philbarr

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721.
by philbarr 15y ago
I didn't see the option for "never heard of it before but will take a look and see what all the fuss is about" either.
722.
by philbarr 15y ago
The purpose of a patent is so that the original inventor can make money from his invention whilst not having to keep the actual invention a secret. Patents have a time limit (not sure what that is) in which the inventor gets to make his mon
723.
by philbarr 15y ago
You missed the best part of that paragraph: You may think it a badge of honour that you can do "$ git rm -cached readme.txt" from memory. I think you’re burying your turds with a trowel in a thunderstorm. Made me laugh...!
724.
by philbarr 15y ago
I would rather people look to philosophy for answers to their intractable problems than religion.
725.
by philbarr 15y ago
I thought, "I think, therefore I am" was an answer to the question, "how do I know what is real and what is not?" So, for example, we're all stuck in some virtual reality world and everything is fake, how would we know? How do we even know,
726.
by philbarr 15y ago
I think trusting the police, or any institution is a big mistake. People are just people, and the police or medical profossionals can be just as lazy and inept as anyone else in any other line of work. In fact, I would say in the police it'
727.
by philbarr 16y ago
I'm surprised you're so calm about it. I would have been furious!
728.
by philbarr 16y ago
I wish some of the people that have submitted CVs to me knew that "conventional wisdom". There's nothing quite like trawling through someone's entire detailed job history, including an exhaustive list of their responsibilities at Big Fat Bu
729.
by philbarr 16y ago
By the way, it's "involved" not "envolved".
730.
by philbarr 16y ago
Without going into too much detail, my life kinda screwed up in my late teens (mostly by me), and I had few qualifications and wasn't really going anywhere. I didn't have any degree and after a miserable period on the dole started work at a
731.
by philbarr 16y ago
I get a sick kick out of telling devs new to Java this when they run across it: "Java is ALWAYS pass-by-value...", they nod, "...including OBJECT REFERENCES." "What?"
732.
by philbarr 16y ago
I guessed 400. My brain initially gave me the number 250, but then I realised the numbers in the lower rows would add up to 100's pretty quickly, so I upped it a bit.
733.
by philbarr 16y ago
Ok, you win. Although again I would like to point you to the initial smily, ":)", meaning, "joke".
734.
by philbarr 16y ago
It says that, as a general rule, you should use 'use' instead of 'usage'. So I reconstructed the sentence to make it use 'use'. Also, the :) was intended to make it a bit of a joke.
735.
by philbarr 16y ago
Is it just me, or does the phrase, "Common Errors in English Usage" sound wrong? Shouldn't it be, "Common Errors in the Use of English"? So I checked on their own site: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/usage.html . I guess I'm right. :)
736.
by philbarr 16y ago
Don't click on the link - it's a porn site. Can someone delete this post please?
737.
by philbarr 16y ago
well, I learned a new word today
738.
by philbarr 16y ago
You're kidding right? Manchester's heaving with activity. Just look at CWJobs (ok, I know that's different to startups, but it shows dev activity in the area). Also, I live 40 miles north of you in Preston, and there's very little here. Do