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I just came across this Twitter account: The Expert Beginner (@ExpertBeginner1) | Twitter[^]
"It sounds like a bad idea to you? Let me repeat myself more angrily until it doesn't."
"Why don't they offer minification for C#?"
"How do I know I'm right? My 25 years of experience to your 5, that's how."
"It's only a bug if someone's angry."
There's some good, and unfortunately recognizable, stuff on there 
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Your subject is a great paradox.
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What's the name of the code gen tool I use? It's called "junior developers."
Ooh, that hits home, and is one of the reasons I gave my notice last week.
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Ha ha, this is serious fun ...
- added to my favorites 
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Was reading the book he mentions in his bio.
Quote: In The Expert Beginner, Dietrich traces the path of this programmer from rise to inevitable downfall. The author describes the development of the expert beginner’s mindset, explaining how one might believe in the achievement of total mastery while faced with evidence to the contrary. He then shows how, if put in a position of power, this person will poison entire software groups and create a culture of stagnation.
Would love to know who inspired this book 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Actually it is only copy-paste, not even normal typing...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Only if you belong to the QA school of programming.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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There is any other school still operational? I think not...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Yes... one in risk of exintion... the good ol' school
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Programming is just googling ... googling one part of the code from one site, another part from another site, and so on ... and stitching them together.
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That, young Padawan, is why you fail. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
I have just returned from my act of remembrance. There is a Commonwealth War Grave here with some 530 casualties; there is even a Soviet soldier. Next door are Serbian and German cemeteries to their fallen and there were brief ceremonies to lay wreaths their before the main Remembrance Service.
If you haven't been done so today, it doesn't make a difference what your nationality is, just remember those who, for what ever reason, lost their lives in conflict around the world.
We will remember them.
veni bibi saltavi
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This morning during our church service, the young boys I work with - grades 1 to 6 - will walk the flags up the aisle. The flag holders are the sons of those that served.
We stress to them that this is to honour all that served, regardless of country.
I live in the U.S., my daughter is American, but I told her of the service rendered by her great-grandfather in WW I and 3 great-uncles in WW II.
Lest we forget...
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One Grandfather fought in WWI, badly injured in the Somme 100 years ago but returned and got a shed load of shrapnel for his troubles. Later he served in the Home Guard in WWII. My second Grand Father served throughout WWII, including having to be evacuated with his family from Malta. My Dad then went on and served King & Queen for 48 years in the RA. Today a payed specific tribute to every Gunner at the cemetery.![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
veni bibi saltavi
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I've been using Paypal for many years, but it seems that I can no longer do business with them. I have a checking account set up with them that I leave empty and never want to use, but somehow I made a purchase with a vendor and an ACH draft was attempted, which of course got bounced, costing me $25 (although I got the bank to remove it). I don't want to put up with this BS anymore. If Paypal were to let me take my checking account off, I would sty with them, but they don't seem to allow this. They don't seem to give out a phone number, and when I tried to do it online, I got the message that it can't be done; also, there doesn't seem to be a normal way to send even an E-mail to them. I did file a dispute with the transaction, but I used it to simply send a message to let me remove my checking account or I was going to file a complaint with the CFPB (i.e., the gov).
Anyway, I have to be prepared to end my business relationship with them, but was wondering what would be suitable alternative. I buy stuff on eBay all the time, and have been using Paypal, but if I am no longer a Paypal customer, I'm wondering how I would be able to pay; and as well, I have been using Paypal to pay a lot of private folks, so I wonder how to do that.
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Quote: ProPay[^] works with eBay.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Cash is a great alternative.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Why not roll your own with stripe.com[^]?
veni bibi saltavi
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Venmo[^] might be an alternative, although I think they're owned by PayPal. The linked page seems to imply you don't need an attached bank account.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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swampwiz wrote: but it seems that I can no longer do business with them.
I have my reasons for never doing business with PayPal again either.
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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There's plenty out there using Western Union...
I hear delivery of ordered items may be a little slow but with so many people sending boatloads of cash to Romania via WU I'm sure it's all good; I mean where else could you get for example a 1 year old porche for under $5k?
Sin tack ear lol
Pressing the "Any" key may be continuate
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There's no real alternative for eBay, but for paying private folks, simply use direct bank transfer.
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Also looking for a replacement which serves European Union. Paypal is unable to handle my request: Spanish IP - Browser language German - Swiss Bank ! They mix up all this. BAD Website Programmers.
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When you log in, you should be able to navigate to this page through Menu: Help / Contact -> Call Customer Service -> Call Us[^] and the page also provides One-off passcode.
I got this number in UK 0800 358 7911 and international +353 1 436 9004. Depends where you are you might get automatically a different number.
I was able to resolve all my issues through the phone.
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