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Er, yeah.
A ratings system that gives the walking dead 8.6 and breaking bad 9.5 is the same kind of ratings system that caused the 2008 crash.
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8.6 is very good. Anything above 8 on IMDB is top notch. Breaking Bad is just a freak.
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So the walking dead got 8.6 because of votes from somnambulists and the brain dead?
OK, that's not ironic.
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Well to be fair Breaking Bad started off very well, but got progressively worse and maybe people gave those votes when it was still good. I don't see many people give fair marks to any series. Let's take Supernatural as an example. It's very popular and the story was very good to about the end of season 6/7. It has 8.6 on IMDB and the first few seasons are really good, you have monster of the week format and a bit of story behind it, then the "main" story picks up, with a few funny episodes to ease the tension. All in all well connected and even though it's not completely fresh, it's very entertaining. But if you would judge Supernatural by what it is now... it doesn't even go beyond 5 for me. They just rehash everything they did in earlier seasons. How do you mark it then? By it's previous success or by the bad series it has become?
Saying that, I'm not sure how the Walking Dead got 8.6.
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RUs123 wrote: Saying that, I'm not sure how the Walking Dead got 8.6.
Because a load of zombies voted it up, presumably.
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We're off on an animal adventure, you say? Alpaca my bags!
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Lama just fetch your coat for you! 
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What kind of bees do you not pay for? Free bees
What kind of bees make milk? Boo bees
When you help a gator? Gator aid
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If a message doesn't appear immediately, please don't just post it again!
Both of these were caught by the automated spam detector as "possibly dodgy post" and required human intervention to accept them.
And I had to accept them both so that you wouldn't get a swift kick as a spammer, and then manually delete one afterwards!
I know it's annoying when it doesn;t appear, but give it a little time rather than reposting immediately, please?
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You gonna hit the lynx when you get there?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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Fer sure - 'cos he's crazy like a fox, hungry as a horse and tired as a dog!
/ravi
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I am just Perusing this thread for ideas...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It doesn't sound like a baaaaaad plan!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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So I have been diving into mobile app development lately and so far it has been pretty fun. I've jumped around and learned a good bit of native Android and iOS (Swift of course) as well as Ionic (hybrid, cordova) apps. I want to master one of these, but I'm not sure which.
Native iOS development has been fun. The Swift language seem really great. I love the tooling options available as well.The problem here is two things. #1 I HATE Objective-C, but it still seems necessary to know. #2 is the cost. I have to have a Mac, a developer licences, and will want and iPhone and potentially other hardware. I can get the money, but not for a good few months. Also, I feel like there are so many good iOS developers my age, so I would saturate the field.
Native Android is cool too. Google services and tooling are awesome too. Android, however, has too many developers my age ranging from really good to really bad. Also, I fell that everyone has an i-device, and that I would loose so many potential users mastering Android development. Plus I'm fearing that Android is going to switch off of Java soon and that half of the tooling will be obsolete.
Ionic has been really fun too. In fact, a friend and me were able to push out a good looking PoC in about a week. It is really easy since my background is a web developer, but it seems that Hybrid gets left out when it comes to tooling and services. I also feel that if I can't / don't develop for watch's in a few years, I won't be very useful. Cordova can integrate with watch devices, but it is very ghetto. I also feel like Cordova and Hybrid apps will be obsolete in 10 years or so.
I know that I always could go and master all three, but it would probably end up being too much work and not worth it in the end. Which of these do y'all think I should go and master.
i cri evry tiem
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James_Parsons wrote: know that I always could go and master all three, but it would probably end up being too much work and not worth it in the end. Which of these do y'all think I should go and master.
jack of all trades, master of none.
You CAN'T possibly 'master' all of them. I'd pick the one you like the most and stick with it, because if you really like it, then it's not really work.
And oh, your age is irrelevant. I'm 50, been coding for 30 years, and I'm still at it. Learning something new is a daily experience.
Code on!
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Kevin Marois wrote: Learning something new is a daily experience
Damn right! 
The day you stop learning, is the day you die - either mentally or physically.
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Not true. My kids know it all and they're still kickin!!
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Ah, I remember when I was that young, and thought I knew it all... 
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Kevin Marois wrote: jack of all trades, master of none.
You CAN'T possibly 'master' all of them. I'd pick the one you like the most and stick with it, because if you really like it, then it's not really work.
And oh, your age is irrelevant. I'm 50, been coding for 30 years, and I'm still at it. Learning something new is a daily experience.
I'm 58 and have been coding for 40 years and agree 100%! 
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ClockMeister wrote: Kevin Marois wrote: jack of all trades, master of none.
You CAN'T possibly 'master' all of them. I'd pick the one you like the most and stick with it, because if you really like it, then it's not really work.
And oh, your age is irrelevant. I'm 50, been coding for 30 years, and I'm still at it. Learning something new is a daily experience.
I'm 58 and have been coding for 40 years and agree 100%!
See my sig. Do them all, don't master any. 
Ok, I know this wasn't too helpful. 
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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Quote: will be obsolete in 10 years or so.
A lot sooner than that I expect.
I have been programming lots of different things over my 39-year career to date from mainframes, through home computers (non-PC), PCs, robots and other weird devices. I have lost count of the systems I have used and languages I have learned and (some) forgotten. I have never done Apple or iOS though.
You need to be prepared to learn something for a lifespan of 1 to 5 years and be happy about it. With that said, pick whichever you enjoy best that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg and go with that.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: You need to be prepared to learn something for a lifespan of 1 to 5 years
I started programming C in 1987 or 88 and was still doing it professionally when I left my last company in 2006. In the intervening 10 years I have done some more for fun. Similar story for Java, although I did not start using it until the late 90s.
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I was also doing C in 1987-ish. I still do some occasionally. I also did some Java as well in the late 90s - but not very much as I was doing a lot of C++ instead at the time. I have been doing C# since version 1.0 and am still doing it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I think that hybrid apps are the future for simple app, but when it gets tricky you need native support.
Because I know C# good I would stick to Xamarin.
Objective-C can be tricky, but also simple and very powerful. It is often the problem to find the right way. I like diving into the Apple sample code and dig into Stackoverflow. The biggest mess is the Interface Builder. 
Best to choose is:
1. what YOU really like or
2. if you have an interesting job opportunity.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Every skill set you learn will become obsolete. This is a fact. Embrace it.
Any skill set may hang in there for decades, but it will dwindle in market share (e.g., jobs will become fewer and fewer), and you will be best served by learning something new. In fact you should make it a point to learn something new every year.
Like others, I've been coding for decades. I dug out my "comprehensive" resume and laughed at the number of things I learned and completely forgot about. As we gain experience, the tools and technologies become less important, while the skills we learn and breadth of experience we gain come to the fore.
Look at the experienced people -- we don't get hired because we're the best programmer in "X" (whatever X is). Some kid out of college will know X better than we do. We get hired because we solve problems in an effective and timely manner.
[I like working with new grads, they have an infectious enthusiasm, but little experience. I teach them while they teach me. ]
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