jroseattle

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by jroseattle 15y ago
> I personally have a hard time believing people can change that much... On the day my kids were born, I felt my priorities and what was important actually change. Things that I had emphasized as important before they were born became
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by jroseattle 15y ago
Thank you for the thoughtful response, but you reached your original comment because of the author's post. In spite of your reasoning (some of which I agree with), my point is that we're guilty of another thing -- parental judgmentalism, in
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by jroseattle 15y ago
It's his kid -- not yours. It's his choice -- not yours. Sit down and go neglect your loved ones elsewhere.
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by jroseattle 15y ago
Very true, and I learned this early on: your job, no matter how much you like it, will never hug you back.
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by jroseattle 15y ago
Mostly because nothing of what you just mentioned actually plays out as true. Hell, getting MS to give up on things is harder than the obsolescence nonsense you mention.
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by jroseattle 15y ago
Don't try to associate literacy with douchebaggery.
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by jroseattle 15y ago
Hey, 1999 called, they'd like their arguments back.
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"sometimes it's not worth me shoving it down their throat if they're not going to be pumped about coming in to work everyday." Good sales pitches don't involve feelings of having things shoved down one's throat. Don't think "sales" in the s
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by jroseattle 15y ago
"for some ideas, it's just tough to fully appreciate if you don't understand the technical details." This is also called "sales". If one can't sell their team members on the premise, then it will be exponentially hard selling the market on
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"If they've been working on that nonstop since the iPad launched..." Sounds like you've got it figured out.
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It's pre-beta.
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Mostly a captive market of Microsoft-oriented devs with invested skills in C#/VB, and an ability to push out a client install package through Windows update. Having developed against both, I found Silverlight development much easier than Fl
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NBC used it for the Olympics a couple years ago.
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I can't believe any self-respecting dev would ever use the term "lingua franca".
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by jroseattle 15y ago
As are those who use just any language/environment of their choice. So what?
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Seattle, actually.
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by jroseattle 15y ago
Yes, correct. Thank you, Firefox spell-check add-on.
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Actually, I found palettes (plural) of them at Costco this afternoon. $65.
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Hacking Christmas lights(deepdarc.com)
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Issue #2 ( https://github.com/garybernhardt/base/issues/2 ) is pure gold. What license is this released under? I would assume an awesome base class needs a corresponding awesome license.
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by jroseattle 15y ago
My family put together our genealogy in the early 1970's, so this one is easy: 5 generations.
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The logic here is that Ubuntu is "ready for primetime" because of what happened with another OS? For a single user? This type of commentary simply places headwinds on Ubuntu and other Linux OSes from actually gaining desktop traction.
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Sorry for the formatting issues here. Blame the author. <--
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There are a few forces at work here: .Net begets Windows: long-standing MS strategy has been to provide tools & resources that drive Windows adoption. The millions problem: MS measures licenses for things in the millions. Anything bel