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Since it isn't 1980 and I'm not making ASCII-art, I prefer proportional fonts even for coding. But seriously, I find that it makes code more readable because the eyes tend not to get caught in the rivers and lakes that easily form with fixed-width fonts. Also, we all want to get the most out of limited screen real-estate, but the only way to do that with fixed fonts is to squish even the widest characters beyond a reasonably readable point.
I prefer MS Reference Sans Serif, which has clear distinctions between all the ambiguous chars (e.g., Il1 and 0O).
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I have a link on my bookmark bar to give me a random page in Wikipedia, kind of an easy way to get distracted now and then. I clicked it and here I was: John L. DeWitt[^]
Fortunately, I'm not superstitious.
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Yeah, I like hitting the "Atlas Obscura" random page now and then - there are place you have never dreamt of in there.And then there is always the "uncrated.com' site when I want to look at things I can't afford.
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Do you also play the Hitler Game where you have to get to Hitler's page in six clicks or less from any random page using only the in-article links? 
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Never heard of it - and don't plan on playing.
There's something really messed up in having the time or inclination for that.
Really.
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It's pretty interesting that ANY topic somehow relates to Hitler in only five steps.
Something like:
Some flower -> Some scientist -> What did he do during WWII? -> Hitler
Some ancient philosopher -> Inspired some other philosopher -> Ran from/inspired Hitler
Some sportsman -> Sport -> Olympics during WWII -> ...
Just tried it myself:
Josefine Cronholm[^] -> Jazz[^] -> World War I[^] -> Adolf Hitler[^]
Pretty sick
It's sad and interesting that Hitler had such an influence on the world we live in today.
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Is there a weven version?
XP, even?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I was tempted by one except
- The price
- The weight (minor niggle)
- The silly hinge. It just looks naff.
- The appalling battery life.
- No USB-C
My Macbook Air finally started falling apart so I've just spoiled myself with a Macbook Pro (the 2-port cheaper version). So far so good, except Windows 10 (at least on bootcamp) is not great with retina displays when you have a multi-display setup and switch displays.
Surprisingly I've found Windows 10 to be more stable than macOS on the machine. Finder stops working fairly regularly, and this is a new out-of-the-box machine.
With respect to the USB-C thing: we need to move on. I hate micro-USB. I have bike lights that use them and the centre pins keep getting bent meaning I can't plug the cable in without the application of a sharp knife. And USB 3.0 micro B? What a Frankenstein's monster that is.
USB-C is where everything's going, and I plan on having this laptop for years. I grabbed a couple of these[^] to see me through the transition time.
[Edit: I popped into the local BestBuy to have another look at the Surface book and the fact that it's so thick when closed is a deal breaker for me. I need thin when travelling. I often only do carry on and it's hard to slide laptops in and out of luggage as it is. Making it as thick as they do (in 2016) is just silly. I just am not a fan of that dodgy hinge]
cheers
Chris Maunder
modified 11-Nov-16 17:28pm.
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The retina thing is a pain - I tend to use parallels more than bootcamp (I still run the bootcamp partition, but from parallels) and it seems to handle multiple screens / retina without a problem.
.\\axxx
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Chris Maunder wrote: The appalling battery life.
I thought the battery life using it as a laptop (the tiny battery in the slate is admitted crap) was the standard optimistic 10 hours of light use that everyone else targeted as well.
A year ago I looked at it hard but decided to get an XPS13 instead because I didn't want to buy an MS 1.0 product. A big part of what interested me in the SB was the better GPU available in the thicker base; it was a tradeoff I was more than willing to make. I was also hoping to be able to upgrade the GPU dock separately since a 5yo CPU is still perfectly good in the way that a 5yo GPU is utterly useless for gaming; OTOH at least initially they're not offering the updated GPU dock without buying a whole new system. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Battery life of the Macbook Air is impressive - and something I've relied upon many long flights. Battery life of other devices I've used have often fallen way below what's published.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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In contrast to @Chris_Maunder, I actually like my Surface Book very much.
I agree that the cost is high, but 1) it's comparable to Macs at that performance point and 2) the company I work for paid for it. 
The hinge seems to bug some people, but doesn't bother me at all. The extra thickness hasn't been a problem for me when I travel or walk around the building to go to meetings in various conference rooms. It's plenty thin and light for my needs. The battery lasts most of the day while I'm doing lots of meetings and dev work. YMMV.
I absolutely adore having both the large trackpad with multi-finger functions with the touchscreen. Some people seem to think that a touchscreen on a laptop isn't "ergonomic" or something, but I find it to be very conducive to quick and easy screen use and navigation. Most of my colleagues who use various PC laptops or Macs bring with them a small mouse (mostly wireless) which takes up one of their USB ports, and is just something else they have to bring around with them. I don't bring a mouse at all, which makes my Surface Book seem more portable to me - I don't need various dongles or extras just to do basic things with my laptop.
The screen is gorgeous, and the keyboard is the best laptop keyboard I've used. The fact that it separates into a tablet isn't something I use very often, but when I DO need to use it, I'm glad that I have the option to do so. It's great for taking notes or drawing diagrams/schematics during brainstorming or training sessions, and being easily able to save it or display the screen to others through a projector/tv.
It's got good enough power to run 2 or 3 instances of VS2015 while having Outlook and several other applications running - so it's fine for dev work. I hook it up to the dock and have 2 large screens with my ergonomic keyboard and mouse for doing normal work at my desk, and just leave Outlook up on the laptop screen off to the side, and it swaps in and out of this mode very nicely for me.
All around, it's the best work laptop experience I've had.
modified 20-Nov-16 20:52pm.
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Excellent feedback. Thank you very much.
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I concur completely.
I was actually impressed for a change from a MSFT product. LOL.
The pen is nice too when you need that.
But battery life is not bad, we usually have the keyboard attached.
Beats the 7lb Dell that came before it. LOL.
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New parents: make sure your kids first word is "brains".
That way, until they learn a second one you'll have the cutest zombie on the block...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Don't have any. 
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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Want some?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Kevin Marois wrote: Want some?
Nope. Been there, done that. He's out of the house, and I now have two cats.
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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what? brains?
Sin tack ear lol
Pressing the "Any" key may be continuate
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He's here with us, so he doesn't have "a life"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You wouldn't believe how hard it is to convince people you REALLY don't want kids...
It's the default, so at some point in a conversation people will say "Just wait until you have kids of your own."
You reply "I don't want kids."
Then starts the disbelief "Really!? Why? Kids are the best thing in the world blah blah blah..."
You explain nicely "I just really don't like kids."
They'll try to talk you into kids "You'll change your mind! I was like that too when I was your age!" (This is often not true as they already had kids at your age)
Or, also a good one, "I don't really like kids either, but your own kids are really something else." (Why did you get kids if you didn't like them in the first place!?)
So you decide to explain it so that they'll surely understand that you don't want kids "I really don't like the little dumb ugly drooling shitting trolls. When they enter a room I leave."
You have now offended the other, but they'll still think you'll want kids someday.
REALLY!? 
Just for the records, I don't want kids. Ever. 
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Would a frog at McDonalds order flies and a diet croak?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Swapping the r and the l, I get fries and a diet cloak. What's a diet cloak?
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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CDP1802 wrote: What's a diet cloak?
One that makes Wonder Woman look thinner.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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