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Happy New Year 
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Just realized when going to bed, that started 2019 with setting up my ever first Java application (for Andriod) - it was actually interesting to play with... Didn't felt the pain of the different language (a C like too) and probably was too busy to learn to notice anything really bad about...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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It could be construed as a programming question.. hence I hope you will forgive me for putting it here...
However no code is involved and.. it's just an easy to ignore, VS debugging user experience question...
When I debug with Visual Studio, everytime I break the code, by clicking the pause button it show a goddamn screen (replacing whatever current file I was looking at) "The application is in break mode... here is some useless information in fullscreen for your viewing displeasure..."
How do I get rid of this goddamn f***ing useless, nay irritating, window?!
For now I placed it at the bottom with the various diagnostic windows and VS remember. But it's so f***ing annoying...
Remark: this really started when I disabled Diagnostic Tools. But my VS debugging experience was suddenly very slow after I started collecting CPU info, so I disabled the diagnostics.
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What's this?
Stop all that complaining!
If ms says that that's the most efficient way to do it, then that's the most efficient way to do it, so just get on with it and use it that way!
It's the way of the future!
In other words: The geniuses at MS who turned both the OS and its flagship, MS Office, into time-wasting mockeries of their former selves are finally setting their sights on VS.
It's time to start looking into Eclipse, guys (preferably looking into it with an eye to rewriting it, because it's pretty awful).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Eclipse is a very powerful IDE that could be very useful if it wasn't such a PITA to work with.
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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My thoughts exactly.
Just the feeling that you're thrust almost immediately into a world where nothing is named rationally or intuitively, and nothing is where you would think to look* is enough to wilt your enthusiasm. And that's one of the minor hassles!
My first few days with it, a browser with a search-engine spent more time topmost than the IDE.
* E.g. What bright spark put all the CVS commands exclusively in a right-click context menu, under "Team"? Not the first place you'd look? I'd say it's a place where no-one would ever look!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: preferably looking into it with an eye to rewriting it, because it's pretty awful
Let's be honest, it only exists to make vi look good!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Nailed it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Real men use Edlin 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Real men use a compass and a tiny bar magnet! (And it's still better than Eclipse)
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Obligatory xkcd
Real programmers use butterflies!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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what year is it?
why are you still using outdated versions of software?
you realise the instant and every time you start it you are opening yourself to millions of viruses trojans, seemingly well meaning lonely scammers and many other problems?
- at least that's what all of the esteemed ms certified experts tell me when I mention anything less than the very latest version of anything.
i.e. just passing their message along.... chitter chitter squeak [or whatever sound brainless lemmings make]
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36204009/disable-break-mode-page-in-vs2015
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mayerwin.DisableNoSourceAvailableTab
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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"Where are my desktop icons?"
It's going to be a long day...
Edit -----------------
I fixed her issues (mostly Firefox settings). She seems happy - for now...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 31-Dec-18 19:29pm.
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While I was migrating her machine, I remembered that we use Turbo Tax for our annual tax stuff. Since Intuit (I used to work for these guys) isn't as forward thinking as I am, there is not Linux version of their tax app. SWMBO kinda panicked, and I told her, "Relax. We can do it on their web site, or if you don't want feel comfortable doing our taxes on the web, I could install TT on my Windows VM, and you can remote desktop into it and use the desktop software there.
She seemed to calm down a bit, and we have a month or so before we have to worry about it anyway.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Hey man, you're in USA. Nothing to worry about till next year.
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Will John survive the OS migration on SWMBO computer if we see him post in a day or two he survived if not dibs on his mustang 
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If you can get it from SWMBO
<sig notetoself="think of a better signature">
<first>Jim</first> <last>Meadors</last>
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When I originally bought the Mustang, she didn't get it.
When I started modifying it, she didn't get it.
When I put the big-ass blower on it, she didn't get it.
When I die, my will stipulates that she doesn't get it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I guess I'm the only one trying to figure out what SWMBO stands for.  I even looked for clues in the replies, but only get that it's a reference to the wife.
Edit: Nevermind, I got it!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
modified 31-Dec-18 13:46pm.
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SWMBO = Sunny Wonderful Majestic Bright Object
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Out of curiosity, I searched for it and the correct definition was the very first link (urbandictionary.com). BTW, I use DuckDuckGo for my search engine.
Out of curiosity, I googled t, and it came up as the very first link there, too (inernetslang.com).
Yahoo and Bing also returned the urbandictionary link, and in both cases, it was the first search result.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So the Missus went out with a friend for the evening, the Daughter moved out a week and a half ago and the Son is out on the piss with mates, so I was home alone with alcohol.
Decided I would have a bit of a look around the home IT Infrastructure and get something done tonight. NAS's it was.
Started with the ReadyNAS, connect, login and upgrade from 6.9.3 to 6.9.4 272+ days uptime. Next was the FreeNAS running 16GB of RAM and 8 x 3TB Seagate Barracuda HDD and 283+ days uptime. Alerts show I have 2 HDD with uncorrectable sectors and only one new 3TB Seagate Barracuda HDD's sitting on the shelf. Remove the one with 64 sectors showing as bad and install the new one. Pull out about 3KG of dust and decide I will have to take it out and attack it with the air compressor tomorrow (raining tonight).
Resilvering is at 1.8% of 17.2TB after 26 minutes, might be done this afternoon (New Year over 50 minutes old now).
While this is going on and I'm looking through my email I notice a domain expiring in 21 days. Off to Go Daddy and renew it only to find the sunshines have stored my credit cards, the current and the cancelled cards. No domains Auto Renew either. Wasn't thinking clearly enough to remove the current and only leave the cancelled card, so Wednesday it's down to the Post Office to buy a Prepaid Credit Card, can't put less than $20.00 on it, so will buy something for $15.00 and put my new Cesit Card with $5.00 credit on it on my Go Daddy account.
Then I'll call Go Daddy and tell them to faarrrkkkk right off. Had some good feedback/results from a couple of companies in the past week where I have sent an email and thrown a few elephants and sunshines in them. Possibly wouldn't work in the good ole nancy boy US where they'd get there panties in a knot and have a good cry.
NB. Might get the Synology DS-916+ with 4 x 8TB Seagate IronWolfs up and running tomorrow, see what state I wake up in and what time.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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