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Happy birthday, Delphi :)
Back on Feb 14 in 1994, a long-awaited event took place – Borland’s “Turbo Pascal” got a revamp on its entire genome, and a new species of tool was born: Delphi. Other tools existed in a similar fashion at the … Continue reading
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How to build an un-hackable password
Okay, another friend got hacked yesterday – here’s how to build an un-hackable password: 1. Pick a favorite date, like Bastille Day, your dog’s birthday, the moon landing or something. You could also do something like a favorite movie mixed … Continue reading
Leadership of IT/Software Teams in a Regulatory Environment
Part 3 – now let’s introduce regulation First part of this, is let’s define “regulation” in context. Specifically, I’m referring to ISO 13485, EU medical devices (GMP, or “Good Manufacturing Practice”), and FDA medical device standards. Let’s also be clear, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, leadership, management, software, teamwork
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Let’s Talk Briefly about Deep Learning
You’ve heard the name over and over, and for most of you it probably settles into the same category as Harry Potter’s “levitation charm” as far as whether you need to understand it. That’s cool, most people will never need … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business, Development, IT, Politics, Programming, Science, Software
Tagged AI, deep learning, neural networks
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Leadership of IT/Software Teams in a Regulatory Environment
Part 2 – How Does This Apply to IT? All right, so we’ve laid out what it means to be a leader – but how does this apply to IT? At this stage we have to look at what it … Continue reading
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Leadership of IT/Software Teams in a Regulatory Environment
Leadership of IT/Software Teams in a Regulatory Environment Thomas Theobald Part 1 – What Exactly Is “Leadership”? leadership /ˈliːdəʃɪp/ noun “the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this.” Not exactly helpful, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, leadership, management, software, teamwork
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RAID-5 and the Sky Is Falling
The Situation I’ve seen, over the last few weeks, more than a few posts on a popular IT hangout site proclaiming in loud, evangelical voice that “RAID-5 is terrible for spinning disks, never use it! If you do, you’re a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disk Management, Hardware, IT, PC Stuff
Tagged disk arrays, RAID, reliability
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The USS Enterprise (Refit) from Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Build Log: Part 16 Well, hi! First off, I feel an apology is necessary here – I haven’t updated my log in a LONG time, and I should have. I’m sorry. Since last we spoke, I’ve had a move across … Continue reading
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Tagged model kit, Polar Lights, Star Trek, USS Enterprise
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Why do I choose Delphi?
Why? Really, why do I? In a world full of PHP, Java, Visual Studio, Python, Lua, and all these other syntaxes, what is it about Delphi that brings me back time and time again? First off, let’s be clear – … Continue reading
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Delphi Does Data
Delphi Hi everyone! Last time we talked Delphi, we talked a bit about frameworks and we built your first Delphi app, a “Hello World” for Windows. This time around, we’re going to talk about one of the most common uses … Continue reading
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Tagged 10.2, Data, dbExpress, Delphi, Live Data, MS SQL, Tokyo
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