jenscow

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by jenscow 7y ago
When I do similar, I just shrug and say "yeh, they're always changing things...".
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by jenscow 7y ago
> I took the $319 I was about to spend on an Office license and I donated it to the LibreOffice project, and will just continue to do so every time I have to go through this process. This. Generally, I get much more value from OSS than
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by jenscow 7y ago
Cinnamon (on Mint). The defaults are, by far, the closest to my needs. Also, more importantly, I've been using the "traditional" desktop for 2 decades and I just can't change my way - the taskbar+menu is my crutch. On lo
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by jenscow 7y ago
"don't put all your eggs in one basket"
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by jenscow 7y ago
Same here. I got one from work for testing with. I was completely underwhelmed. I think it's a combination of astroturfing and owners trying to convince themselves they made the right decision.
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by jenscow 7y ago
Exactly what I was thinking. That was a pain - I think I ended up writing RTF by hand.
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by jenscow 7y ago
Candidates have different strengths and weaknesses. Sure, I'll ask the base questions but in terms of assessing their coding ability I'll go with whatever they feel the most comfortable with. If they have github, I'll ask the
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by jenscow 7y ago
Well, I would have thought there'd at least be a TL;DR - time is of the time is of the essence when you need to consult that.
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by jenscow 7y ago
Nothing. They moved to mobile instead
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by jenscow 8y ago
TD-DR: The vote was proven to be blemished, the Prime Minister acted irrationally to use that as the basis of Brexit.
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Is Wilson vs. the Prime Minister the silver bullet that will kill Brexit?(brexitshambles.com)
4 points by jenscow 8y ago|3 comments
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by jenscow 8y ago
Great idea. Let's call it HTTP/2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP/2
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by jenscow 8y ago
> Engineers should have the power to stop the launch. The engineers shouldn't have that responsibility. The higher-ups would just say "why didn't you stop it??".
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by jenscow 8y ago
There is a queue of people willing to perform the job for $50/hr. Also, there are overheads of running a company (assuming OP isn't the only employee).
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by jenscow 8y ago
I tried Windows for 2 decades as my main dev environment, but was forced onto Linux.
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by jenscow 8y ago
Differences: - It's configurable. - The space is reserved for the end user, not the OS manufacturer.
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by jenscow 8y ago
I believe this why "coding interviews" are so controversial. Different people perhaps have a different definition of "programmer". One person may think a "programmer" should know how to design/implement al
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by jenscow 8y ago
In that case, if I stored your date of birth then I'd also have to "disclose" your age and star-sign.
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by jenscow 8y ago
Yes, I was being snarky - however, it is a valid concern. There needs to be a choice. (I write javascript almost every day)
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by jenscow 8y ago
It's lazy loading - someComputation() is only called if func() is called, and called only once. Perhaps you might prefer: result || (result = someComputation())
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by jenscow 8y ago
A viable replacement.
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by jenscow 8y ago
Yes, I find Rider to be like ReSharper without VS.
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by jenscow 8y ago
Visual Studio has always been 1st class for developing whatever Microsoft is currently pushing, and the debugger is by far the best I've used. Anything outside of that is average, if anything.
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by jenscow 8y ago
I've used C# since 1.2 (not exclusively). The language is really good - it's one of my favourites. It's almost 2 decades old, but it's evolved naturally and is still a modern language. Unfortunately, it's the shit a
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by jenscow 8y ago
Thanks for reminding me!
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by jenscow 8y ago
It's not just the liars, they're usually easy to spot. It's those who genuinely believe they're good... they do well in an interview, because they have been working as a "developer" and can talk the talk. But a
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by jenscow 8y ago
I agree - doing these under "interview conditions" is a farce. It tests for other attributes which are probably not relevant to the job (and not a good thing if they are).
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by jenscow 8y ago
I guess it depends on whether or not the child process has used `SetConsoleCtrlHandler` and/or `SetConsoleMode`, which lets you determine if ^C should be processed as key input. (don't forget, there is also Ctrl+Break - which also
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by jenscow 8y ago
ha yes. " Qualtrics, does not work well with certain ad blockers and security software " Then find somebody else to do it!
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by jenscow 8y ago
I'm a developer and I prefer matte screens. Here's why: Comfort: I don't need to adjust myself or the screen's position depending on the light. Power saving: My brightness can be lower, because it's not competing wi

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