There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.
Interpretation
Debugging is often a lengthy and complex process, as issues in computer systems are rarely resolved quickly.
This quote highlights the challenges of debugging in computer science, suggesting that finding and fixing errors in software is rarely a straightforward and quick task. The statement serves as a reminder of the complexities involved in programming and the expectation that serious debugging is generally a time-consuming process.
In practice
In a software development team meeting, to set realistic expectations around timelines.
Internet-centric companies have already begun changing the rules with binge-watching, flexible running times, fewer commercials, and crowd-sourced content. The brainpower - and just plain power - of the most valued tech firms will change things even more.
The fuel cell is just a fundamentally inferior way of delivering electrical energy to an electric motor than batteries.
It is important to distinguish between the power of the internet to make the great change it can, and the limits and vulnerabilities of that change without real-time political mobilization deployed globally to protect those who venture out, especially in closed societies, into the heady new vistas it offers.
I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board.
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I don't know whether computers are improving the style of play, I know they are changing it. Chess has become a different game, one could say that computers have changed the world of chess. That is pretty clear.
I hope to literally change the world with Black Girls Code by changing the paradigm which produces the current monolithic ecosystem in technology.
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