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OriginalGriff wrote: $1,980 (£1,515) 
Why are you surprised ? This is quite cheap[^].
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I certainly won't be buying one, but I have to admit it's pretty cool 
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Called that because you need a full billfold to buy one? 
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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Financially Overbearing Luxury Device.
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Only confirms that what people really want is a "tablet" (size).
And since everyone knows that an IOS or Android "phone" (or IPad) cannot compete with a Windows 10 "machine", the MS Surface is the device to watch (and target) IMO.
With most Surface (probably) kept in S Mode, that means Windows Store.
Most of the offerings in the store are rewrites (and dull looking); something "new" could make a $plash.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Yeah, this is not marketed towards me since I don't really like phones. I've got a gen 1 Moto E which cost me $59 (saw later on sale for $29). It makes phone calls just fine and runs the couple Apps I use with no problems.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I don't think they will sell too many...
I would not bet 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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<!rant>
I may be in the minority here, but I just wanted to share that it's awesome working with bright devs and managers who instinctively "get it". I love the culture of my (not so) little company, where the CTO and every dev manager started out in the trenches, writing code for decades before moving up the food chain.
</!rant>
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
/ravi
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Thanks.
I hope you're aware, however, that the reasons for your being happy depresses most of us even more than usual.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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/ravi
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Allow me to add to your depression then, I also work for a good company.
And I know the difference from personal experience.
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Makes life a lot better when you love your job!
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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Aye!  And I think enjoying working with one's coworkers counts towards 90% of your job satisfaction.
/ravi
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Yep, I agree!
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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You forgot the joke icon.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I love the culture of my (not so) little company,
You must work for yourself, and you are great company to yourself!
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Marc Clifton wrote: You must work for yourself
Actually, no. But I've been blessed with a wonderful work environment ever since I started working exclusively at early-stage companies since 2000. Aside from having the privilege of working with folk smarter (a lot smarter) than myself, it's been a rewarding experience to see how an idea is taken from germination to fruition as a software product.
/ravi
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I would then, stay there at all costs.
As a technical person, never ever work for normals. They never, ever get it. and will enslave you to do their bidding no matter the impossibility.
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Ron Anders wrote: never ever work for normals.
Yes, I think that's almost always true. Every one of the four times I've switched companies in my 30+ year career, it's been because I'd become the de-facto "guru" in my area. I think that's when one stops learning and becomes complacent.
/ravi
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If I ever become depressed alcoholic, blame this post.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Do intern proctologists ask dumbass questions?
modified 21-Feb-19 11:43am.
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Possibly.
When asked about the work I now have to do on various 'legacy' products, I explain it like this:
"I feel like a neurologist who has to go in rectally."
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Hope you can always find the escape hatch.
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Get a good "heads-up" on any of the pitfalls?
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