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Signalling is dishonest

Posted on Dec 19, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

When Apple, Microsoft and a host of other companies this summer announced that they would rename a number of coding terms, as they were considered “oppressive metaphors“, I actually got angry. Firstly, the renaming is based on a false premise, … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Microsoft

Posted on Dec 17, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

That was sarcastic. Today I ended up doing a Windows Update on my work PC, running Windows 10. For some reason this ended with me losing all the work I had in my documents folder, until I could recover it … Continue reading →

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Listening in on other people’s children

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Since apparently someone still thinks this is news, here we go again: Microsoft had third parties listening* in on Xbox recordings, sometimes of children and sometimes of recordings that had been made by mistake. I’ll repeat: Any internet connected camera … Continue reading →

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Transcribing private conversations

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Big Tech transcribes samples recorded from the microphones at our homes. We know this. I was honestly surprised that the Danish newspaper Politiken chose to treat the fact that Apple and Google had had private conversations of their users transcribed … Continue reading →

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Alexa might spell the end of the independent seller

Posted on Feb 4, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

If invisible interfaces succeed – which I am not entirely sure they will – Alexa will function as a barrier of entry for independents sellers. Which is probably why Amazon is so focused on it. Google, Apple and Microsoft try … Continue reading →

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Windows

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Da jeg har programmeret siden i det meste af mit liv synes jeg at det er sjovt at læse Raymond Chen’s fortælling om alt det der gjorde det vanskeligt at få gamle programmer til at køre under Windows 95. Det … Continue reading →

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Windows+Linux/Bash

Posted on Mar 30, 2016 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Det havde jeg ikke set komme Jeg ville ønske at det ikke var så tæt på 1. april, eller at jeg i det mindste kunne finde flere steder der kunne bekræfte det Det giver fantastisk god mening og – hvis … Continue reading →

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Nagware

Posted on Nov 26, 2015 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Jeg kom til at begå den fejl at “reservere” en Windows 10 til min computer, hvilket betyder at den nu er begyndt at prøve at installere opgraderingen. Det er umådeligt svært at få Microsofts opgradering til at stoppe, end ikke når … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 og sikkerhed

Posted on Jul 29, 2015 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Jeg har ikke Windows 10, jeg har ikke installeret nogen pre-release versioner og selvom jeg jo nok ender med at bruge det, så bliver jeg heller ikke en af de første brugere. Men til alle andre så vil jeg godt … Continue reading →

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A/B testing og hvorfor det nok ikke virker

Posted on Apr 17, 2015 by Henning Michael Møller Just

A/B testing, hvor man prøver to konkurrerende implementationer af overfor brugerne og ser hvilken der performer bedst, er et fantastisk redskab til at forbedre et produkt. Det bruges meget i webudvikling og derfor er det egentlig underligt at så få … Continue reading →

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