I hate it when I have to touch anything Microsoft or running on Microsoft. VCRUNTIME140_1.dll is just the latest in the never ending battle with The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. Today it was OnlyOffice that wanted to force an update on me. Software on Windows has the world’s worst habit of trying to force upgrades on you right when you are in the middle of doing something. I was literally four pages into a … VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not foundRead more
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CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 19
My first real computer job was midnight computer operator for Airfone Inc. There I learned respect for automated update procedures and bare metal backups. I’m not talking about that hokey Microsoft stuff that reboots your computer in the middle of a critical process. I’m talking about batch scripts run in a controlled manner as part of a regular job stream. When you are working with an OpenSource library and building from scratch you too need … CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 19Read more
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Yet Another Reason to Ditch Facebook
I will never understand why people join Facebook or why they don’t ditch Facebook. You should never post that much about yourself online. “Oh no, I have private pages” is the usual response. Well, 553 Million users just had their personal information posted on a hacker site. Yes, your information. If you are a user you should expect you are part of the 500 million. Yes, I’ve posted about security breaches before. They happen all … Yet Another Reason to Ditch FacebookRead more
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The Bottom for Technical Recruiting Just Keeps Getting Lower
Ordinarily I wouldn’t drag something this specific onto my geek blog, but every time I try to reply to the pimps email it bounces. I had never heard of gandi.net. Given how well their email works I suspect they won’t be around for very long. Why do I need to have an unsubscribe link when I reply to email that came through their system? How does an automatic filter identify “poorly organized content” anyway? At … The Bottom for Technical Recruiting Just Keeps Getting LowerRead more
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Iowa Caucus 2020 – AGILE’s Third Mega-Failure
Because AGILE allows companies to commit SOX accounting fraud companies are adopting it in droves. Because it is yet another name for hacking on the fly without a plan kids, not professionals, kids, love it. No. Getting paid to do something doesn’t make you a professional. Winning $20 shooting hoops in the park does not make you a member of the NBA and neither does getting paid to hack on the fly without a plan. … Iowa Caucus 2020 – AGILE’s Third Mega-FailureRead more