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codewitch honey crisis wrote: As far as why I was homeless, it was a combination of things that in the end made living with my parents untenable to where couch surfing and even staying on the streets was better than going home.
Ouch, sorry to hear that...
codewitch honey crisis wrote: I started coding when I was 8
I did some VB coding at that age, only to not do it anymore for about 20 years.
I remember creating a small forest in WinForms with some wizard picture that you could "walk" around to the edge of the screen only to reappear on the other side of the screen.
And a little quiz application that had like 10 multiple choice questions and kept track of your score.
Man, my skills sure have deteriorated since then 
codewitch honey crisis wrote: I got in around the dotcom boom
If I'm not mistaken that was at the end of the 90's (I was still in elementary school), so if you were 18 at the time that would make you... an old code hag?
Just kidding, around 40ish, but you look a lot younger on your profile pic (and I should mention I'm horrible at guessing age) 
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yeah, I'm 40 - i was 8 in '86
winforms - I didn't get into that until after the aughts.
i am definitely an old code hag.
and also a witch, as anyone who has seen my multiple returns and lack of brackets can attest
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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codewitch honey crisis wrote: yeah, I'm 40 - i was 8 in '86
I was born a year later 
codewitch honey crisis wrote: my multiple returns and lack of brackets
Comes with your age 
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i'm just too old to care anymore
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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as far as me looking young, i get that a lot.
it's because i bathe in the blood of VB developers. It's wonderful for the skin.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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codewitch honey crisis wrote: it's because i bathe in the blood of VB developers
At least they're good for something
I switched to C# since then so don't get any ideas... 
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you're still looking kinda supple.
have you used the "unsafe" keyword yet?
if not, you still have your innocence.
the essence of youth.
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I don't think so...
Although I've used some DllImports stuff in VB which in basically the same (I did VB for a few years when picking up programming in 2010) 
Besides that I've coded in JavaScript, so my essence is rotten to it's very core 
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ah yes, javascript.
or as i like to call it, a back door into convincing a browser to run assembly code
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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adding, I love the name of your LINQ->JS javascript file. that's about right.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Sander Rossel wrote: and not using brackets around single line if-statements and multiple return statements
It's a question of economy.
I only have so many brackets to go around, but i have plenty of returns.
in truth, i hate brackets. but i also hate python so i am vexed.
and as far as returns? I prefer them to giant nested if elses, but i'm sure i have haters over that.
i also *gasp* use break and continue as control statements.
in fact, the only reason I don't use goto anymore is i generate most of my non-trivial state machine code and using array based tables runs faster than gotos do in .NET
Of any maintenance issue i have had in my code, it hasn't been because of that.
it's not spaghetti if you make the branches clear, and there's all kinds of ways to do that.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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codewitch honey crisis wrote: Of any maintenance issue i have had in my code, it hasn't been because of that.
I've had maintenance issues with both...
Nasty production bugs, because someone had a return statement halfway a function that I didn't see (or expect).
Same with some non-bracketed single line if-statements (paired with really weird indentation).
When using brackets and single return statements you just CAN'T go wrong, never ever, which is why I really prefer it over not having them (even if it's sometimes cleaner to not have them).
Of course I'd expect nothing less of a WITCH!
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in my defense, when I'm with a shop i adopt house standards.
this is just me coding for me, so team issues aren't as big.
and as far as sharing goes, it's free.
because i live in microsoftland when i'm with a team if i gravitate toward lead which i usually do, i tend to impose standards a bit like i was used to when working at MS.
my code looks different depending on who is paying for it.
i write how i like it when i write it for me. =)
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> To understand the tutorial you must first understand the tutorial
That's some straight up Rambam right there.
Takes me right back to The Guide for the Perplexed.
"You can't read this until you're properly initiated"
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codewitch honey crisis wrote: That's some straight up Rambam right there.
Takes me right back to The Guide for the Perplexed.
"You can't read this until you're properly initiated"
The Rambam's philosophy in Guide to the Perplexed is rooted in Greek philosophy. I would recommend taking a few Classical philosophy classes (if any University still gives them ), and then try re-reading it. It'll make much more sense then.
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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Going mad made it make sense to me.
In fact, going mad was why I found my way to it in the first place.
It put words to some things I came across during psychosis.
That and Isaac Luria's work. I very nearly converted to judaism over it.
I haven't ruled it out either, but at my age the entrance requirements for conversion, not to mention my 10 year marriage and all that, would all have to be re-evaluated, like, am I ready for that kind of thing? probably not.
but i am enthralled with it just the same. the tanakh is one of the most amazing creations of man.
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Hello Everyone,
I hope you all are doing well. I wanted to ask the community for some advice while I'm researching which one to pursue.
I wanted to ask for a developer which one of the AWS certifications would be a good one to start with and what online options/books in your opinion would be helpful for me to sign up/read to pass the certification.
Thank you all for your time and have a wonderful day.
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Thank you for your time answering the question and I am making my own choices as I said researching trying to figure it out. Do you know of any good online resources/books by chance to help study and hopefully pass the first time?
Again thank you for your time.
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Did you try the link I gave you? It has lots of information.
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Richard,
Thank you for your assistance. I did check the link and just didn't go through a a couple of pages as just for me it was about 2 or 3 pages of testing facilities or places around where I live to get in class training which I can't do at the moment as recovering from reconstructive ankle surgery which is why I was asking about online and book options. I got my ideas of what I need to take and what to go for.
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Clearly you're not going to get his opinion. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Yes, I still play that game. Used to be a big gamer, until I quit cold turkey nearly two decades ago. But I still make an exception for new entries in the GTA franchise when they're released for the PC. It's the only game I still fire up once in a while.
I've just found out (and I'm apparently late to realize this) that they've used a 32-bit signed integer to store the amount of money your characters have (so, $2.1B). One of my characters has invested a lot of money in the game's stock market over a long period of time, and I've reached the limit this week. The game doesn't warn you as such...it's just that returns no longer get added to your total.
When a return of "just" 5% still nets you $105M, it kinda brings back the reality of just how big a number "one billion" actually is--I've been struggling to get the game's other two characters to reach $100M. This guys now regularly makes that with modest returns.
These days we keep hearing about companies tossing billions around to purchase one another; Facebook this week got fined $5B for privacy violations (and they just brushed it off, but that's another story)...Bezos has eclipsed Gates as the world's richest man at comfortably over $100B. A number of companies this year for the first time ever have reached a market cap of a trillion dollars.
Where am I headed with this? I have no idea. I'm just pointing out that a billion is still a very big number, despite hearing it all the time nowadays.
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haha i found this out some time ago doing the heists and playing the market.
the way around it is to float most of your money on the stock market and only keep under 2 bili around in your pocket. Keep it well under the mark because by then you have revenue streams from properties and you don't want them bouncing you over the limit.
Having fun yet? I love the game but haven't played online since the PS3 version, and back then I couldn't find enough good players to assemble reliable heist teams.
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