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Facebook Move May Cause Greater Secrecy About Data (Ab)Use
ata use in violation of Facebook’s licensing agreement for developers has prompted the company to intervene to halt distribution of an insurance industry app that would have used end-user data (shared by consent) to track social media behaviour and qualify some for discounts on insurance rates. Facebook claims it has a policy to prohibit such use — but the move raises questions around privacy and whether or not Facebook acted in its own interests; possibly masking a hidden intent to mentize similar apps later itself. Regardless, one consequence is likely: nothing stops an app developer from not disclosing the true intent behind acquiring user data nor even offering a misleading or untrue rationale for data capture. This could simply mean England’s “Admiral Insurance” is last case of this kind we hear about.
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C# or VB.NET?
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o matter how much time passes it seems, the question is always being asked on one project or another: is Java better than Visual Basic? Is C# better than VB.NET?
Linked-In has been playing host to a lengthy, but at times interesting discussion on this question which seems to have an obvious, short answer. Yet in the discussion are useful lessons for less experienced programmers that should be taken to heart…
Some highlight replies I selected from the whole thread:
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- Eric Evans: Domain-Driven Design Even More Relevant Now 21-Sep-17 01:30 pm EDTEric Evans, author of Domain-Driven Design, said the concepts in the book he wrote in 2003 are even more relevant now than they were 14 years ago. As the range of tools and technologies has expanded, some lend themselves to the principles of DDD better than others we've had in the past. Evans said, "DDD is not about technology, but is not indiffere […]
- How to Measure Continuous Delivery 21-Sep-17 10:43 am EDTStability and throughput are the things that you can measure when adopting continuous delivery practices. These metrics can help you reduce uncertainty, make better decisions about which practices to amplify or dampen, and steer your continuous delivery adoption process in the right direction. By Ben Linders
- Swift 4 is Officially Available: What's New 20-Sep-17 10:00 pm EDTSwift’s latest major release contains many changes and updates to the language and the standard library, most notably new String features, extended collections, archival and serialization, and more. By Sergio De Simone
- Article: Q&A on the Book "Humans vs Computers" 20-Sep-17 10:05 am EDTAuthor Gojko Adzic has released a book, Humans vs Computers in which he tells stories about the impact of inflexible automation, edge cases and software bugs on the lives of real people. He explains the common mistakes built into the systems and provides advice on how to prevent these mistakes from being built into our systems in the first place. By Shane Ha […]
- Q&A with Michael Coté on Devops Adoption and His Talk at DevOpsDays NZ 20-Sep-17 10:00 am EDTRaf Gemmail talks to Pivotal’s Michael Coté about obstacles to DevOps adoption and his forthcoming talk at DevOpsDays NZ 2017. By Rafiq Gemmail
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