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by whamill 15y ago
They use lots of confusingly contradictory language to puff up the arrest, like: "the head of LulzSec" then immediately following with "the loose network of hackers", and contrasting "loosely organised" with Sabu being at the "nerve centre"
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by whamill 15y ago
They're not mutually exclusive. I've used Sencha Touch before to provide a nice fat-finger-friendly version of Sencha's Ext-JS user interfaces on the iPad and it's a nice framework for providing rich UI components and also helps you segrega
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by whamill 15y ago
Well I haven't done any studies on it but I'd assume that the number of people going to the toilet and then immediately touching the way-out door handle without washing their hands is probably higher than the number of people going to the t
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by whamill 15y ago
Well the difference between the pre-bathroom door handle and the post-bathroom door handle (opposite sides of the same door, presumably) is that one of them is much more likely to have been touched by someone who may have just been to the t
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by whamill 15y ago
Because they're broadened their experience and knowledge with new languages and learning new things. My point isn't so much about learning the very latest thing so much as it is about learning in general. At the very least the people who sp
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by whamill 15y ago
I wonder how the author's outlook has changed since 2007? Has he spent the last 4-5 years learning new technologies or constantly bettering himself or just stuck with what he learned in 2007 and become bitter at the reality of the industry
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by whamill 15y ago
Basically the book for that language which is considered 'The Bible' by its developers. The K&R book for C ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/C-Programming-Language-2nd/dp/013110... ) or the Camel book for Perl ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Programm
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by whamill 15y ago
I do the same thing, I find it's a great way to compare the differences in implementing similar designs and functionality across platforms and languages. Highly recommended.
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by whamill 15y ago
That's not the question. It would be wrong for him to turn down job applications from one of your two employees [on the grounds that they work for you, not based on their not matching his needs] and then inform you that they applied, allowi
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by whamill 15y ago
I'm surprised The Mythical Man-Month didn't make the 30 (only the afterthought section). Given the harm that clumsy estimation, and naieve subdivision of labour from disinterested managers causes to the software industry it should be requir
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by whamill 15y ago
How about Trello? It uses Node.js for the back-end update processing and event handling. http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-trello-tech-stack/
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by whamill 15y ago
I hope you're not referring to the Visual Studio achievements. Rewarding people for single-letter class names, having 10 levels of inheritance or using GOTOs is neither innocent fun nor something that's going to teach good practices...
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by whamill 15y ago
No whiteboards? What kind of startup doesn't have loads of whiteboards? You should go buy a load of that paint you can use to turn walls into whiteboards and paint your desk and cupboards and floor - www.ideapaint.com
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by whamill 15y ago
I wonder if we'll see candlelit vigils and bunches of flowers outside MS stores when Bill Gates finally kicks it? He's long been the opposite of "cool" and certainly hasn't always been an honest competitor in the past but his altruism now s
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by whamill 15y ago
Those weren't the prices I saw in the US or here in the UK. Verizon launch price for Galaxy Nexus: $299 on 24-month contract. Verizon launch price for iPhone 4S: $199 [16GB], $299 [32GB] on 24-month contract. Sim-free pricing in UK was £500
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by whamill 15y ago
Most of the real headline grabbing ones are. Droid Razr, Galaxy Nexus, Sensation XE, Galaxy S2, they're all in and around the same price point. And these are the ones the marketing material uses to pitch against the iPhone for the top end.