Agreed. I was so lucky and got the first version from Amazon for free. Then Amazon offered the expansion version in X coins with an X-coin rebate! So I just gulped it down.

Agreed with you in general. Another thing I want to point out is that many people think - wrongly - that 'efficient' means as little code as possible while that is a major pitfall to be a good programmer. That criteria only applies to some purposes, like firmware (or virus) developers. I think, first and foremost, the…

My opinion is that programming language is just a tool. And as much as we wish, no programming language I know force its learners hard enough to be an organized, disciplined, and well-thought-out programmers. Those things come from other fields e.g. maths, computer sciences, etc., and from practices and experiences,…

I think the more important things are the processes. If you already have your own processes that can handle all of your things, stick to them. Then at some point when you want to optimize your processes, you can use time tracking tools only for that purpose. And be sure to stop tracking after you have identified the…

I get it. Thanks for sharing!

I do not think that is a concern. Are wild cats or feral cats not already pooping into our water sources?

Oh why embarrassed? I think it's a pretty cool thing. I've never owned a cat so I have no idea. Did you use the training kits that are sold nowadays?

Is it possible to train cats to use human toilet like in Meet the Parents?

Wow Beauty in the Beast? For real?

I'm very sorry but would you mind tell me more about that? I still cannot understand why over-performance will get someone fired.

0. Never settle to be a Software Developer forever:
Sure, you should write code and develop software as much and as long as you want, but do not settle for the mere Software Developer role. I think this might overlap with a few points here but I want to stress again that you should try to learn all the skills and…

Pretty good system with one big caveat: now I have yet another Inbox to clear.

A (somewhat) natural way would be someone playing the game while looking at how the game memory is written, which is actually quite common with game hackers/modders.

My two cents but I feel like the whole NAS enclosure market has approached the man-toy level and no longer utilitarian. Absurd price and so much jargon.

I don't know the future but I believe that real dead-tree books still have a great place in our kids' time.

My rule so far is to ask myself if I want to pass to my kids the books in question.

As powerful and rich as Apple, I do not think that is possible. If they stopped for 1 year, that means no new 'technology' in 2 years, and a big chunk of market would fall out of their hands. Even Apple could not re-capture that part of the market nowadays, I think. New things or not, the most important thing is to be…

Cheaper of their offerings right now.

This 'gear' is...intriguing.

You probably don't know Prof. Robert Langdon and his watch.

You probably don't know Prof. Robert Langdon and his watch.