grokys

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Perspex, the cross-platform .NET framework, is now in alpha(grokys.github.io)
2 points by grokys 11y ago|0 comments
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Windows, Privacy, and You(theverge.com)
1 points by grokys 11y ago|0 comments
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by grokys 11y ago
I'm 40 and I think I might be the only person who really just doesn't give a shit? I mean, I feel a bit different, sure - but do I really feel much different to when I was 20? Not really. You do some things, then you do some other
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by grokys 11y ago
I don't think telling you how to format your code for a particular language is a bad thing. I am quite happy using { on a new line in C# but on the same line in JS, using underscore_separated_method_names in C and camelCasedMethodNames
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by grokys 11y ago
I'd suggest following the link that was posted.
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by grokys 11y ago
Indeed, I was hoping it was going to be more stuff like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdDD9ViRZz4
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Windows 10 released(microsoft.com)
3 points by grokys 11y ago|2 comments
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by grokys 11y ago
I wonder how many of these techniques could be/are applied in other VMs such as the JVM or .NET?
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by grokys 11y ago
It makes me wonder what sort of developer is still using VB6 and still liking it? I moved onto .NET around 2003 and even at that time it seemed such an improvement over VB6 that I couldn't imagine going back even then. Do you know any
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Provide a Visual Basic 6 Community Edition(visualstudio.uservoice.com)
10 points by grokys 11y ago|6 comments
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Yanis Varoufakis opens up about his five month battle to save Greece(newstatesman.com)
7 points by grokys 11y ago|0 comments
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Revving up JavaScript performance with TurboFan(blog.chromium.org)
12 points by grokys 11y ago|0 comments
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by grokys 11y ago
Wait, did you just equate caring for minorities and people in positions where they can easily be taking advantage of, to buying TVs for people branded with a politicians face? I think you did. And you did it in an incredibly condescending m
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The Bad American Habits I Kicked in Finland(theatlantic.com)
18 points by grokys 11y ago|6 comments
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by grokys 11y ago
I am really tempted to set up a new account just so that I can post "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" to each MS article. Just that. Three words. Each article. The only reason I don't do it is that I'm afraid it won't b
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by grokys 11y ago
This was a very touching story, and like others have said, I'm very pleased the author has found his feet again. However, remember that for many people life is like this every day and has been since childhood. These people don't h
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by grokys 12y ago
Just a quick plug then for my own project: https://github.com/grokys/Perspex/
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by grokys 12y ago
That can be made even simpler in C#: var blah = () => "im a function";
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by grokys 12y ago
In what way is it more difficult in C#? C# has lambda syntax: obj.Function(() => { ... });
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by grokys 12y ago
What are the legal implications of this? As far as I understood reverse engineering using disassembled code isn't legal. And this isn't just reading the disassembled code - they're taking it wholesale.
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by grokys 12y ago
From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonce_%28slang%29 >> In the United Kingdom, nonce is a slang word for a sex offender or child sexual abuser.
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by grokys 12y ago
I think the "Public Contributions" section of the two users says it all: https://github.com/jakelodwick https://github.com/steveklabnik
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by grokys 12y ago
C#, with Xamarin.
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by grokys 12y ago
Thank for asking these questions. I was wondering some of the same things. Also: Has anyone done versioning with the Accepts header, and how did you do it on ASP.net?
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by grokys 12y ago
Informally the "Elvis operator".
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by grokys 12y ago
Websites! Don't automatically play videos when someone visits! Especially don't make the pause button do nothing. That one article I'm not reading then.
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How URL Started as UDI – A Brief Conversation with Tim Berners Lee(tantek.com)
1 points by grokys 12y ago|0 comments
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by grokys 12y ago
Ha, I'm English and I've been living in Italy for two years (so my Italian is still not exactly incredible) and I'm starting to find the same! I wonder if this happens because the two languages can be very similar at times an
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by grokys 12y ago
Also: regarding multiple selection, this series of blog posts explains the problems: namely that there is no built in way to do MVVM multiple selection with virtual list boxes, a common use-case at least for me. http://grokys.blo
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by grokys 12y ago
Yes, I'll accept that some of them may be issues that aren't encountered too often, but they are things that I'm battling with right now so are on my mind ;) But for saving images, why isn't there a Save method to Bitm

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