt Bugs Get Fixed
Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas. Just let bad shit keep being bad shit. Agile is not Software Engineering. The email says it all. Happy bug riddled holidays.
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ZipRecruiter Duth Sucketh
I reported this to ZipRecruiter months ago. When you use Agile, off-shore and “priced right” labor, one cannot expect valid software or anything that was even partially tested. Agile is just hacking on the fly after all. To start with, C++ is one of the most popular embedded systems programming languages ever. It’s predecessor, C, is the “portable assembly language” used to write numerous operating systems, including Linux. Anyone who went to college for an … ZipRecruiter Duth SuckethRead more