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We must mix in different circles then because most developers I know use Eclipse/Visual Studio/emacs/vim.

Thankfully so. I wouldn't touch Java with a bargepole.

Here for example is a photo from a Ruby on Rails conference.
http://globalnerdy.com/wordpre...

Here's one from NASA.
https://macdailynews.files.wor...

And just for giggles here's one from the Windows 10 launch.
http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-co...

But the interface still sucks. I've used 8.1 as my primary desktop OS for almost a year now (Stock install, no Start Menu third party add-ons), and while it's a solid OS, there's still so much missing from the Metro interface.

Recently used documents is the thing I miss the most.

And just exploring through the tree-based Start Menu is something I really miss. I end up with so much stuff installed I forget some of it. Would occasionally just surf thru the Start menu to re-discover stuff. But with 8.1, if you don't remember it, you're not going to find it. Sure you can go page by page through all the listed stuff, but that's far more inefficient than being able to walk through a tree-based menu.

Does "Start Menu Classic" still work on Win8.1 ? I remember using it on Win8 for a little while before I went back to Win7 on my gaming box.

I think the main question on everyone's mind, though, is whether Win8.1 counts as a major "release" or not so we'll know where Win10 falls in the "good / shit" cycle: http://www.globalnerdy.com/wor... .

Though I guess we're damned either way... if Win8.1 counts as the "good" release, then Win10 will be "shit". If Win8/Win8.1 collectively count as the "shit" release in the cycle, then MS might have just skipped Win9 "good" to get to Win10 "shit".

Oh, just link the image, please
http://www.globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/windows-good-and-shit.jpg

If only there was an image to go with that....

Someone with Gimp skills doctor up http://www.globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/windows-good-and-shit.jpg

The question is: what is "human nature"?

Your post, and you, just demonstrated this true answer.

In this business, it's more like 95% of companies don't care at all about your education if you have experience, especially experience in the particular technologies they are currently using. Just search a job site for "equivalent experience." You won't get many hits outside software development. When most candidates can't write the simplest code in an interview, your portfolio of open source projects will count for much more than any degree unless it is from MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, or Cambridge. Most software projects simply don't need CS education beyond OOP and when to use a list, hash, or tree. I don't list any education on my resume (because I didn't even graduate high school) and nobody EVER asks (and I get plenty of interviews, offers, and contract jobs in the SF Bay Area.)

If you already have years of programming experience and are working full time then you time would be much better spent fleshing out your Github than getting a CS degree. By all means, educate yourself because you must to stay relevant in this business but don't think a CS degree makes you more marketable.

Visual Studio is far and away better than Eclipse and Xcode.

No it's not, it does project management better than Eclipse, is worse for editing code (for a lot of reasons, but refactoring is so much nicer in Eclipse), and VS11 is an ugly dog.

Let apps be free.

Well said. You might add, let the devices be free, too.

VS was a good product. It has some disadvantages compared to Eclipse (lack of refactoring, flexibility), and some advantages (and if you ask me, it is vastly inferior to VI and Make, but that is just preference).

But with VS 2012 they decided to go with the retro look. As in the whole thing looks like it was made in Motif. Hooray for bringing us back to 1980s technology. Except actually I think Motif on SGI looked better than Visual Studio 2012. Wow.

Damn it, I posted too soon... Replace with "yo dawg"

Something like this has actually been done.

And as somebody who not-infrequently gets paid to play accordion (or at least, paid to stop playing), I'd definitely buy something like that.

Reminds me of an old poster from my CS department. It features legendary crotchety old fart John McCarthy angrily looking at the camera, with the caption "Programming: You're Doing It Completely Wrong."

If analog sticks were better than mice for pointing, wouldn't we all be using THESE?

Pictures for Lisp Machine keyboard.

In my opinion, Agile is a great tool for managers, not developers.
Every manager in the end wants to ask for status reports every day.
But they can't do so, because people working for them will be upset.
Agile is an excellent way for Managers to ask for status reports
everyday.

In my opinion, TDD (test driven developement) is the only good thing
about Agile.

Here is Scott Adams about Agile.
http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/11/28/dilbert-on-extreme-and-agile-programming/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cote/63914774/

Old man yells at cloud.

Here's a Primer on the GPL for people who don't understand why Stallman created it.

First I will add a plug for https://www.bloglines.com/ â" RSS feeds where ever I can log in, via HTTPS. Great for those feeds I read whenever & everywhere; and for those I only check when waiting to board the airplane. In my bloglines collection I have around 400 feeds, which will grow after looking through these threads. :) Some selections that hopefully no one else has mentioned:

Amusement:
http://failblog.wordpress.com/feed/
All about the Fail

http://lolbots.com/?feed=rss2
Robots making the LOLz, though not updated often.

http://lolgeeks.com/?feed=rss2
Geeks making the LOLz, though not updated often.

The latest limerick database entries - http://peeron.com/tickers/limerickdb.xml

The Triumph of Bullshit - http://bullshit.tumblr.com/rss

Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens - http://www.dieselsweeties.com/ds-unifeed.xml

PHD Comics - http://www.phdcomics.com/gradfeed.php
Ever spent time in academia? You will relate to this web comic.

Unshelved - http://www.unshelved.com/rss.aspx
A web comic about a library. Ssssshhhuusshh!

Indexed - http://indexed.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Take two (or more) topics and compare them using graphs & charts â" full of insight & lolz.

Computerworld Shark Tank News - http://feeds.computerworld.com/Computerworld/Shark/Tank
Many stories, full of humor and face palm

Overheard in the Office - http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/atom.xml
Instead of what was overheard in New York, now worldwide and from your office.

Common geek topics (those blogs that seem to hit all the topics days or weeks before you see them on Slashdot):
Didnt You Hear... http://www.didntyouhear.com/feed/

The Daily WTF - http://thedailywtf.com/rss.aspx

Global Nerdy - http://globalnerdy.com/feed/

Shopping:
http://content.dealnews.com/dealnews/rss/todays-edition.xml
Many of those geek toys you need

Newegg.com daily deals: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=DailyDeals&nm_mc=OTC-RSS
Need I say more?

Slickdeals: http://www.slickdeals.net/rss.php
Need I say more?

Woot! http://www.woot.com/blog/rss.aspx

Dumb political stuff:
Homeland Stupidity: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HomelandStupidity
Government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence

Groklaw: http://www.groklaw.net/backend/GrokLaw.rdf

Declan McCullagh's Politech http://www.politechbot.com/info/rss/politech.xml
Also not updated often, but on target when it is.

Cryptome: http://cryptome.org/cryptome.xml
You can get lost here for hours

Music:
House of Blues: http://hob.com/venues/clubvenues/lasvegas/
The RSS feed for the local House of B