Software Defined Talk

Episode 476: Bring a point of view


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This week, we discuss Google possibly buying Wiz, why "meta work" leads to too many meetings, and why it took forty years to get spell check in Notepad. Plus, we share some thoughts on enjoying your vacation.

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Runner-up Titles
  • Enjoy the time
  • Everyone can get a beef rib at this year’s club.
  • We also need to go over your summariztion prompt, because mine is dog shit right now.
  • Make your own happiness
  • Grand unified theory of food - every culture has a tortilla and an empanada.
  • “Platform” is the new “Suite.”
  • A robust NO Answer
  • Writing a book report
  • Failure by lack of airport ads.
  • What is you five dollar chicken
  • I write to figure out what I am thinking
  • Rundown
    • There's a lot of private cloud out there
    • Google near deal to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion
    • Meta Work
      • White-Collar Work Is Just Meetings Now
      • Bullshit Jobs
      • Far Left Take
      • Vanguard’s Die-Hard Customers Have a Message for New CEO: ‘The Service Is Abysmal’
      • Measuring the impact of Developer Relations on Revenue
      • DevRel's Death as Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon
      • Microsoft’s Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after launch
      • Agile Manifesto co-author on making process 'beacon of hope'
      • Relevant to your Interests
        • The Silent Crisis in Open Source: When Maintainers Walk Away
        • Google’s dark web monitoring service will soon be free for all users
        • Software Development Job Postings on Indeed
        • Samsung unveils its new Galaxy Ring, an AI-backed competitor to the Oura Ring
        • Does Social Media Cause Anything?
        • Redbox Owner to Shut Down Kiosk Business in Bankruptcy
        • Intuit to cut about 1,800 jobs as it looks to increase AI investments
        • Microsoft Exec Althoff: VMware Pricing Gave ‘The World The Greatest Gift Of All’
        • Nearly all AT&T subscribers’ call records stolen in Snowflake cloud hack
        • OpenAI illegally barred staff from airing safety risks, whistleblowers say
        • I've Switched to Apple's Password Manager, and I'm Never Going Back
        • Ten years of Overcast: A new foundation
        • Nonsense
          • Costco hikes membership fee for the first time since 2017
          • Costco plans to build 800-unit apartment complex in bid to ease housing crisis
          • Here's why the original Buc-ee's went up in flames in Luling
          • If you miss defragmenting your C drive, there's a website that lets you recreate the experience complete with hard-drive chunking sounds
          • The Morning After: Dune-inspired spacesuit recycles astronauts’ urine into drinkable water
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