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I've managed to get frustrated in every language I've had to use. Just when I think, hmm I kind of like using this one, is when the worst thing of that language be it compiler errors, IDE shortcomings or some syntactical sigal magic gone wrong or any combination of them will rear it's ugly head to remind me to rue the day I thought programming would be cool to do for a living.
I think most coders just pick the one that cooperates the most, or fits their twisted way of thinking. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Very easy, I can't get no satisfaction with C# or Python.
I certainly do with C++.
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Strange ... I use C# most of the time, not because I like it better, just because it's the most productive for the sorts of stuff I typically do. Though I tend to write my code in MonoDev / SharpDev instead of VS. For other reasons than you're stating, though since Ms started to really "spy" it's become an added reason for me.
This tends to make me think it's not about the language, but rather the tools.
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This tends to make me think it's not about the language, but rather the tools.
Like 15 years ago Dreamweaver was the choice of Professional web developers and <1>Front Page marked you as a rank amateur. The truth was that using FP allowed people to do "Right Click Development" of code that they didn't know how to.
Now today I am using Visual Studio and I see all of the questions here and mostly S/O on this or that problem when using Entity Framework or LinqToSql... And the push of the Code First approach having VS create a database strongly reminds me of that scorned "Right Click Development"
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This tends to make me think it's not about the language, but rather the tools.
Like 15 years ago Dreamweaver was the choice of Professional web developers and Front Page marked you as a rank amateur. The truth was that using FP allowed people to do "Right Click Development" of code that they didn't know how to.
Now today I am using Visual Studio and I see all of the questions here and mostly S/O on this or that problem when using Entity Framework or LinqToSql... And the push of the Code First approach having VS create a database strongly reminds me of that scorned "Right Click Development"
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I become a fan when there something that lets me do common tasks _much_ more easily and not have to wade through 5 different libraries for features that should have been included in the language.
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Someone posted a link to a quite impressing demo that ran in any browser. I think it was a 3D-model of the earth and a simulation of all airborne aircraft. For sure it was a sphere and loads of tiny moving points. The question was:
Quote: can you do all this in JavaScript?? 
It may have been Pete O'Hanlon (?) who replied:
Quote: You sure can
Does someone remember that site? Thanks!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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May have been something similar, but this seems pre-rendered, that thing we saw here was rendering on the spot, in the browser.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Thanks but, I am afraid not. It was a VERY cool looking animation...
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I love FR24 but was surprised to find that the cockpit view is no longer available. Did they make it a premium feature?
/ravi
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I have no idea. I haven't used that site a lot. I just remembered you could look up flights there in near real time.
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No aircraft, but is this[^] the kind of thing you're looking for? Warning: potentially addictive.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Yes precisely! Thanks a bunch 
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Ah. Now looking at this I remember this[^]
Looks quite the same...
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Interesting. Thanks for the link. Windy seems to have some data that's not on nullschool (and probably vice versa).
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Yup. Addictive.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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Chris Cornell, Soundgarden frontman, dies aged 52 | Music | The Guardian[^]
I really can't believe it.  A true musical hero. For me, he's the best rock singer ever, apart from Freddie, and even then, Freddie was more of a pop/tenor working with a rock band.
I saw him live year before last, and he looked as healthy and fit as a thirty year old. Apparently he has been completely teetotal for some years now. Why is he dead, and Chris Martin still draws breath? Not fair.
I'm gutted, I was looking forward to another amazing album along the lines of Higher Truth.
(throws arms in the air) Oh well, back to work. Bugger it. 
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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I'm pretty shocked too. I loved his voice and his songs, Soundgarden and Audioslave will always be a part of my playlist as they have been for the past 10 years.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Really bummed myself. One of my favorites ever. I still miss Layne to this day and I doubt I'll ever stop listening to Chris. Hopefully Myles Kennedy doesn't go anywhere.
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Don't tempt fate! The way things are going we'll have no rock stars left by the end of the year.... A lot of the legends (naming no names) are approaching *that* age as well.
I just wish Chris could've given us a few more years. I always find it ridiculous when people say things like this when their favourite artist dies, but I honestly feel like I lost a friend or a brother or something. I'll miss him. His songs have gotten me through some seriously dark times.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Looks like it is being investigated as a suicide, not of the OD variety, which is tragic.
His voice was amazing when he was younger but all of the promo material being aired for the show didn't sound right. Lots of cracks, didn't sound like he had the range anymore, that sort of thing.
And I regret not taking a chance and making time to go the last time he went through here. Because it would have been amazing and a once in a lifetime memory.
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I saw him at Zermatt Unplugged in 2015 (I think) and there was no problem there. He completely blew me away with his range, and ease. Just so much relaxed power, seemingly endless. It's even more staggering when there is no band to drown it out. I was about 8 feet from him, and I'll never forget the version of Blow Up the Outside World he played that night. Epic.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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