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Little useful feature in Outlook: "you are not responding to the latest message in this conversation"

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Diego Zamboni
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Diego Zamboni
As annoying as Outlook is most of the time, it has a few nifty features. For example, this notification:
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appears at the top of a compose window when appropriate. It is very useful because it appears if, while you are typing a message, another one comes into the same thread, thus reducing occurrences of "crossed" (and possibly conflicting) responses.

The log: The lifeblood of your data pipeline - O'Reilly Radar

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via http://radar.oreilly.com/2015/04/the-log-the-lifeblood-of-your-data-pipeline.html Interesting article. I hadn’t heard of Fluentd, looks useful. The old paradigm — machines to humans, and the new — machines to machines. Image courtesy of Kiyoto Tamura. Over the last decade, the primary consumer of log data shifted from humans to machines. Software engineers still read logs, especially when their software behaves in an unexpected manner. However, in terms of “bytes processed,” humans account for a tiny fraction of the total consumption.

Whisky - Matt Gemmell

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via http://mattgemmell.com/whisky/ Nice essay.But then, finally, with one last branch hacked from your way, you set eyes upon it, and stand there. Silent and still. Perhaps you raise a hand, feeling time-worn stone beneath your fingertips. A dream, finally made solid. You’ve come so far, and now, at last, you’re here.