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Please don't post links without some text to explain what we're meant to click through to. This isn't a link dump forum, it's a news forum.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Sorry for that, I'll take care next time.
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the OP probably thought he was in the lounge instead of the insider forum.
Watched code never compiles.
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He must be the only one for whom this could happen. I mean, how should that ever happen? 
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That whole "Weight isn't bad, it's just aimed at tablets where it makes sense" would make sense, except that Microsoft also touts Weight as a super ultra great newest desktop OS, that you absolutely must have. On your desktop.
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I've been using it on my laptop for some time now, and while there was a bit of a learning curve (as with anything new), I actually quite like it. Not, 'OMG Wow!' on a laptop, but a nice evolution. Paired with the same experience across to a tablet device, and I will totally be sold.
I'm curious what you don't like about it from your personal experience in using it?
Be The Noise
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Too much learning curve. The whole idea of Windows is not to have a learning curve. I might as well switch to Linux if it suddenly starts having talk of "learning curves that you just have to get over".
Or just stick to seven, of course. Almost none of the new features are actually nice anyway, except the improved boot performance.
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Windows 8 Tablet .... YAWN...
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Looks like a few useful features (if I understand them correctly):
- USB Install. Would be pretty neat to be able to take all my work with me, including the OS. Hopefully it's done in a sleek manner (e.g., so it handles changing monitors and such seamlessly).
- Language / Spelling. Choice of language and built-in spell checker. Could be useful for writing in French.
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Pssst, already posted twice below.
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In order to really show how simple the fundamental model of a computer is, we have developed a physical implementation of the Turing machine, using LEGO Mindstorms NXT. I build, therefore I am.
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Very nice, indeed. I'd have preferred an actual commentary instead of the so-called music playback loop. Mindstorms is an amazing concept. I especially liked the one that solves Rubik's cube which is on youtube I think.
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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I'd prefer to see the state table somewhere -- I don't trust that the device is actually a Turing Machine.
Additionally, I don't think the "tape" allows for blanks.
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A friend recently tweeted a list of story basics from Pixar Story Artist Emma Coats. These basics are some of the story-writing guidelines Emma has learned from her colleagues and they’re pure gold for writers. As I was reading the list I was struck by just how many of the items on her list–with just a little modification–apply to programming as well. It’s all creative work. It’s all writing. Simplify. Focus. DRY it up.
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This is the first of a series of posts that explore functional programming in F#. My original intent in this post was to explore how to manage state in a pure functional program by implementing a very simple stack machine in F#. It turns out that this exercise illustrates, in a very short piece of code, several important principles of functional programming in F# and consequently provides a simple, succint general introduction to functional programming in F#. Let's begin with a Very Simple Stack Machine.
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Not everyone knows that the SSL handshake is not encrypted. When you think about it - there isn't other way, before the keys are exchanged the communication must be unencrypted. But I doubt many people think about it. Phone's ringing, Dude. Thank you, Donny.
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It's been one of my major pet peeves on both Android and iOS: the total and utter lack of consistency. Applications - whether first party or third party - all seem to live on islands, doing their own thing, making their own design choices regarding basic UI interactions, developing their own non-standard buttons and controls. Consistency died five years ago, and nobody seems to care but me. Skeumorphism and schadenfreude.
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It's the end of an era. Or maybe the start of a new one. Microsoft is trying out a new business model with next Windows release. The company is going to offer two Microsoft-branded tablets of its own, both of which are branded as Microsoft Surface. It's a tablet... no, it's a netbook... no, it's a...
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Microsoft threw one hell of a party tonight; its pair of Microsoft Surface devices could be one of the biggest jumps forward in product design in recent memory. Could, because there's still so much we don't know. And Microsoft's not sharing. Do the specs really matter that much anymore? Other than price...
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Is mobile dead? It appears to be a silly question given all the hype – but it seems like the majors have it sewn up. Now that the mobile market is large, mainstream, and mature it’s time to start monetizing lucrative niche audiences–narrow and deep. Games are not one-size-fits-all.
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