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"It is fair to say that Microsoft spent at least the first five years of its history in relative obscurity. The first appearance of the name “Microsoft” on the pages of Byte was a short mention of their BASIC interpreter in an advertising on page 47 of the May 1977 issue. In contrast, page 34 of the same issue included an article about the Apple II by Steve Wozniak. The Woz and Gary Kildall were the biggest stars of the microcomputer industry at the end of the 1970s."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/where-does-microsoft-want-to-go-today/

Aktuell sehe ich wieder vermehrt Artikel zu den Wahlprogrammen in der BTW, auch zu Digitalpolitik.[1] Das ist natürlich super!
Nur der Hinweis: Theorie ist schön, Praxis ernüchternd.
[1] https://netzpolitik.org/2025/bundestag

Bundestagswahl: Das steht über Daten und Digitales in den Wahlprogrammen
Wir durchkämmen die Parteiprogramme nach digitalen Fragen und dem ominösen „Cyber“: Wer will wen anlasslos überwachen? Wer verspricht am meisten Glasfaser? Und wer will das Militär mit Drohnen aufrüsten?

#Koalitionsvertrag so:
> Wir führen eine verhältnismäßige und europa- und verfassungsrechtskonforme dreimonatige Speicherpflicht für IP-Adressen und Portnummern ein, um diese einem Anschlussinhaber zuordnen zu können.
Ich so:
Aha, na wenn es verhältnismäßig, europa- und verfassungsrechtskonform sein soll, dann droht uns nach allen wesentlichen Urteilen aus der Vergan…

True story time. ~7 years ago, onsite team meeting
New hire said when starting job, they thought "model" in job description meant we take photos, wondered where the girls were. Initially sounded like joke, but as they kept going, I realized they were serious. Next few years confirmed laziness, lack of curiosity.
How do you see "model" in #DataAnalytics job &amp…

"Jim Coplien ends his talk with a simple call to action: at every conference where new technology is introduced, software engineers should strive to be skeptical; to ask whether it improves the quality of life of society as a whole, and to take it home only to increase the human value of our products and services.
Focus on the people. Again and again. Because that is what Agile and OOP were all about, to begin with."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/james-coplien/

"Trofim Lysenko était un scientifique soviétique dont le déni dogmatique de la science a conduit Š une famine de masse lorsque ses idées ont été appliquées Š l'agriculture. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ressemble beaucoup Š Lysenko dans son déni de la science. Ses résultats seront-ils aussi désastreux ?"
#lysenkisme

Servus Mastodon,
wir die #PiratenparteiOberbayern🏴‍☠️ sind jetzt auch #Neuhier!
Natürlich gibt es die @…@…

The 79th edition of De Programmatica Ipsum is out!
This month, we explore trust and its importance in human society and culture; in the Library section, we review “Geekonomics” by David Rice; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch a video on the Veritasium channel where Derek Muller hacks Linus Sebastian’s phone.
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/issue-79-trust/

"Most importantly, she is the author of “Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure”, a freely available ground-breaking report published with support from the Ford Foundation in 2016, where Nadia proposes the notion that open-source code is akin to public infrastructure, highlighting the urgent need for creators to be supported in their work."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/nadia-asparouhova/

"Many professions can be recognized through dress codes. Doctors and nurses wear aprons. Police officers wear uniforms. Tennis players in Wimbledon must dress in white. Astronauts wear space suits. Dominatrices wear black latex catsuits. The Swiss Guard in the Vatican wears the same outfit since the 16th century. Soccer players have matching kits. Wolverine fights evil in yellow spandex. Software developers wear the t-shirts they got for free at the last conference."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/tenue-correcte-exigee/