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  1. Re:Desktops vs Mobile on Is Microsoft's .NET Ecosystem On the Decline? · · Score: 1

    Do you really see LINQ, or do you see lambdas and extension methods? LINQ is the query DSL, lambdas are a more syntax-friendly anonymous method, and extension methods make it much more convenient to put this all together.

    I look at a lot of code, and LOTS of it uses at least .NET 3.5 features, including a -lot- of lambdas and a -lot- of extension methods. I RARELY see any LINQ, though.

  2. Re:Agile. on Is Agile Development a Failing Concept? · · Score: 1

    Save development time by not designing the whole system up front...just tack each little feature on one at a time.

    That's not agile, that's test driven development.

  3. Re:Agile. on Is Agile Development a Failing Concept? · · Score: 1

    It's funny, because Agile says that standups aren't for the PM, they're for the team members. Except that we all know that in reality, they're so the PM can micromanage.

  4. Re:Agile. on Is Agile Development a Failing Concept? · · Score: 1

    Plus, then you get to do "scrum of scrums"! It's fantastic!

  5. Re:No. on Is Agile Development a Failing Concept? · · Score: 1

    Continuous integration, while possibly central to "agile" development, is not a feature of "agile" development. Teams using waterfall methodology can use CI just like teams using any other (or no) methodology.

  6. Re:Privacy? on Worker Fired For Disabling GPS App That Tracked Her 24 Hours a Day · · Score: 1

    The noble unions involved in education in the USA would never allow wasteful spending in the public school system.

  7. Re:Developers! Developers! Developers! on Microsoft Releases PowerShell DSC For Linux · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I agree on the argument syntax. They should've picked Linux style arguments, given they're wider spread.

    Either way, though, if you're on Windows, it's your best option. Cygwin sucks.

  8. Re:Developers! Developers! Developers! on Microsoft Releases PowerShell DSC For Linux · · Score: 1

    Yes. It even comes with something like 150 aliases predefined. Including ls (get-childitem), mv (move-item), cp (copy-item), and lots of others you'd expect if you're familiar with Linux.

  9. Re:ESPN delenda est on ESPN Sues Verizon To Stop New Sports-Free TV Bundles · · Score: 1

    Of course. But if I'm going to use an antenna, then what the fuck would I be paying the cable company for?!

    Indeed. I stopped paying them a couple years ago. Antenna for up-to-date local channels (where nearly everything I want to watch is), Netflix for the rest. HBO Now is tempting, though. I might look into it.

    I can subscribe to a lot of VOD services, as well as buy many BD movies for the price I was paying for my television before.

  10. Re:ESPN delenda est on ESPN Sues Verizon To Stop New Sports-Free TV Bundles · · Score: 1

    Y'know, there's this impressive upsampling technology known as an "antenna". It converts your horrible-quality cable-delivered local channels to crisp, clear, 1080i.

    Add an HDHomerun, a Raspberry Pi 2, MythTV (or TVHeadend or whatever...) and Kodi, and you're all set.

  11. Re:Hype pain on Rocket Lab Unveils "Electric" Rocket Engine · · Score: 2

    Just so we're all on the same page here regarding numbers:

    The SSME (Space Shuttle Main Engine) high presssure oxidizer turbopump produces 23,260 horsepower. The high pressure fuel turbopump produces 71,147 horsepower. That's just over 70 MEGAWATTS. There are also low-pressure turbopumps in play, and there were three of them per shuttle.

    The Rocketdyne F-1 (Saturn V main engine) turbopump produced 41 megawatts. There were 5 in the first stage.

    Still wonder why we don't use electric pumps?

  12. Re:I don't understand on Microsoft Starts Working On an LLVM-Based Compiler For .NET · · Score: 1

    This is in support of CoreCLR, the version of .NET without any Windows dependencies (or that's the plan, anyway, they're not there yet, I don't think).

  13. Re:Developers, Developer, Developers on Microsoft Starts Working On an LLVM-Based Compiler For .NET · · Score: 1

    .NET isn't an interpreted-bytecode runtime. It never has been. It's always been JIT compiled. Always.

  14. Re:GOP Flash Cards on Denver TSA Screeners Manipulated System In Order To Grope Men's Genitals · · Score: 1

    It's really no less safe than anywhere else. Planes don't explode when holes get poked in them, and passengers don't get sucked through said holes.

  15. Re:Sen. Feinstein on Sen. Feinstein Says Anarchist Cookbook Should Be "Removed From the Internet" · · Score: 1

    Ted Stevens. If I remember correctly, he even said out loud that since Alaska hadn't been a state as long as the others, they were behind and needed to catch up on the federal dollars. In essence, the rest of us OWE Alaska because they are a newer state.

  16. Re: It's stupid on License Details Hint MS Undecided On Suing Users of Its Open Source Net Runtime · · Score: 1

    Such as? Have you specifically come across something that didn't work?

  17. Re:Same question as I had more than a decade ago on License Details Hint MS Undecided On Suing Users of Its Open Source Net Runtime · · Score: 1

    But then someone would bitch about how .NET isn't portable because it's focused on Windows-specific things like changing the desktop wallpaper.

  18. Re: Anonymous, eh? on On Firing Open Source Community Members · · Score: 2

    I'm not really "in the know", but last I heard, Upstart was mostly a giant mess that didn't really work. Is that incorrect?

    Personally, I found it kinda, well, comprehensible, unlike init.

  19. Re:Good operating systems Dont. on Why We Should Stop Hiding File-Name Extensions · · Score: 1

    The operating system doesn't hide extensions, the graphical shell does. Unless you configure it not to.

  20. Re:Are you freaking serious? on Building a Procedural Dungeon Generator In C# · · Score: 1

    https://www.ghielectronics.com...

    C# running on a 168MHz Cortex-M4 with 1MB of flash and 192KB of RAM. This particular "module" replaces the older one that used a 72MHz ARM7 with 512KB of flash and 64KB of RAM.

    Think smaller.

  21. Re:Oracle on down ... on How To Hijack Your Own Windows System With Bundled Downloads · · Score: 2

    I see it as the evidence of the end of Java. Oracle sees Java as a vehicle for affiliate link clicks and adware kickbacks. It's more than a little sad.

  22. Re:Application installers suck. on How To Hijack Your Own Windows System With Bundled Downloads · · Score: 1

    Yeah. If only the UI paradigm for "modern" apps didn't suck.

  23. Re:Why bother? on Ask Slashdot: Is an Open Source .NET Up To the Job? · · Score: 1

    That's why everyone who works on Mono should be so excited about the .NET Core announcement. They still won't have WPF (but who wants that), and I doubt WF will be a part of it, but they'll have a lot more than they do now.

  24. Re:Why bother? on Ask Slashdot: Is an Open Source .NET Up To the Job? · · Score: 1

    .NET places no requirements on MSSQL. Me personally, I store my data in a mix of MSSQL. Postgres, SQLite, Cassandra, Lucene (the Java version), and yes, even Firebird (and I absolutely do NOT recommend Firebird).

    If you want to host ASP.NET code on Linux, there are various ways to host Mono's version, using Apache, Nginx, and other servers: http://www.mono-project.com/do...

    Once .NET Core actually exists, we'll see what the hosting story looks like. I imagine it'll look a lot like Mono's.

  25. Re: Why bother? on Ask Slashdot: Is an Open Source .NET Up To the Job? · · Score: 1

    So a no-name CEO of a tiny little startup (who doesn't know the difference between a platform and a language) doesn't hire .NET programmers, and that means .NET is dying and Java will rule the world?

    Tee hee. Keep posting, I'm enjoying it.