adamconroy

Thank you. And don't get me started on vs2013 update 2. I wasted a day putting up with it but eventually had to uninstall out of frustration. After that experience I can't see myself ever installing update 2 unless there is a showstopper bug in update 1.

Despite the down votes I stand by what I said. I would be far more impressed with a stable version of vs 2013 than a preview of 2014. There are too many glitches to document here, but I am using it every day and constantly finding bugs, some of which I have reported via Connect, some I can't be bothered with.

I am annoyed by this. Vs 2013 is riddled with bugs but they are busy doing the next version?

I think he should just get laid already. His idea of doing it with someone who cares is fraught, as there is a good chance he will get dumped and it will be crushing because of his circumstances, and because it wont mean as much to his first partner there will be a power imbalance in the relationship. He may also be so smitten that he ends up marrying the first one even if she isn't the right choice. Once in this marriage he will soon be regretting not having other experiences.

Somewhat off topic, but how do single page apps deal with people hacking the JS? For example, if as a particular user I am only allowed to perform certain functions within the app, and that functionality is contained in the JS, then it doesn't seem like it would be very hard to modify the JS to enable the functionality I shoudn't be allowed to use.

I always use patterns for non-core services. It works well except when there are annoying rules for passwords that don't match my pattern. However those are edge cases that force me to either remember my password or I don't use their service.

For my core passwords, such as workstations, email and servers, I still use a pattern but I tend to just remember those and therefore don't have problems when I need to change. For my work password I start it with number of months since I joined the company, and this follows along with the requirement to change my password each month.

It is quite complicated. The examples I gave are quite simple, but in a lot of cases the transpositions can happen many moves into the game. The maroczy sicilian example I referred to is one of these cases, where I might not actually play e4 until say move 8-10, but in a general sense it probably should be classified as an e4 opening.

As an overall guide I think what you have done is fine, but I suspect something in the order of 10-20% of games might be subject to transpositions where the opening move isn't an accurate categorization.

The analysis is interesting. However I'm not sure it has much practical value due to transpositions. For example, as white I play 1.Nf3 and if black plays d5 I play d4 and we have a d4 opening. If black plays c5 I play c4 and depending on what black does it will transpose into either an English opening (1. c4) or a maroczy sicilian (1. e4) or an indian defence (1. d4).

So basically, my opening move would be classed as 'other' but really it is one of 1.d4, 1.e4, 1.c4 in terms of the classifications of this post.

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"How to make your code unreadable in 55 minutes"

"How to make your code hard to debug in 55 minutes"

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Why be embarrassed? He is a virtuoso freak. Primus could have been one of the all time great bands if wasn't for Claypool's singing and lyrics, but his bass playing and the instrumental sections of their songs are awesome.

No shit Sherlock. Its been happening for years.

Well you aren't comparing apples. The tablet weighs a lot less, has hybrid functionality and is touch screen. If you made the tablet heavier, with a non touch screen and a built in keyboard it would cost about $400 at rrp. So it isn't logical to compare with a $1400 macbook

What a strange thing to say. He is obviously planning to work with his current stack forever. He has decided to be dogmatic at the expense of his project team. Basically, he will be unemployed within 5-10 years.

I can attest that it does drag on. There is an unfinished game from the weekend sitting on my desk, and we were playing with the accelerated rules.

I chuckled when I read that line. I assume they put in as a little joke.

Quirky review. Trying to cure your desire for a $1300 laptop by purchasing a $500 hybrid tablet and then declaring that it isn't good as a laptop is quite prescient.

And the nail in the coffin was that other people aren't using IE.

Important and insightful blogging. You really must keep it up.

That is a very strange post. Is the article actually "There is no such thing as a developer shortage in the Bay area startup space"?

Because the rest of the world doesn't work like that, where the rest of the world equals London, New York and Australia. In those places perfectly good developers are found by job ads, word of mouth, former colleagues, recruiters and nepotism.

Throw a fucking party, what a tedious idea.

If they were really dead he wouldn't need to say it, it wouldn't be of interest to say it, and he wouldn't have bothered saying it. Microsoft only needs to be concerned when people stop banging on about them.

It would have been better if had said he wished they were dead because he doesn't like them, or because he thinks they are bullies or he thinks they are ruining the web or something of that nature. I would respect that.

It is an insightful piece but nothing annoys me more than sensationalism. Its click bait and I am annoyed I got sucked into reading it and annoyed that I feel compelled to waste time commenting.

Anyway, if it isn't obvious, the article's credibility is killed by the use of the word dead. Microsoft clearly isn't dead it just isn't the biggest player on the internet, and isn't really a player in the start up space.

The problem with the stock market isn't that you might lose money, the problem is that share prices are largely driven by perception rather than substance. At the extremes it makes sense, in that a company that runs out of money is worthless and a company that makes 14bn profit a quarter is worth something. For the rest it is like popular culture / fashion.

The other problem with stocks is that if everyone is saving for the future via retirement funds then the market is inherently going to be over inflated and further illogical.

I did have a windows phone and very much liked having my wife pinned to the home screen but she was the only one who made it. I wasn't interested in having a whole heap of other (less attractive) heads burning my retina all the time.

I am probably unusual but I find the whole social media/Skype scene quite tedious and I have closed all those accounts as time goes by. Excluding my wife, replies and others contacting me, I send about 2 personal emails a week, about 5 SMS a week, make about 10 personal phone calls a week and that's it. It simply doesnt justify a people centric UI.

It pays to check these things before making a big commitment. Reminds me of a girl I know who decided to change her first name by deed pole. She changed her name to Pheonix rather than Phoenix.

Thank you. However I must confess that I am conscious of the decisions I make, and I am capable of evaluating the impact those decisions have on me and my particular circumstances.

The outcome of this is :

Some days I am full of energy and clarity and I eat at my desk and keep working.

Some days I am tired, stressed or for some other reason can't focus, and then I might go out and eat in a park and take my time.

Some days I have friends who want to meet for lunch.

Some days my colleagues want to go out for lunch as a group, typically Friday.

Some days I go eat in the common area because I am eating something smelly.

Some days I skip having anything substantial at lunch and go home early.

There is a fine line. Sometimes these habits are required to fend off being underrated. I've been on projects where the attempts to make people look bad are brutal and relentless.

Another scenario I experienced was where I took a contract at a company where my cousin is CIO. It wasn't pleasant, there was a constant assumption that I was just there through nepotism, and that I was overrated.

I don't see an issue. The capsule coffee should be just as good and if its a time saver then why wouldn't a business use them.

Personally I don't use a capsule machine because I don't want my coffee choices limited by manufacturer. Also, instead of 25c per cup, capsules are 80-90c per cup.

Bah. There are hundreds of chess variants, to name yours chess 2 is extreme misplaced arrogance. And more than likely it has a dominant strategy and is flawed.

The web cam on the inferior computer I use doesn't work if I don't plug it in.

Funny. Haven't you just proved the point you were arguing against? I said that being able to choose the right tool for the job is not something that happens in practice,you disagreed and then later you say the "the clients get to choose the technology not we".

Your reply sounds a bit fishy. Your second sentence "he doesn't explain why his advice is worth a damn" is inconsistent with a rhetorical question.

I agree he doesn't have much cred by the way, and his method is nothing new or special. But I think his advice is generally sound for an uneducated player who wants to improve.