If you deleted a bunch of files, it would refresh the entire list between every delete, causing it to take an agonizingly long time. Copy / paste had the same problem.
They fixed this in Windows 3.1, and then proceeded to find ways to make the process take longer ever since, mostly by trying to compute how long the process would take. Nowadays, it takes Windows as long to do the time calculation, as it would to just delete the files!
It's survival of the fittest when it comes to business.
How does one measure the appropriateness of investment in IT?
Programmers and tech people tend to think businesses spend too little, because they can see all the flaws up close. But flawed systems can often be sufficient to keep a company going, even thriving.
IT is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end. If the company is thriving, that's a good sign that they are spending the right amount, at least in the short term.
If they spend too little, they will eventually fail to keep up with the competition. This is, in the long run, a good thing. It's a self-correcting system.
I think this is the point. To use this device, you would have to consciously think in words. It wouldn't be able to pick up on the other stuff. This (might) allow you to control what the device picks up.
Yes, Pittsburg sounds like a much better option for you.
The air in Houston, by the way, is no more polluted than LA or the Bay Area.
You may not like Republican politics (I don't either, since Trump). But it's significant that in general, people in the US are moving FROM blue states TO red states.
I'm glad you found a place more suitable to your liking.
The troubles you have experienced are certainly true of the oil industry. I've lived in Houston for 28 years and never worked in oil, and I've never experienced the ups and downs of the job market like you describe. When I interview programmers, I have to make offers fast, because they are getting 2-3 job offers! We've lost several good candidates recently because we didn't move quickly enough!
The thing about the oil business is that it's cyclical. When it's hot, it's hot, and when it's cold, it's terrible. But if you stay outside that industry, life is much more stable.
I'm sorry to hear your experience with Houston was so terrible! Yes, it has its problems, but I would hardly call it "armpit of America."
I'm pretty sure Houston's traffic isn't any worse than freeway traffic in Silicon Valley, I've driven in both places. I agree with you that it's hot and humid, and that is one of Houston's issues. For some people, that's a bigger problem than for others. Personally, I don't want to live anywhere that's cold.
By the way, there are nice parts of town and bad parts of town, just like anywhere. And there are indoor concerts, you don't have to go to Miller. In fact, Houston is #2 to NYC in number of arts venues (and number of seats), most of which are indoors.
I have a co-worker who moved from San Jose last year, and he has no desire to go back! He and his wife love the friendliness of the people.
Like with any place, there are pros and cons, you have to decide which are important to you.
Well, you could choose Houston or Austin, if you don't like the cold! Houses in both cities are very affordable compared to Silicon Valley standards, and there are plenty of tech jobs.
at least two tablet OSes are basically highly-tailored Linux distributions
And THIS is an illustration of why Linux, per se, will never be a mainstream desktop OS.
What is it that sets these two successful OSes apart from standard Linux distros? It's not the technology! They really don't offer much that you can't do on a Linux distro.
The difference is polish and packaging, along with plenty of marketing.
Face it, Linux distros are not as highly polished as a commercial OS. This will never change, because Linux fans want lots of options, they want to be able to customize their system to work according to their own preferences (Emacs vs. Vim anyone?) This is exactly what technically challenged people DON'T want. They just want it to work.
"Renewable" energy is good, sure. But every energy source has its drawbacks. Solar panels take up lots of real estate, both solar and wind can kill wildlife, and some consider both to be unsightly. It's better, I think, to use all kinds of sources of energy, so that the drawbacks of a single source are not so pervasive. Even oil wasn't such a bad thing when there were only a few cars on the road.
FTC is only investigating whether Facebook violated its terms of service. Have you ever read that document? It's pages and pages of legalese that basically says Facebook can do whatever they want with your data. Ensuring that they complied with their TOS is a really, really low bar.
OK, so your approach is to dismiss the VS features Emacs doesn't have, because you feel they are unimportant to you. That's fine, it works for you, but it certainly doesn't show that Emacs is superior. It only shows that you don't care about the newer, more advanced features like edit-and-continue. Personally, those features have saved me many hours of build time!
And I didn't mention attaching the debugger to an already-running process, including on a remote machine. That's pretty handy when a issues occur only after installation!
Emacs can do refactoring? Does it actually know where every reference to a variable exists, or is it more like a fancy search-and-replace? Does it know to leave unrelated objects alone, even if they happen to have the same name?
So you say Emacs can do important things that modern editors can't. Like what, exactly?
And while I'm on a roll, in emacs, while you are debugging, stepping through your code one line at a time, can you make a code change and continue stepping, without a recompile? VS can do that. Can you reset the instruction pointer or change the values of variables in between steps? VS can do that too.
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These are just the first two companies to get caught. This is what EVERYBODY was doing!
If you deleted a bunch of files, it would refresh the entire list between every delete, causing it to take an agonizingly long time. Copy / paste had the same problem.
They fixed this in Windows 3.1, and then proceeded to find ways to make the process take longer ever since, mostly by trying to compute how long the process would take. Nowadays, it takes Windows as long to do the time calculation, as it would to just delete the files!
I'm going to go try those passwords on your bank account right now!
It's survival of the fittest when it comes to business.
How does one measure the appropriateness of investment in IT?
Programmers and tech people tend to think businesses spend too little, because they can see all the flaws up close. But flawed systems can often be sufficient to keep a company going, even thriving.
IT is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end. If the company is thriving, that's a good sign that they are spending the right amount, at least in the short term.
If they spend too little, they will eventually fail to keep up with the competition. This is, in the long run, a good thing. It's a self-correcting system.
In 100 years, there will be between 5 and 500 billion people on earth.
Next year, there will be between 1 and 500 hurricanes on earth.
Make your prediction boundaries wide enough, and you're sure to get it right!
There is even an object-oriented version these days.
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Yeah, I know, I talk to myself too, sometimes out loud. Of course, there is a question as to whether I'm actually "normal"!
How about let's throw in some more letters: OGSM is clearly superior!
I think this is the point. To use this device, you would have to consciously think in words. It wouldn't be able to pick up on the other stuff. This (might) allow you to control what the device picks up.
Woah, you might want to get that checked out!
Remember Nexus tablets? Or Chromebook Pixel? Or Google Glass?
This phone does not have a long life expectancy as a product.
Yep, you definitely don't move to Texas for cool weather!
Traffic though...Texas has nothing on LA or the Bay Area.
Yes, Pittsburg sounds like a much better option for you.
The air in Houston, by the way, is no more polluted than LA or the Bay Area.
You may not like Republican politics (I don't either, since Trump). But it's significant that in general, people in the US are moving FROM blue states TO red states.
I'm glad you found a place more suitable to your liking.
The troubles you have experienced are certainly true of the oil industry. I've lived in Houston for 28 years and never worked in oil, and I've never experienced the ups and downs of the job market like you describe. When I interview programmers, I have to make offers fast, because they are getting 2-3 job offers! We've lost several good candidates recently because we didn't move quickly enough!
The thing about the oil business is that it's cyclical. When it's hot, it's hot, and when it's cold, it's terrible. But if you stay outside that industry, life is much more stable.
I'm sorry to hear your experience with Houston was so terrible! Yes, it has its problems, but I would hardly call it "armpit of America."
I'm pretty sure Houston's traffic isn't any worse than freeway traffic in Silicon Valley, I've driven in both places. I agree with you that it's hot and humid, and that is one of Houston's issues. For some people, that's a bigger problem than for others. Personally, I don't want to live anywhere that's cold.
By the way, there are nice parts of town and bad parts of town, just like anywhere. And there are indoor concerts, you don't have to go to Miller. In fact, Houston is #2 to NYC in number of arts venues (and number of seats), most of which are indoors.
I have a co-worker who moved from San Jose last year, and he has no desire to go back! He and his wife love the friendliness of the people.
Like with any place, there are pros and cons, you have to decide which are important to you.
Well, you could choose Houston or Austin, if you don't like the cold! Houses in both cities are very affordable compared to Silicon Valley standards, and there are plenty of tech jobs.
at least two tablet OSes are basically highly-tailored Linux distributions
And THIS is an illustration of why Linux, per se, will never be a mainstream desktop OS.
What is it that sets these two successful OSes apart from standard Linux distros? It's not the technology! They really don't offer much that you can't do on a Linux distro.
The difference is polish and packaging, along with plenty of marketing.
Face it, Linux distros are not as highly polished as a commercial OS. This will never change, because Linux fans want lots of options, they want to be able to customize their system to work according to their own preferences (Emacs vs. Vim anyone?) This is exactly what technically challenged people DON'T want. They just want it to work.
There is nothing redeeming about coal, and I never mentioned coal as a good source of energy.
Do you deny that every energy source, in great enough quantities, has some kind of drawback?
"Renewable" energy is good, sure. But every energy source has its drawbacks. Solar panels take up lots of real estate, both solar and wind can kill wildlife, and some consider both to be unsightly. It's better, I think, to use all kinds of sources of energy, so that the drawbacks of a single source are not so pervasive. Even oil wasn't such a bad thing when there were only a few cars on the road.
Any alternative to Facebook is likely to just as evil as Facebook. It IS the business model.
FTC is only investigating whether Facebook violated its terms of service. Have you ever read that document? It's pages and pages of legalese that basically says Facebook can do whatever they want with your data. Ensuring that they complied with their TOS is a really, really low bar.
OK, so your approach is to dismiss the VS features Emacs doesn't have, because you feel they are unimportant to you. That's fine, it works for you, but it certainly doesn't show that Emacs is superior. It only shows that you don't care about the newer, more advanced features like edit-and-continue. Personally, those features have saved me many hours of build time!
And I didn't mention attaching the debugger to an already-running process, including on a remote machine. That's pretty handy when a issues occur only after installation!
Emacs can do refactoring? Does it actually know where every reference to a variable exists, or is it more like a fancy search-and-replace? Does it know to leave unrelated objects alone, even if they happen to have the same name?
So you say Emacs can do important things that modern editors can't. Like what, exactly?
Well you got me there, I certainly can't run VS over a 300 baud connection! Sounds like it's time for me to get off your lawn.
And while I'm on a roll, in emacs, while you are debugging, stepping through your code one line at a time, can you make a code change and continue stepping, without a recompile? VS can do that. Can you reset the instruction pointer or change the values of variables in between steps? VS can do that too.