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by scrabble 13y ago
There was an episode of Freakonomics Radio not too long ago that discussed risk in different types of societies. A study did show that a matriarchal society had men who were more risk averse, and women who were less risk averse which implie
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by scrabble 13y ago
I'm using SVN for source control. And I'm a little confused on the first part, because .NET 4.5 is not supported in Visual Studio 2010.
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by scrabble 13y ago
I think the improvements we'd get in Entity Framework performance, testing, and analysis would be well worth it.
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by scrabble 13y ago
I'm still using VS 2010 at work. Can't seem to make a compelling case to upgrade for the cost, and it's just getting more frustrating. VS 2013 is looking like a really great product, especially in comparison to VS 2010.
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by scrabble 13y ago
Couldn't agree more. My father-in-law works for a small business that launched a static site earlier this year. They pay $80/month for "maintenance" on that static site. I just launched a static site last night. Total co
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by scrabble 13y ago
I think good enough is an excellent lesson for most people, especially me. Fear of not having something polished enough prevents me from getting things launched on a regular basis.
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by scrabble 13y ago
I can't see anyone saying anything else. "An engine broke and you are stuck on the moon and will die horribly. What do you do?" Seems your options are to either accept your fate and die, or try to live.
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by scrabble 13y ago
Why is that? I prefer JavaScript to CoffeeScript, and I imagine that more people have used JS than have even tried CS.
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by scrabble 13y ago
Rama? Death Star?
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Creating a Generic Type Converter for C#(topherlandry.wordpress.com)
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by scrabble 13y ago
So you don't have to leave your desk ever, for any reason. That's quite the stretch. The option to have lunch brought to your desk is great when you're in the middle of something and don't want to get out of the zone.
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by scrabble 13y ago
I got my first dev job with no job experience, no degree, and no real portfolio to speak of. Of course, I had been coding on my own for over a decade, was well read, and came with a wealth of other experience that was being looked for and w
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by scrabble 13y ago
Really? I think that sounds like a dreadful way to code anything useful.
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by scrabble 13y ago
I guess it depends on the stack. I'm also a .NET full stack dev, but my stack includes Windows servers instead of Linux servers. It's been 5 or 6 years since I've done Linux sysadmin work, but I still knew a bunch of these.
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by scrabble 13y ago
In their defense the 360's controller is considered an amazing controller already, so I understand them only making incremental improvements.
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by scrabble 13y ago
I know people who work for Google in Kitchener, Ontario and I've been through their offices here myself. I don't have work experience there though. What struck me the most going through the office is that the office setup and bene
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by scrabble 13y ago
I know of exactly one person that I've worked with and would take as a business-side co-founder in a heartbeat. And he won't leave his current job. I can definitely agree with your comment.
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by scrabble 13y ago
"Accounts Payable, Nina speaking! Just a moment!"
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by scrabble 13y ago
I would love to work in an office that has caves like that as opposed to the open office I'm in now. I'm constantly distracted both audibly and visually -- the constant visual distractions being the big kicker. I definitely think
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by scrabble 13y ago
The authors concerns seemed more around making sure his publisher was paid than it was making sure he was paid. Otherwise, I agree. It would be great if more publishers offered up eBooks directly from them. Even at a highly discounted price
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by scrabble 13y ago
If you accept that the US is in a war with Al Qaeda And if you no longer accept this as a valid justification for all of the actions that have followed the 9/11 attack?
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by scrabble 13y ago
"Boring" is pretty safe when it comes to quality and maintainability.
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by scrabble 13y ago
I had a meeting with a BB VP in 2009. I had seen my friend's HTC and asked what we were doing in response to Android. He asked me, "What's Android?"
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by scrabble 13y ago
There were a few key parts to this (and lots more that I'm missing). 1] OS felt dated. Failure to come closer to what customers wanted on a timely basis. 2] Poor app developer experience. 3] A lot of different hardware specs against wh
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by scrabble 13y ago
Occasionally I get asked to add comments in for standard language features that others might not know. That to me seems like a waste of time. I have no problem emailing people to let them know of a feature they may not be aware of, but now
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by scrabble 13y ago
I agree. I absolutely hate visual distractions. They occur constantly in the open office I'm in. It used to be worse as my desk faced a popular meeting room, but it's still pretty bad.
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by scrabble 13y ago
To be clear, they were charging to access answers written by people who weren't employees that wanted to help others.
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by scrabble 13y ago
It's not a candidate's problem that they can't code? I think the candidate has a level of responsibility here. Really they shouldn't be applying for a development position if they can't code.
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by scrabble 13y ago
Have you tried an ergonomic keyboard? I tend to be a bit of a floaty typist as well, but a couple years ago I used a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard for a year. To my surprise, I found that I got used to it pretty quickly.
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by scrabble 13y ago
Are you sure about that? Everyone on my team does. I can't really imagine not being able to build the full stack.

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