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by umjames 17y ago
Assuming we're only talking about the iPhone APIs, then there's no NSImage or CIImage (Mac OS X desktop only). As for UIImage and CGImageRef, which are on the iPhone, UIImage is an Objective-C class, whereas CGImageRef is a C opaque struct.
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by umjames 17y ago
I really wish Apple didn't require a 500-employee headcount and a D&B number to be an enterprise customer. They should relax the constraints so that small businesses can start making internal apps.
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by umjames 17y ago
All I can say is thank goodness I can use Git with Subversion without anyone being the wiser. Local feature branches are one of the godsends of DVCS.
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by umjames 17y ago
I'd like to know how that transition is going for you. Are you having the expected difficulty of explaining a DVCS workflow? Any difficulties converting CVS modules to git repositories? At work, I'm stuck on CVS. I'd love to use git, but
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by umjames 17y ago
Personally, I use Linux servers, but at work we still buy and use Solaris 10 on Sun boxes. Yes, 90% of the databases we access are Oracle. Yes it's very enterprisey.
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by umjames 17y ago
DTrace would be nice for starters.
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by umjames 17y ago
What I always find to be so frustrating is that I see co-workers doing non-work related things with the company's resources all the time: long personal telephone conversations, online shopping, reading sports or politics-related content on
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by umjames 17y ago
I'd say universities are to blame. My alma mater's main selling point is its co-op program. Instead of 4 years of straight classes, you have 5 years total split up as follows: - freshman year as normal - the next 3 years are spent with 6
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by umjames 17y ago
Yeah, at first I thought it would have been implemented using J2EE pattern-compliant servlets, JSP, and some combination of EJB/Hibernate/JPA mess. I'm glad the author didn't go that far.
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by umjames 17y ago
Didn't read the article, but doesn't Japan already have Gigabit Broadband? If so, how much does it cost in Japan?
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by umjames 17y ago
Yep, my employer still uses CVS, and by "uses" I really mean blindly commits everything (including output files) using TortoiseCVS with no commit messages. No branches, almost no tags. I mentioned git once to my boss and it was definitely
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by umjames 17y ago
If I understand this correctly, you can't make free games for Xbox? At least you can make free apps for the App Store.
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by umjames 17y ago
If you happen to know of a place where you earnestly hear "take the week off, thanks for your heroics!", please don't be stingy with their URL. I'd be interested in working there.
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by umjames 17y ago
That was a prototype iCar. Crap, I've already said too much. They'll be after me now.
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by umjames 17y ago
Yeah, if that picture has any accuracy, it'll be Java in Eclipse. I stare at Eclipse doing Java all day at work. That is definitely Eclipse and the format and length of the lines of code look like Java. Is Amazon hoping/expecting big comp
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by umjames 17y ago
>218k followers now. I wonder how many are following him with the intention of trying to escalate their Microsoft tech support problems or just general bashing of Microsoft. I'll bet he learned how to block people early on.
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by umjames 17y ago
Family Guy and Futurama were originally cancelled by Fox and it took years of good ratings by re-running these shows on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim for Fox to take a second look at them. So, I don't know if Fox would keep a Conan show long
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by umjames 17y ago
Wow, you're in Warminster? I'm near Ambler. Small world.
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by umjames 17y ago
Do you think the article considers programmers as IT workers? I think so. It's in the quote: The folks at Apple Computer, I'm guessing right now, are feeling very purposeful at work Sure Apple has an IT department, but I'll bet that quot
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by umjames 17y ago
I'm starting to get a little burned out about trying to maximize my productivity. It's not a easy-to-understand, linear thing in most professions. No one really knows how to accurately measure it, and once you come up with something, you
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by umjames 17y ago
What was his version of Pro Tools called? I'm curious, that's all.
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by umjames 17y ago
That's true. It's also bad PR for the company. Disgruntled former employees will not recommend anyone they know to work at such companies for these reasons. That might not seem to be such a big deal (as compared to an external, traditiona
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by umjames 17y ago
You're right. I don't know about doctors, but I work in an IT department. You can tell that pretty much no one here "believes in" the job. It's just a paycheck. I think people don't leave for a variety of reasons, but passion for the wo
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by umjames 17y ago
I work for a non-profit where, to cut costs, they initially took out all the water coolers. When people complained, they gave us one water cooler per building. I'd really like to be able to say that this would make people start leaving, bu
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by umjames 17y ago
Which people are management supposed to make happy? Because it certainly isn't the employees here.
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by umjames 17y ago
I agree, but I'd rather have users get some vision. You'd be surprised how many people still use IE6, even though Microsoft wants them to upgrade. Less-savvy users don't switch unless: 1. They have to (meaning their current methods no lon
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by umjames 17y ago
192 GB of RAM or 192 GB of disk space?
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by umjames 17y ago
So very true. Since learning Ruby, I've noticed that my attitude towards Java has taken a complete 180. It feels like doing anything in Java is like mowing your lawn with a pair of hand scissors. You can get the job done, but it takes a l
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by umjames 17y ago
To me, what was more valuable than the articles hosted on the site, was the set of links to other articles and blog posts at the bottom of the home page. I found a lot of information there that made me a better developer. I'm crossing my f
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by umjames 17y ago
Maybe the person who works for a non-profit doesn't give because he/she knows more about how your contribution dollars are actually allocated. The naive giver thinks that all or most of the money is going directly to the part of the non-pro

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