Comment: Re:R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (Score 1) 524
Is a quiet work area a perk? I'd like one of those.
I don't need a foosball table.
I don't need a foosball table.
Comment: Ask your users (Score 1) 330
Make the first version in English only, and somewhere in the app,
ask for requests for support for other languages. The only population
you care about are the users of your plugin.
Comment: Re:As a professional, I would say... (Score 1) 183
The best course he could take for computer programming is a touch typing course. And that's by a huge margin.
That was the single most useful course that I took in hs.
Comment: Re:Can we speak in clear terms? (Score 1) 412
Am I the only one that thought that photo with the article was racist, or was it too subtle?
Comment: Re:Noise (Score 1) 457
Noise is a much bigger factor for me than meetings.
I don't know how you can be expected to write reasonable code
when people are screeching all around you.
Comment: Are the molecules FTL? (Score 1) 264
They should team up with the researcher from last year,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2115974/Einstein-right-CERN-says-particles-DIDNT-travel-faster-light--quite-right-years-experiment.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2115974/Einstein-right-CERN-says-particles-DIDNT-travel-faster-light--quite-right-years-experiment.html
Comment: Re:You don't (Score 1) 683
I once worked with a guy who thought that the function pointer was the best feature of C.
He then explained to me how using function pointers was kind of like OOP.
There isn't any point in arguing with people like that.
Comment: I feel so inadequate (Score 1) 172
Less than 500Gb. Should I start generating random binary data to catch up?
Comment: It's not ROT13 (Score 1) 263
Grandparent is getting OTP mixed up with ROT13. I do that all the time. It cost me my job once.
I tested that. I even ran it twice, just to make sure.
Comment: What does this have to do with sheep? (Score 1) 121
Just asking.
Comment: Re:Word (Score 1) 586
Thank god I don't have to hang out with you lot at parties.
What are these "parties" of which you speak?
What kind of hardware do they bring?
Comment: What if you become President? (Score 1) 340
I know it's unlikely you'll win, but shouldn't you at least wait until the election is over to buy your fancy boat?
Comment: C64 (Score 1) 654
The keyboard IS the computer.
Comment: Re:15 years ago - the dark days? (Score 1) 44
Having developed software for nearly fifteen years, I remember the dark days before testing was all the rage
Umm.. wtf are you talking about? Extreme Programming is 13 years old, and it wasn't first. Even the waterfall model has testing, and it's 40 years old:
1. Requirements specification 2. Design 3. Construction (AKA implementation or coding) 4. Integration 5. Testing and debugging (AKA Validation) 6. Installation 7. Maintenance
Just because you didn't know how to test your software back then doesn't mean testing didn't exist.
He didn't say testing didn't exist. It definitely wasn't as prevalent or mandatory as now. He's right. Testing often wouldn't be done until the end of the cycle, and was frequently shortened or skipped entirely to meet deadlines. That doesn't seem to happen any more.
Comment: Clifford D. Simak (Score 2) 1244
Way Station
City
Time and Again
Time is the Simplest Thing
City
Time and Again
Time is the Simplest Thing