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by CodeCube 14y ago
It may sound awful, but so does everything else at first :)
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Maybe .. but I can't imagine anyone sitting there designing a menu to actually say to themselves, "you know what would look awesome repeated on every line and column of this menu? 32 QR codes!"
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by CodeCube 14y ago
But at that point it becomes a UX issue. There's only so much space on a printed menu. Calories are an easy to print, single data point.
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Congrats on meeting your goals!
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by CodeCube 14y ago
OMG, something similar to this has happened to me twice over the last few years! I came down with a real bad case of, I don't know, something; but I had a bad fever and was just in a dazed state of half-sleep. The last time I just remember
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Just because others have come before doesn't negate the fact that someone else may have reached a broader audience through the use of marketing and branding.
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by CodeCube 14y ago
On the side ... I work full time as a mobile application developer. Of course, I had to stop all other side-projects. I usually (against my better judgement) work on at least 2 other things on the side at any given moment, but this book too
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Indeed ... and it is also open source and works on Mono, should you choose to host it on linux/apache - http://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Actually, I temporarily forgot (it was in the book :P ) ... you can actually target .NET 4 and still use C# 5 if you use the Async Targeting Pack for Visual Studio 2012 - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2957...
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Thanks so much! Great news on the book, we definitely need to start seeing more books out there on Mono/Xamarin tech. Hopefully we can help people understand what a great opportunity C# can be when you embrace it :)
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Thanks! PacktLib is their online repository of titles, similar to Safari Books Online - http://packtlib.packtpub.com/
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Glad to hear it ... definitely planning on digging into Xamarin.Mac soon :)
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Sure, this will be my 3rd published title ( http://amazon.com/author/joelmartinez ), though first as the sole author. From first contact with the publisher to today was about six months, actual writing time was approximately 3-4 months, and
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Language-wise, C# 5 comes with .NET 4.5, which is supported on Windows 7, but not XP. You can probably use Mono 3.0 on XP to write C# 5 though.
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by CodeCube 14y ago
No, the book doesn't really focus on individual libraries (EF, MVC, etc.) as much as it just tries to focus on the language itself. I wanted to drive home the point that if you use C#, you can target all the major platforms :)
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Show HN: Wrote a Book – C# 5 First Look(codecube.net)
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Not sure if kidding, or serious :P http://asp.net/mvc
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Yeah, they just bind to the existing libraries, so you end up using all of the native tools.
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by CodeCube 14y ago
I know, Minecraft rocks!
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Really? my experience with the emulators (both for windows phone, and windows 8) have been fantastic. Can you elaborate what was horrible about them?
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by CodeCube 14y ago
And Tumblr? ;)
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Something that needs a bit of clarification, what do they mean by "offered to remove all subscription options", and "the offer was rebuffed"? Do they mean that they created a new build with the subscription options removed, resubmitted, and
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by CodeCube 14y ago
It would be nice if he's just being magnanimous, but I actually hope it's an experiment ... will there be a notable difference in flu rates in the area as a result of this? will there be any other statistical blips that can be correlated to
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by CodeCube 14y ago
No kidding. When I saw the headline, my heartrate spiked a noticeable amount while I waited for the link to load.
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Yes, sometimes the timezone difference can be difficult if the two parties are not equally as empowered (or even as good). But I'll give you an example. A guy I was working with decided to transfer to my company's singapore office (12h diff
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by CodeCube 14y ago
I wonder how much those patent examiners in particular will use http://patents.stackexchange.com/
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Yep, it's for unlimited/unrestricted play ... so in this case it's a trial. But a community has in fact grown around this game, and in the future they could enhance it for additional IAP funds, sort of like the dagobah IAP in angry birds st
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Ahh, I remember seeing this video back when it first surfaced. One of my favorite comments I saw somewhere (maybe slashdot?) was that robotic capability is usually insufficient for something like dribbling a ping pong ball ... until it isn'
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by CodeCube 14y ago
It's somewhat anecdotal, but here's a question I asked on the quant stackexchange a while ago asking if F# was used in finance ... seems there are a few shops using it: http://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/303/is-f-used-in-tr...
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by CodeCube 14y ago
Nah man,when my kids make a mistake (or almost make a mistake), I go out of my way to tell them how they could have avoided it; 9 times out of 10 I end the discussion with, "And now you know ..." before I realize what I'm saying :P

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