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With the current uptick in interest in the ageing population … of the handful still capable of hardcore manual programming of COBOL, as e.g., here, I wondered: Is the code base still so enormously biased to COBOL(-based! software)? Why haven’t COBOL-to-e.g., C, or others converters, not caught on widely so the ‘problem’ doesn’t exist anymore … Continue reading “Schmobol”
In one of his, almost always delightful and insightful blog posts, Seth Godin recently almost pulled me along into (yet another) “Yes indeed completely so” response. But then I realised Truth might just tilt the picture a bit. Well, first read said post: here. Then: The point is: It is a common human error (e.g., … Continue reading “Seth’s maybe slightly too positive”
OK, the third part of a series, on quotes of the guy that went from Publius to Publilius Syrus in a century, after having been forgotten [Oh! How unduly! How unfortunate! Hence this series] for a century or fifteen. As they’re handily numbered already and in fitting English (not too modern i.e. simplified, dumbed down), … Continue reading “Publi(li)us Series; part III”
A couple of weeks ago, there was this little row (that you may easily have missed) about some recruiter requiring digital nativity (yes.) of candidates (and whether that would be discriminatory since it would exclude ‘old’ folks). As in this here discussion. Where the point was largely missed that one would indeed not want to … Continue reading “Digital Native Schative”
In Dutch, yet another ‘Book By Quote’ then. A full of … ‘marvelous content’ one again. An attempt to subjectively summarise a book by the quotes I found worthwhile to mark, to remember. Be aware that the quotes as such, aren’t a real unbiased ‘objective’ summary; most often I heartily advise to read the book … Continue reading “Book by Quote: Olietankers en Speedboten”
Yet another ‘Book By Quote’ then. A full of … one again. An attempt to subjectively summarise a book by the quotes I found worthwhile to mark, to remember. Be aware that the quotes as such, aren’t a real unbiased ‘objective’ summary; most often I heartily advise to read the book yourself. This one too, … Continue reading “Book by Quote: Empire”
Yet another ‘Book By Quote’ then. A full of … wisdom one again, for once. An attempt to subjectively summarise a book by the quotes I found worthwhile to mark, to remember. Be aware that the quotes as such, aren’t a real unbiased ‘objective’ summary; most often I heartily advise to read the book yourself. … Continue reading “Book by Quote: Smarter Than You. Think.”
Accountants of the certifying kind are still searching for their purpose. In life but moreover, in business reality. Which isn’t too strange. They exist only for a couple of centuries, so at the speed of thinking they do, now is about the right time to do a second round of thought about their role. First, … Continue reading “Account your blessings, or not.”
[Lost lives, for the cause] Yet another ‘Book By Quote’ then.An attempt to subjectively summarise a book by the quotes I found worthwhile to mark, to remember. Be aware that the quotes as such, aren’t a real unbiased ‘objective’ summary; most often I heartily advise to read the book yourself..! [This time, really. As really … Continue reading “Books by Quote: Ehrman, Lost”
[Aeromecanique, Défense] Yet another ‘Book By Quote’ then (An attempt to subjectively summarise a book by the quotes I found worthwhile to mark, to remember. Be aware that the quotes as such, aren’t a real unbiased ‘objective’ summary; most often I heartily advise to read the book yourself..! [This time, really. As really as the … Continue reading “Books by Quote: Zero”