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I actually love those first few minutes, especially because of the drums!
The whole thing is great though 
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My younger son was a snare drummer (U of Minnesota Marching Band, Hockey Pep Band...). He would probably agree with you! I do enjoy seeing a good Drum and Bugle Corp
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craig robbins MN wrote: Bit heavy on the drumming
After a bit, beating on the drums just becomes beating on the drums, and that first drum solo definitely passed that point!
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I know Allegaeon, in fact that album is still in my favorites (although somewhere far in the back and I never listen to it anymore), just put it on again
I even think Allegaeon made it to SOTW back when that album was released, although I can't find it now so maybe I opted for another band that week.
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User Interface shop changes direction everywhere. (10)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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User Interface UI
shop BOUTIQUe
changes direction e - > S (and an anagram indicator?)
everywhere.
UBIQUITOUS
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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That was quick!
YAUM.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I forgot to wait an hour ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yes, and had you waited that hour ...
... I still wouldn't have beaten you to the answer (because I didn't look at it until 3:30 London time). But! I did solve it!  In the last 2 or 3 weeks I have solved 2 and been very close on 2 others. As my Aussie friends would say I'm feeling a bit chuffed with myself right about now. 
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How many of you (that program in JavaScript or similar) know what this line is:
const {Pass, Fail, NA, NO} = changes;
and could be used like this:
if (Pass || Fail || NA || NO) {...do something...}
If not, can you guess, knowing that changes is an object:
const changes = { Pass: 1, Fail: 0, NA: 0, NO:0 };
?
If you're still clueless, like I was, it's called "destructuring[^]".
So I'm just curious, because like I said, I knew about this, forget about it because it's rather arcane IMO, and just got reminded about it again.
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I use it every day. I don’t know what would be of my life without it.
Also, we already know part of changes.
const { Pass, Fail, NA, NO } = changes;
the above hint us that changes may have the following fields Pass, Fail, NA, NO
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smells like a dictionary met an enum on a dark night 
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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...and unholy and unspeakable acts followed.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Looks a bit like they got the idea from Python.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Looks a bit like they got the idea from Python.
As in, Monty. As a joke.
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It's actually quite handy, but it also leads one down the "I can use it so I shall" path, rather than the "This is the most readable, maintainable way to write"
If everyone working on the code is good to go, it's great. But there's many devs who don't know, or forget, or get it mixed up.
...like a lot of "convenient" syntax these days.
There's a point where a syntax becomes so specialised / esoteric that the savings from less keystrokes, less code to maintain, more lines per screen are outweighed by the costs to hire more senior developers and the time taken for non-experts to get up to speed on that syntax.
Everything's become so engineer focused lately. What about those who have to pay salaries, or maintain some uber-dev's code, or what about focusing on stability and the user experience rather than the elite factor.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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And I am sure that intellisense will stop a JavaScript nube from messing up.
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If you buy a new power supply, it may come with an "eco switch". This switch regrettably ships in the on position.
I spent about $200 and a day and a half of labor trying to find an overheating issue before I turned that switch off and solved all of my problems.
Here's what it does - it turns the PSU fan off. That's it. Ostensibly it's supposed to kick in when it needs it.
Clearly they don't. My machine was hard turning off after a time under moderate to heavy GPU load.
I had to flip the power switch on the PSU in the back off and back on again before the power switch on the front of the chassis would work. That should have been my clue that it was either the mobo or the PSU. And previously (without the GPU) the mobo worked fine. The PSU was new with the GPU out of necessity.
Anyway, I wanted to let you all know about this in case you build a system these days. That eco mode switch may actually damage your equipment. Turn it off.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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We have a bunch of 2 year old desktops at work. Occasionally they get “stuck” and you have to unplug them for at least 30 seconds to reset them. I may pop a case and look for a setting like that on the power switch.
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On mine it was a smaller switch right next to the regular power switch.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Thank you, grazie, danke schon, mercì, gracias, domo arigato.
GCS d--(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--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Now I have this crazy idea to pilot the switch based on some parameters (i.e. CPU load, GPU load, some named process running). Do you know if that button is also ACPI / BIOS / something driven? Could even be useful.
In my el-cheapo ITEK case I have a manual dial to set the power of a bundle of fans. I don't know if the dial or both fans went legs up though since it's a while they're not working.
GCS d--(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--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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