It will be interesting to see how that aspect ratio feels. I definitely like the 4:3 ratio on the iPad, and hate the fact that Android devices are all 16:9 or 16:10, which is a terrible tablet ratio for anything other…
I completely agree about the keyboard cover. That accessory is critical to the experience of using the device. Without it the Surface is an oversized tablet with a diminutive app store (yes, I know that it is a lot…
I've had to run a Windows VM on a Mac because I needed to run SSMS, but if I were doing .NET development in Visual Studio and heavily using PowerShell on the command-line, I'd probably prefer to just have a Windows…
Well, the Republicans voted against it because they believe that ANY regulation of broadband is unnecessary and beyond the FCC's power anyway. The Democrats believe that the federal government, acting through the FCC,…
I also typically look outside the app store first for a couple of reasons: 1. I've gotten burned more than once when developers have placed major updates to their apps in the app store as separate products, requiring me…
Interesting, the per-ride fair on the subway is cheaper but the monthly pass is actually more expensive at (I think, I don't have one) $130/mo. However, the subway does truly feel like transportation for everyone, and…
> This is one of the few fields left in tech where men outnumber / outperform women Outnumber, yes, but outperform? You seem to be implying that female developers are worse at their jobs than their male counterparts,…
It does seem like an awful lot. There are furniture boutiques in Manhattan where you could easily spend $87,000 outfitting your apartment, but then if you were spending that kind of money, why on earth would you put…
Airbnb will almost certainly cover the damages: https://www.airbnb.com/guarantee. He might not have as much luck getting them to pay his relocation costs, since I'm sure that renting out his apartment was against his…
Yea, it is illegal. Even if you are allowed to sublet your apartment, renting it out for any period of time less than 29 days is classified as running a hotel, which you aren't allowed to do in an apartment. Update: I…
Duck typing in dynamic languages can allow you to do some pretty cool things.
For Mac or Linux noders who would prefer an IDE to a simple editor + command line tools, IntelliJ with the Node plugin is pretty good. It has code assist and debugging built in, and IntelliJ is just generally a very…
There is a big difference between allowing devs to do "whatever the fuck they want" and the degree of standardization you are talking about. Every team I've worked on has adopted tools and coding standards that everyone…
I've used the Air as a full-time development machine in the past. It can be great if it fits how you write code. I write code in emacs or vim, so I would run that in a fullscreen terminal window under tmux, which…
I was worried when I saw this headline, and then very relieved when I saw what was actually going on. So long as Google only returns these sponsored ads for searches for the company name, I don't see this as being a…
Few of these points are particularly compelling. The problem with Bizspark is that it does eventually run out, and once it does you have to license all of those Windows Server/SQL Server installs just like everyone…
So this time next year we will have the Microsoft Surface 4, the Surface 4E (or some other letter that really means "the cheaper one" and comes in fun colors), the Surface 10.1, and the Surface 10.1 Professional Edition.
Supply chain yes, but not the patents. Microsoft receives a 10-year license to Nokia's patents, but ownership of those patents will remain with Nokia.
Also, MSMQ while I'm at it.
Looks like this is getting updated, so... No ActiveMQ?
It will be interesting to see how that aspect ratio feels. I definitely like the 4:3 ratio on the iPad, and hate the fact that Android devices are all 16:9 or 16:10, which is a terrible tablet ratio for anything other…
I completely agree about the keyboard cover. That accessory is critical to the experience of using the device. Without it the Surface is an oversized tablet with a diminutive app store (yes, I know that it is a lot…
I've had to run a Windows VM on a Mac because I needed to run SSMS, but if I were doing .NET development in Visual Studio and heavily using PowerShell on the command-line, I'd probably prefer to just have a Windows…
Well, the Republicans voted against it because they believe that ANY regulation of broadband is unnecessary and beyond the FCC's power anyway. The Democrats believe that the federal government, acting through the FCC,…
I also typically look outside the app store first for a couple of reasons: 1. I've gotten burned more than once when developers have placed major updates to their apps in the app store as separate products, requiring me…
Interesting, the per-ride fair on the subway is cheaper but the monthly pass is actually more expensive at (I think, I don't have one) $130/mo. However, the subway does truly feel like transportation for everyone, and…
> This is one of the few fields left in tech where men outnumber / outperform women Outnumber, yes, but outperform? You seem to be implying that female developers are worse at their jobs than their male counterparts,…
It does seem like an awful lot. There are furniture boutiques in Manhattan where you could easily spend $87,000 outfitting your apartment, but then if you were spending that kind of money, why on earth would you put…
Airbnb will almost certainly cover the damages: https://www.airbnb.com/guarantee. He might not have as much luck getting them to pay his relocation costs, since I'm sure that renting out his apartment was against his…
Yea, it is illegal. Even if you are allowed to sublet your apartment, renting it out for any period of time less than 29 days is classified as running a hotel, which you aren't allowed to do in an apartment. Update: I…
Duck typing in dynamic languages can allow you to do some pretty cool things.
For Mac or Linux noders who would prefer an IDE to a simple editor + command line tools, IntelliJ with the Node plugin is pretty good. It has code assist and debugging built in, and IntelliJ is just generally a very…
There is a big difference between allowing devs to do "whatever the fuck they want" and the degree of standardization you are talking about. Every team I've worked on has adopted tools and coding standards that everyone…
I've used the Air as a full-time development machine in the past. It can be great if it fits how you write code. I write code in emacs or vim, so I would run that in a fullscreen terminal window under tmux, which…
I was worried when I saw this headline, and then very relieved when I saw what was actually going on. So long as Google only returns these sponsored ads for searches for the company name, I don't see this as being a…
Few of these points are particularly compelling. The problem with Bizspark is that it does eventually run out, and once it does you have to license all of those Windows Server/SQL Server installs just like everyone…
So this time next year we will have the Microsoft Surface 4, the Surface 4E (or some other letter that really means "the cheaper one" and comes in fun colors), the Surface 10.1, and the Surface 10.1 Professional Edition.
Supply chain yes, but not the patents. Microsoft receives a 10-year license to Nokia's patents, but ownership of those patents will remain with Nokia.
Also, MSMQ while I'm at it.
Looks like this is getting updated, so... No ActiveMQ?