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by daven11 13y ago
We call them brownstones in australia - because they are all made of sandstone
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by daven11 13y ago
If you want to do web browser then javascript For apple (IOS/OSX) then objective C or maybe Ruby or lua Embedded programming then C Microsoft you have a large choice C# or VB.Net perhaps Android is Java Enterprise programming then Java or C
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by daven11 14y ago
I use a very simple version of function point analysis. Write down all the different things you know you need to do, beside each one write easy, medium or hard. easy takes 0.5 to 1 day, medium 2-3 days, hard 3-5 days. If you think any bits
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by daven11 14y ago
looks more like php than lua. Couldn't see a module/table type of thing? Not sure why I'd use this instead of lua - it's stable and fast. But interested in hearing some reasons
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by daven11 14y ago
indeed. The strangest thing is you can debug the delphi ide in the delphi ide. I do this from time to time to debug components that have start up problems
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by daven11 14y ago
It's worth looking at Delphi again if you haven't for a while http://www.codegear.com . They've made your syntax addition or two - even has closures now, generics, components...new version (out soon) compiles to iOS/OSX/Windows. I've seen
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by daven11 14y ago
depends what you mean by sub vocalisation - some people move their lips when they read - this slows things down. You still read the words in your head - so you could call that sub vocalisation - but don't move anything physical (throat, mou
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by daven11 14y ago
I did a speed reading course when I started uni and yes it does work. A lot of stuff is bad habits - some others have mentioned, sub vocalisation, keeping your eye in the middle of the page and read with your peripheral vision, obvious stuf
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by daven11 14y ago
I'd go on vacation for ever and see how long they keep paying me :-)
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by daven11 14y ago
50 next month, and yes :-), and do cutting edge development still. I'm worried I wont be able to do it when I'm 70
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by daven11 14y ago
I shall ask, probably easier than I think :-) Thanks.
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by daven11 14y ago
Thanks, I had wondered about that, not all work would be like that though? Much would be open and government funded wouldn't it? or am I out of touch, when I was last in academia there was quite a bit that was still public. Probably should
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Ask HN: Site for volunteers to write software for academic/research
6 points by daven11 14y ago|5 comments
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by daven11 14y ago
It's not that C is a great language imho - it's the C tool chain - I can compile a c program on anything (except the coming windows 8 tablets - but I'm guessing it's a matter of time)
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by daven11 17y ago
Compare this to the recent Google action of withdrawing from China, which company is evil? It's a no brainer.
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The manifesto of the futurist programmers(graficaobscura.com)
2 points by daven11 17y ago|1 comments
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Sharks queue for 'clean and polish'(abc.net.au)
1 points by daven11 17y ago|0 comments
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by daven11 17y ago
How interesting. I agree it is unfortunate that Java apps never took off, but that may change, or something like java will replace it. Maybe it was a technology before it's time - or promised more than it delivered, it did have it's flaws.
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by daven11 17y ago
I would really dispute your first statement. The brower has a very limited API compared to an OS. Cross platform app development is difficult. But then so is getting a complex web page to run on multiple browsers. To my mind cross platform
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by daven11 17y ago
I agree that more and more data will be stored on servers and will be processed by chunky server code. The point I'm wondering is the browser and html a good tool for accessing and processing this data? I would say no, that a native code ap
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by daven11 17y ago
I agree excel is a better app than google docs. I find the argument that it's just fine for 95% of the population worrying. This doesn't say that the browser is a superior technology, but an inferior technology that 'will do'. If we turn th
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by daven11 17y ago
'But, the thing is, HTML5 isn't a replacement for thick binaries' If you have a look further up in this post people are suggesting this as far as I can see - e.g. 'It won't be long before all applications are written in HTML/CSS/JS.' Why u
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by daven11 17y ago
I have a PC/Mac/Linux I want cross portability I use trolltech and C++ or something similar. What's wrong with installation? Installation gives me access to a nice operating system with a rich set of API's, threads, memory, file system. I f
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by daven11 17y ago
Just like a program I wrote in VB 1.0 - we've certainly come a long way. I see things like this and wonder what on earth web guys are wasting there time on.