To meet the demands of the European Commission's Digital Markets Act—slated to be enforced in March 2024—Microsoft must make its apps easier to uninstall, its default settings easier to change, and its attempts at steering people toward its services easier to avoid.

It includes Bing, default apps, Edge, etc...

Any > 40-year old developers out there that'd like to share their perspective? How did you grow (technically, managing, etc...)? Picked up fields over others (embeded systems over web app, for instance)?

Responses:

• I push others to do better without them noticing it
• Technical skills become obsolete over time but human skills stay relevant. People, values and norms change so you have to relearn them too.
• Keep learning, write a lot and communicate more.
• I took every advice on the Internet and did the opposite: playing the pendulum between team lead and dev; more and more a specialist in nothing; being able to talk to stakeholders and convert their input into software is by far my most valued skill; being a former manager means I generally understands my boss pretty well.
• I do more mentoring than I used to. I learned more about working in teams.
• I learn that less code is much, much better than more.
• I don't write many queries any more but I do write PowerShell and Typescript. I don't manage a server, it's hundreds. [...] I've taken on more senior roles by thinking beyond just databases.
• The more paradigms and patterns you know, the better you’ll be at expressing yourself in your language of choice. Learn as many languages as possible. Don’t grow too comfortable; challenge yourself regularly.

Currently at: https://elk.zone/mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/111280337863596402

There is an on going race between the AI that catches up the latest technology innovation and the innovation that blocks AI to grow :)
In our case, the artists can use the Nightshade to make noise to the AI input.

More about this technique: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13828.pdfttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13828.pdf

Alors on attend la suite et on verra ce qui tient de ce discours, une fois l'affaire tassée.

Parce que bon, si la fonction publique est tenue à la plus grande exem­pla­rité du fait des pouvoirs qu’elle détient; les ministres devraient en être le parfait exemple....

Maybe some tools to remove these watermarks will be developed soon.

59 % des moins de 25 ans et 58 % des 25–34 ans sont persuadés que l’argent rend libre et contribue fortement au bonheur. Une proportion plus élevée que les autres tranches d’âge, à l’image des 50–59 ans qui sont 40 % à le penser.

Ce qui rend heureux c'est ce que tu n'as pas...

"Okay, here's the scenario. You are a crew member on a starship."
"Cool."
"Space travel is slow, you'll be stuck with your crewmates a long time."
"So we must get along."
"Yes. Communicate, listen, share limited resources."
"I can do that. What's the starship called?"
"Earth."