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Re: An easy way to combine the power of .Net and Java

4-Nov-14 12:30

Mike Grim[^]:
IKVM.NET is an implementation of Java for Mono and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Just in case you need to get peanut butter in your chocolate

Dan Neely5-Nov-14 2:49

Dan Neely

5-Nov-14 2:49

Sounds more like Maple Syrup in your Strawberry Jelly to me. Dead | X|

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

Proposed changes to emoji standard would allow ror more diversity, increased selection of skin tones

Kent Sharkey4-Nov-14 12:01

Re: Proposed changes to emoji standard would allow ror more diversity, increased selection of skin tones

4-Nov-14 12:01

Techcrunch[^]:
Last summer, an article on Fast Company asked an important question related to the increasingly popular picture-based character set called emoji, now found on the majority of modern smartphones: Are emoji racist?

You mean, we're not all bright yellow? O.o

Glad someone's pushing this all-important issue

Dan Neely5-Nov-14 2:50

Dan Neely

5-Nov-14 2:50

Kent Sharkey wrote:
You mean, we're not all bright yellow? O.o

*ahem*

Security scorecard finds messaging apps need more development

Kent Sharkey4-Nov-14 11:53

Google releases open source Nogotofail network traffic security testing tool

4-Nov-14 11:53

Ars Technica[^]:
EFF experts find only a handful of apps that meet basic security standards.

Chat apps not secure? I am agog. (Oh, and Bob says, 'Hi')

Kent Sharkey4-Nov-14 11:17

Netflix open sources Dynomite to make any datastore distributed

4-Nov-14 11:17

Venturebeat[^]:
Google today introduced a new tool for testing network traffic security called Nogotofail. The company has released it as an open source project available on GitHub, meaning anyone can use it, contribute new features, provide support for more platforms, and do anything else with the end goal of helping to improve the security of the Internet.

"Is it safe?"

Kent Sharkey4-Nov-14 8:45

Microsoft and Dropbox announce partnership with Office and the cloud

4-Nov-14 8:45

Gigaom[^]:
With Dynomite, Netflix claims it can cut down on performance issues and better handle traffic spikes.

Will Jimmy Walker get royalties? (Wait, is Jimmy Walker still alive?)

Kent Sharkey4-Nov-14 8:44

Re: Microsoft and Dropbox announce partnership with Office and the cloud

4-Nov-14 8:44

WinBeta[^]:
Microsoft and Dropbox have announced a public partnership, which will be mutually beneficial for both companies and very beneficial for their shared customers.

If only they had a cloud file storage system of their own

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter4-Nov-14 9:24

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

4-Nov-14 9:24

So Microsoft will send Office with a Dropbox for easy disposal - ingenious!

I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!

Why your code is so hard to understand

Duncan Edwards Jones4-Nov-14 8:05

4-Nov-14 8:05

why your code is so hard to understand[^] - a short article on the whys and wherefores of readable maintainable code.

Quote:
In the end it boils down to this: as a programmer your goal is to construct the simplest possible semantic model that would solve your problem. Translate that semantic model as closely as possible into a syntactic model (code) and provide as many clues as possible so that whomever* looks at your code after you can re-create the same semantic model you originally had in mind.

*Pro tip - this will be you but older and more tired.

PIEBALDconsult4-Nov-14 8:29

PIEBALDconsult

4-Nov-14 8:29

Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:
simplest possible semantic model

Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:
provide as many clues as possible

Ah, good, no Linq. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

P.S. Understanding is in the eye of the beholder. Big Grin | :-D

modified 4-Nov-14 23:21pm.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz4-Nov-14 9:11

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

4-Nov-14 9:11

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Ah, good, no Linq

Personally, I think Linq can make the code much more understandable.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

PIEBALDconsult4-Nov-14 9:24

PIEBALDconsult

4-Nov-14 9:24

Then you must not be an old dog.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz4-Nov-14 9:37

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

4-Nov-14 9:37

Actually, been doing programming for 30+ years. So, yeah, an old dog.

Eddy Vluggen4-Nov-14 9:25

Eddy Vluggen

4-Nov-14 9:25

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Ah, good, no Linq.

I'm happy with it; sorted a list today containing Tuple<int, string>, with the string containing a "X (Y)", sorted on Y (asc), ThenBy X (asc).

Tucked away in a single method - feel free to replace the black box with your own bubblesort/quicksort Laugh | :laugh:

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

Ravi Bhavnani4-Nov-14 8:30

Ravi Bhavnani

4-Nov-14 8:30

Wise words, indeed. Thanks for the link!

/ravi

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Duncan Edwards Jones4-Nov-14 9:27

4-Nov-14 9:27

It chimes with (and is better expressed than) my own take on this[^]

Richard Deeming5-Nov-14 10:37

Richard Deeming

5-Nov-14 10:37

Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:
whomever looks at your code

Aaargh!

Someone needs a visit from "Grandma Nasty".

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Duncan Edwards Jones5-Nov-14 10:44

New clock may end time as we know it

5-Nov-14 10:44

Yup - it was a direct quote from the article. A [sic] would be appropriate.

Kent Sharkey3-Nov-14 14:02

3-Nov-14 14:02

NPR[^]:
"My own personal opinion is that time is a human construct"

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”

DaveX863-Nov-14 15:02

DaveX86

3-Nov-14 15:02

Neat!...I've always jokingly maintained that there is no such thing as time...it's cool to see that it changes with gravity.

Bert Mitton3-Nov-14 15:23

Bert Mitton

3-Nov-14 15:23

Unless it run by Stardate, it can be canned with the metric system. Smile | :)

den2k883-Nov-14 20:42

den2k88

3-Nov-14 20:42

Quote:
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.

Duncan Edwards Jones3-Nov-14 22:18

3-Nov-14 22:18

A "non-subjective" viewpoint on time...is that time, as seen from the outside?