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by heresy 16y ago
Use automated tests for any software where the probability of you working on it in the future is > 0. Any testing is better than none. Good testing is better than bad. Good tests; * Are relatively simple to write if the design is decent
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by heresy 16y ago
He's being humble.
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by heresy 16y ago
Linux, Windows, or Mac? Point sizes vary due to DPI. I used 11pt on Windows, and ProFont (bitmap, 10 or 9, I don't recall) on Mac. I think it's only Windows where you can get relatively decent clarity for aliased fonts at a smallish point s
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by heresy 16y ago
She's a self-taught electrical engineer. That is...impressive. I don't think I've ever met one who is self-taught.
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by heresy 16y ago
Can you change the width of the tab sidebar? Seems a glaring omission if you can't, especially for widescreen monitors.
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by heresy 16y ago
Everyone needs to do something like this at least once. It's a lot harder to believe the bullshit peddled about other nationalities when you've toured through their country and experienced their hospitality. Personally, traveling for a year
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by heresy 16y ago
Despite the problems with the Date classes, I still think this is ultimately the wrong approach. Dropping to C at the slightest hint of a performance issue is a band-aid, papering over deficiencies in the VM.
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by heresy 16y ago
It's the same in C#, == is used for reference comparison, you use it when you want to know whether two objects are the same object, whereas you would typically use .Equals() for value comparison. There is no wrapper class for "primitives" i
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by heresy 16y ago
Cash-out can be abused, but on the other hand, if you don't exert pressure on your employees to continually work overtime, or take as little sequential leave as possible, that's less of a problem. Though I know it's somewhat common practice
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by heresy 16y ago
Well you could kill for the business desktop machines at my prior job, but it would be like killing someone for their socks. 1GB RAM powerhouses with 5400 RPM disks. I lobbied hard for 6 months, doing research for them, laying out how littl
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by heresy 16y ago
Our hardware is sourced from a local supplier who specializes in gamer builds. The cooling is top notch so we thought we'd run a couple of machines at 3.5Ghz. We're a medium-sized startup with a rocking VP of engineering, so there's no push
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by heresy 16y ago
This really is a cheap way to get developer goodwill. I cannot understand companies who pay developers 90k+ and then make them work on shitty "business desktop" machines that haven't been updated for 5 years or longer. Sadly this is rather
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by heresy 16y ago
Another observation for your sample (also South African). Left home at 17, crashed at a mates place until I could find a job, any job. Most everyone in my circle of friends left home by 19 or 20. I think there is a fair bit of pressure to b
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by heresy 16y ago
I'm sure someone can come up with a justification for this, but coming at this from a C# background, why is this desirable? Now you have to carry around the fact that == sometimes isn't a reference comparison, even though that's what Java c
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by heresy 16y ago
It took the longest time to get the iTunes store in New Zealand. I imagine once they had it set up for music, video, etc, adding in support for paid apps was relatively simple.
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by heresy 16y ago
I think it's an opportunity, but not for expanding to the West - I don't know how many ideas that can "make it" in Africa are readily translatable. Rather, since isn't even on investment radar at the moment, as a local startup you can expan
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by heresy 16y ago
Hoedspruit in the Limpopo province is a good place to go for this, it has flight school due to it also being the location of an air-force base. It's also in a central location if you're the type of person who enjoys doing outdoor stuff. It'
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by heresy 16y ago
It's a lot easier to do freelancing when you've got colleagues you've worked with before who remember your work ethic and output. And make friends at those places, don't be the unapproachable guy coding away in the corner. It matters. A lot
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by heresy 16y ago
I concur. I don't know what it is about Down Under, but the coffee in Australia and New Zealand is superb. That's the first thing I get when I'm back after a trip overseas.
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by heresy 16y ago
Another straw for the camel's back. It's not far off breaking now, friends have been tempting me with offers to return to my roots - Ruby/Linux. Fuck Microsoft.
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by heresy 16y ago
And one result of those subsidies being cut is the US erecting trade barriers to protect US dairy farmers from the now hyper-competitive NZ dairy farmers.
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by heresy 16y ago
And you have more fun in the process.
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by heresy 16y ago
Two words for him, rest for your spam? Stay classy.
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by heresy 16y ago
They really have the UX nailed (or they know how to make themselves look good). Signed up, to see if they can back the appearance up with usability. Basecamp may need to watch its back..
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by heresy 16y ago
Using a debit card with the PocketMoney iPhone app keeps me honest. I know as soon as I've bought something if I've blown the budget. And for some reason, debit card feels more like "real money" than the credit card with its elastic limit.
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by heresy 16y ago
Revamping the ATM seems a bit backwards. I don't carry cash, haven't for 6 or 7 years now. Electronic transaction fees with debit cards are non-existent. My paycheck goes straight into my bank account. Transferring money to other NZ bank ac
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by heresy 16y ago
Nokia doesn't get that they have competition at the high end. Selling phones that are so obviously sub-par compared to iPhone and Android, and still expecting people to fork over iPhone/Android money, is laughable. Developers aren't going t
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by heresy 16y ago
It's tricky, I love open source and use it a lot. But likewise, after work I'm usually doing some work on my freelancing projects, half of which the client has rights to the source code for, but is not open source. Getting two "salaries" ev
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by heresy 16y ago
Ugh, casting. Is the use of generics in Java still not common?
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by heresy 16y ago
Outside of my code editor, Chrome is the piece of software I spend the majority of my time using. I've been running the bleeding edge versions since the first public releases, pretty much, and last saw the sad face in 2.x series, I think. I

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