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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a protocol, created in 1988, and was meant to help facilitate group discussions, via various channels. The channels served to identify different discussion topics you could pop in on.... What I've noticed in the last couple of years is a resurgence in using IRC as a primary means of communication, especially for open source projects. While there have been group-based services for a while no (Skype, Campfire, Google Hangouts, etc.), the relatively open nature of IRC makes it easy for large groups of people to hop on a channel and collaborate easily. /join in the conversation.
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I’ve been getting a handful of emails offering me front-end jobs recently. Probably about time I admit that I like spending most of my time doing that, even though I ♥ my Rubies and I still believe developers who specialise end up worse off. So I’ve decided to put down in words some thoughts that I had as I read through the job ads. This isn’t another post on how to hire developers in general (much), but on how to hire front-end developers specifically, and at the same time, get you to understand what sort of statements you’re putting out there when you say certain things in a job ad. 6 tips for finding the best devs and making sure they have the skill you need.
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Recently I was doing a bit of R&D related to finding a viable, low cost platform for client nodes. Obviously, I came across Raspberry Pi, and found the same extremely interesting. Now, the missing piece of the puzzle was how to get going using C# and .NET in the Pi. C# is a great language, and there are a lot of C# developers out there in the wild who are interested in the Pi. In this article, I’ll just document my findings so far, and will explain how develop using C# leveraging Mono in a Raspberry Pi. Also, we’ll see how to write few minimal Windows Forms & ASP.NET applications in the Pie as well. Next stop: Raspberry RT.
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bitterskittles wrote: apples and oranges
sounds fruity. 
as if the facebook, twitter and message boards weren't enough - blogged
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"A URL for every Pinoccio board. REST Endpoints, WebHooks, and WebSockets make bridging hardware to the Web super easy."
And when you're hacked, they can turn off your house, your bike, that thing you just 3D Printed. 
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: <layer>when you're hacked, they can turn off your house
good thing. people are always leaving the lights on driving up the power bill. maybe I will hack my own house just to lower the bills. 
as if the facebook, twitter and message boards weren't enough - blogged
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Everyone learns differently. There are absolutely people who use jQuery who don’t want to learn to program and just throw plugins at their problems. However, those are the same people who would be terrible programmers because they don’t want to solve programming problems, they want to solve design or client problems. So, instead of telling a new programmer playing with jQuery to stop and learn “real” JS first, offer them some book suggestions on vanilla JS or be there when they have those stupid questions. Even better, give them some project ideas with jQuery like making a plugin that involves those boring things like math such as a slideshow. Think of jQuery as a gateway "language"... pretty soon they'll be coding the hard stuff.
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: pretty soon they'll be coding the hard stuff.
like for instance http://coffeescript.org/[^]
as if the facebook, twitter and message boards weren't enough - blogged
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Glass is always there when you need it and out of the way when you don't. The software that you build for Glass, called Glassware, should draw from the same inspiration to give your users the best experience possible. To build the next great mobile computing experience, you'll use the Google Mirror API, a set of RESTful services that transmit information to and receive notifications from Glass devices. If you're new to Glassware development, the following information goes over what you need to get started with the Google Mirror API. Watches, glasses... and APIs for an internet of things that probably shouldn't have APIs.
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Where is the nearest Pizza place with all?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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My name is Thomas Steinke, if you are not aware of me; I am the owner of DigitalDNA games, arguably the most successful Xbox Indie Developer, and the creator of the all time best selling Xbox Indie Game CastleMiner Z. In this article I wanted to spend some time and give advice to people that have aspirations of being full time Indie game developers like me. Not surprising that many of the same tips apply to successful indie developers in general.
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What if Microsoft relented and granted users who are lukewarm about Windows 8 two of their biggest requests: Allow those who want to boot straight to the desktop, and bring back the Start button with Windows Blue, a.k.a. Windows 8.1? Though supposedly not part of the original plan for Blue, these two UI options are looking more likely. What else do you want to see in Windows Blue?
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Looks like someone saw sense! I think the damage to the reputation of 8 has been done though.
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Get rid of Metro and re-brand it as Windows 7.1 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I want to boot to the command line. Much of what I do doesn't require a GUI.
The last time I booted to the command line (98? XP?) the drivers (mouse, CD-ROM, etc.) wouldn't load so it was fairly useless -- I want the system to be usable when it boots to the command line.
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That setting should still be in the registry under
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
name: "Shell"
type: REG_SZ
value: explorer.exe. or whatever it is in windows 8. (just replace it with cmd.exe)
You might want to remove any/all icons from the notification area. But it doesn't hurt if you leave them.
It could be difficult to unmount usb devices though.
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan
That's what machines are for.
Got a problem?
Sleep on it.
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In Windows 8, the "metro view" IS the start menu. It even says "START" in huge letters on the top left.
If you're in Metro and you start typing, it automatically initializes the search function, exactly like in Windows 7.
And there's no need for a start button on the screen, because you already have one on your keyboard. Since the "start menu" is a full screen application, it doesn't make sense to have a separate button in the interface.
I don't understand why that's so difficult to grasp. Windows 3.11 didn't have a start button either and it was the best Windows ever made. 
*derp derp, therez no bootan*
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> "*derp derp, therez no bootan*"
Funny. But what does that mean?
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan
That's what machines are for.
Got a problem?
Sleep on it.
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If this happens we may purchase windows 8 in our corporate environment (180+ Users).
Until then all new purchases will be Windows 7.
Microsoft I hope you see sense.
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To progress, an open-source project needs the same resource as every software development project – developer time. You need dev time to fix bugs, you need dev time to add features, you need dev time to write documentation. If the donation stream is not regular and dependable enough to allow project team members to either quit their jobs (if working full-time) or reduce contracted hours (if working freelance), then donations are not going to add more dev time to the project. If you can’t depend on funds from donations, they are relegated into the “nice-to-have” category. You can use it to pay off some external costs like hosting or running some ads (if it makes sense), but you can’t use it for anything important like salaries. Open source projects run on time, not money.
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But I thought we lived in a Doh!  nation ...?!
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It’s easy to wax nostalgic about old technology--to remember fondly our first Apple IIe or marvel at the old mainframes that ran on punched cards. But no one in their right mind would use those outdated, underpowered dinosaurs to run a contemporary business, let alone a modern weapons system, right? Wrong! While much of the tech world views a two-year-old smartphone as hopelessly obsolete, large swaths of our transportation and military infrastructure, some modern businesses, and even a few computer programmers rely daily on technology that hasn’t been updated for decades. Yester-year's article about running yester-era's computer systems.
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If it ain't broke, but is ancient, then break it so you can get a new one.
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