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14 votes
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Chicago’s ankle monitors can call and record kids without their consent
7 votes -
Stratolaunch flies world's largest plane for the first time
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The Cloudfall: An essay about how to design a truly-personalized experience
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Appl still hasn’t fixd its MacBook kyboad problm
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Input please: How to identify the right IT project stakeholders
I'd like your input for an article I'm writing. Let’s say you’re starting a new IT project. It could be custom software; perhaps it’s a migration to cloud services; maybe it’s a shiny new IoT...
I'd like your input for an article I'm writing.
Let’s say you’re starting a new IT project. It could be custom software; perhaps it’s a migration to cloud services; maybe it’s a shiny new IoT project.
The point is that you're here to build something great. You’re in charge of the design (or an important part of it), and making sure that the resulting system makes everybody happy.
How do you make sure that you are interviewing the right people to find out what “make them happy” looks like? What do you do to get input from the people who matter for the project’s success… without inviting so many suggestions that it’s impossible to deliver everything?
Case in point: Ten years ago I was in charge of an online tech community. The company I worked for hired custom developers to build the software platform, but the developers never talked to me. They interviewed the boss, two levels above me (who just so happened to be the person who signed the checks) even though she had never used this online community or any other. Needless to say, the community software they delivered was horrible, missing basic-to-me features.
Formally this process would be called “identifying the project stakeholders” or “master the requirements-gathering process” but that seems too corporate-speak. I’m looking for real-world examples of what works and what doesn’t, so I can write a genuinely useful article with practical guidelines.
Note that this is NOT about the questions to ask those stakeholders; that’s another discussion. Here I am writing merely (merely!) about making sure you are speaking to the people whose input you need.
My questions:
• How do you decide which people to ask for input? In what way do you find those people? How do you know when you have everyone you should?
• How do you decide whom NOT to invite? Where do you draw the line?
• Tell me about the manner in which you learned that lesson. (The hard way. Anecdotes are good.)
• If you want to be quoted (it's good for business!) tell me (via PM) how to refer to you in the article: Name, title, company name, short company description, URL.7 votes -
Technology is Heroin
26 votes -
Amazon workers are listening to what you tell Alexa
16 votes -
Reddit’s /r/Piracy is deleting almost ten years of history to avoid ban
33 votes -
Microsoft accused of being 'complicit' in persecution of one million Muslims after helping China develop sinister AI capabilities
8 votes -
Chromium-based preview builds of Microsoft Edge are now available for Windows 10
12 votes -
A regulatory framework for the internet
5 votes -
Put artificial intelligence to work on your photos | No Sweat Tech
3 votes -
Holding platforms accountable to digital workers’ rights
7 votes -
Apology for Kurzgesagt criticism video
12 votes -
Refreshing the VS Code product icon
9 votes -
Switching from Win10 to something else: What are my options?
Win10's issues and walled-in options are driving me nuts lately. I have a variety of software like Illustrator, Photoshop, Blender, Tidal the Office Suite and Solidworks that I use very...
Win10's issues and walled-in options are driving me nuts lately. I have a variety of software like Illustrator, Photoshop, Blender, Tidal the Office Suite and Solidworks that I use very frequently. I really can't not use those. I'd also like to play Steam games.
However, I'd like to use a non-bloated and stupid end user-only OS since win10's shenanigans are driving me mad, but I'm not super tech-savy either(though I'm learning).
Is it feasible to switch over to another OS that offers more freedom in the things I want, but still can run the above programs? If so, which? If not, how should I cope with win10?
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Should I go to college for computer science?
I have an undergrad degree in polisci. I was planning on going to law school, but got rejected everywhere I applied. I am really reconsidering going to law school. Last couple years, I realized...
I have an undergrad degree in polisci. I was planning on going to law school, but got rejected everywhere I applied. I am really reconsidering going to law school. Last couple years, I realized that I have a genuine interest in coding, and I could pursue it as a career. I learned C++ with online tutorials, and I think I am proficient at it, or at least have the potential to be much better.
Anyway, money is tight, so I would really appreciate any input you have about a career change. Thank you!
(If this belongs on another sub, please let me know)
EDIT: I am in the U.S. I can move states if necessary.
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Microsoft Edge's build system runs on Linux
@kylealden: @VOsikwemhe @MSEdgeDev Not yet - it's something we'd like to do eventually (our build system runs on Linux) but we're taking things one step at a time starting from Win10, and can't commit to Linux just yet.
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Protections against fingerprinting and cryptocurrency mining available in Firefox Nightly and Beta
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Ethics washing made in Europe - Guidelines for AI ethics published by the EU have been too compromised by industry, according to a member of the group who wrote them
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Fundamentals of project risk management
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/r/ChangeMyView moderators announce that they are launching their own site at ChangeAView.com
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How to increase your chances of finding a hidden camera
14 votes -
How AI will reshape the global order
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VPN - A Very Precarious Narrative
9 votes -
How to get developers to do things your way
5 votes -
Ghidra the reverse engineering tool has been open sourced
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The golden age of YouTube is over - The platform was built on the backs of independent creators, but now YouTube is abandoning them for more traditional content
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The rapid rise and slow fall of the Microsoft web browser
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[SOLVED] I might switch my PC media player from VLC to something else due to potential data leaks. What other media player should I choose if I do so?
edit: Problem solved, davidb informed me about the vulnerability in version 3.0.4, and that it is fixed in the new version 3.0.6. Somehow Spyhunter thinks i still use 3.0.4, which in turn is the...
edit: Problem solved, davidb informed me about the vulnerability in version 3.0.4, and that it is fixed in the new version 3.0.6. Somehow Spyhunter thinks i still use 3.0.4, which in turn is the actual problem i had with Spyhunter, not VLC.
Spyhunter 5 has been bothering me about potential data leaks from vlc media player. The vulnerability is generally based on publicly available information.
It would be a shame if i have to switch, been using vlc for as long as i remember. It is probably the best media player out there, but i hate sharing my personal data in any way or form.Spyhunter msg:
- Severity: Medium, VLC media player (Version 3.0.4)
- The CAF demuxer in modules/demux/cad.c in VideoLan media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in Caf files, because a ReadKukiChunk() cast converts a return value to an unsigned int, even if that value is negative. This could result in a denial of service and/or potential infoleak.
Is this even anything to care about? I have updated VLC including removing cashe and still get the alert. Is a rollback another option perhaps?
5 votes - Severity: Medium, VLC media player (Version 3.0.4)
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With Facebook ban on white extremism, international norms apply to US
10 votes -
Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand
41 votes -
Why there's so little left of the early internet.
36 votes -
Building artificial general intelligence - Peter Morgan (CEO of Turing.AI)
4 votes -
The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks
32 votes -
Tech Execs Face Jail In Australia If They Don’t Remove “Abhorrent” Content Quickly Enough
11 votes -
Millions of Facebook records were exposed on public Amazon server
14 votes -
‘It’s genuine, you know?’: Why the online influencer industry is going ‘authentic’
8 votes -
Welcome to the prude internet: No more sex talk allowed
32 votes -
Moving into software defined networking and devops? Here's the skills you need and how to acquire them
5 votes -
Your very public Amazon shopping history is a window onto your soul
11 votes -
Why there's so little left of the early internet
2 votes -
Losing Face: Two More Cases of Third-Party Facebook App Data Exposure
8 votes -
How I eat for free in NYC using Python, automation, artificial intelligence, and Instagram
34 votes -
‘Beyond Sketchy’: Facebook Demanding Some New Users’ Email Passwords
14 votes -
Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to fix the internet. Don't take him seriously.
7 votes -
CloudFlare just launched Warp – a privacy-focused VPN that's supposed to make your Internet-surfing faster
9 votes -
Security alert: pipdig [popular WordPress theme provider] insecure, DDoSing competitors
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Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm | SmarterEveryDay
19 votes