rho4

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1. 61.▲
   by rho4 2y ago

   > In my career, I have taken a particular approach based on building new systems from scratch = Software consultants and free lancers. I don't like them because I am jealous that they get to do greenfield projects and make all the a
2. 62.▲
   by rho4 2y ago

   How does it compare to MS Access or FileMaker?
3. 63.▲
   by rho4 2y ago

   Went through the same progression with Dilbert comics. Colleagues with a positive general attitude are priceless.
4. 64.▲
   by rho4 2y ago

   Not even VR, I had to stop normal Descent 3 after about 1 hour of gameplay because I started getting sick. Infuriating
5. 65.▲
   by rho4 3y ago

   improve title pls
6. 66.▲
   by rho4 3y ago

   > "To Apple, the App Store is a side line." > "And we certainly don’t want more Elon Musks in the world." Apart from these 2 statements, I largely agree.
7. 67.▲
   by rho4 3y ago

   Re money systems: I have found that problems arise no matter whether floats are used or something else: The system can be too exact. My current approach is that I try to guess (or ask) how a customer understands or checks a statement/i
8. 68.▲
   by rho4 3y ago

   "excellence does not mean having 100k followers on Twitter" - idk, seems like an arbitrary dismissal of what i perceive as quite an achievement
9. 69.▲
   by rho4 3y ago

   could also just call it click-bait
10. 70.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    The cycle seems: Invent a new static information format (XML/JSON/HTML/...), reduce verbosity, add GUI, variables, comments, expressions, control flow, validation, transformation, static typing, compilers, IDE support, depend
11. 71.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    I still find it very confusing that the active tab does not 'extend' to the content, but is separated by a shadow. I often mistake the inactive tab for the active one, because it's background is almost closer to the content.
12. 72.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    The simulation code: public class Test { public static enum Outcome { B_Mo, B_Tu, B_We, B_Th, B_Fr, B_Sa, B_Su, G_Mo, G_Tu, G_We, G_Th, G_Fr, G_Sa, G_Su; boolean isBoy() { return this == B_Mo || this == B_Tu
13. 73.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    The only way i know how to work through these types of problems is: - draw a complete probability tree - sum the prob. of all branches that are possible given the information (having at least 1 boy born on a Tu) - sum the prob. of all possi
14. 74.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    Nowadays my questions are much more likely to get closed and it is impossible to get them reopened. This takes a pretty big emotional toll, as I usually invest quite a bit of time to describe my problems. People vote to close and then move
15. 75.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    I am using Eclipse. But will definitely keep this in mind, should I every switch to IntelliJ.
16. 76.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    I would argue the opposite: Junior and senior developers alike catch and swallow or log checked exceptions all over the place, making it impossible to know if your method call was successful or not.
17. 77.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    Still hoping that Java will support such a choice (compiler option) out of the box in the future. Also, without IDE support such a plugin will never gain a lot of traction.
18. 78.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    Same for German and Swiss layouts *sigh. After many years, I am now capable of typing curly and angular brackets by holding left shift with my small finger, left alt with my left thumb, and the corresponding symbol key with my right little
19. 79.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    Disclaimer: Windows/PC user. I chose the opposite of customization: I decided to train really hard on my standard country-specific 104/105-key keyboard layout. After 20 years I can blindly type every symbol, reach every key, grab
20. 80.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    In my experience, documentation becomes outdated and fragmented very fast. If I had a say, I would make a rule that every employee should maintain only up to 10 wiki single-pages for their most important products, components or processes. A
21. 81.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    "An indirect indication of the presence of Triangulation on the device is the disabling of the ability to update iOS" My guess would be that they didn't find out thanks to their monitoring solution, but because some senior ma
22. 82.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    I use Trello to organize my life. At the moment I cannot imagine what kind of features an alternative would have to offer for me to consider switching.
23. 83.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    Agreed.
24. 84.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    Didn't know about this, interesting. Sounds honorable, but naive. No earthly power will let it go without a fight.
25. 85.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    Humanity will have no choice but to try to escape the solar system at some point. If it makes you feel better about it, think of humans as natives of this galaxy.
26. 86.▲
    by rho4 3y ago

    "Only 1 room left" has become a totally useless message for me. I book every 2 months in the same city at different hotels, and I'm seeing this message pretty much all the time, and there seems to be always 1-2 rooms left, wh
27. 87.▲
    by rho4 4y ago

    This helped me: Nobody asks a professional violin player to "just" switch to the cello, because the orchestra is missing one. Yes, there are many musicians who are proficient in multiple instruments, and yes, the underlying music
28. 88.▲
    by rho4 4y ago

    just for your information: the logo resembles islamic flags
29. 89.▲
    by rho4 5y ago

    I am programming Swiss tax software. Always interesting to see such initiatives (latest one in Switzerland: taxly.ch). What I do not understand is: Why would anyone want to do that job for free?
30. 90.▲
    by rho4 5y ago

    thanks, adjusted