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The Code Project | Co-founder
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modified 16-Sep-19 9:31am.
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A while ago I suggested that Kotlin may be destined to replace Java, with several members skeptical about that statement. Yesterday I bought a new book: Kotlin Programming by Bailey et al. Here are some quotes from the book:
Kotlin’s scope quickly grew from a language with a bright future into the language powering applications on the world’s foremost mobile operating system. Today, large companies like Google, Uber, Netflix, Capital One, Amazon, and more have embraced Kotlin for its many advantages, including its concise syntax, modern features, and seamless interoperability with legacy Java code.
However, since Java was released in 1995, much has been learned about what makes for a good programming language. Java is missing the many advancements that developers working with more modern languages enjoy.
Greenhalgh, David; Skeen, Josh. Kotlin Programming (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) (p. 19). Pearson Education. Kindle Edition.
I am convinced that the long term future for Java is a little bleak. Now that I feel that I am slowly conquering Kotlin, I feel that I am on the right track. Oh! For the love of Kotlin!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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... because Microsoft is introducing "audio cues" to VS: Visual Studio 2022 Release Notes | Microsoft Docs[^]
And it's configurable sounds, too.
OK, ATM it defaults to off, but some annoying little child is going to bring in his clips and cubes will get noisy.
Dumb idea, MS. Just dumb.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'm sure it'll please the fans of this extension[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Why am I now thinking of Calvin and Hobbes?
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too funny. In the mid 90s I did development on Sun SparcStations that had audio. Had an error slaved to "Doh!"
It gold old fast.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Also in the 90s. I worked in a cube farm and one of the lead devs had a laser blast tone as his email notification - a guy who got *lots* of email. One morning before he got in I replaced his tone with an obnoxious sheep baa (he was from New Zealand). He wandered around a bit trying to find who did it but we were all laughing so hard he couldn't figure out who actually did it. He was laughing as hard as we were so he really didn't stand a chance.
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The day I'm required to code in a cube farm (or worse - in a open office) is the day I quit.
OriginalGriff wrote: Dumb idea, MS. Just dumb.
They'll position it as part of their support for the blind - audible icons.
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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I used them back in the day, well the events breakpoint and the like, but then I did use headphones.
"Where's the KaBoom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering KaBoom."
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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So, I get an email from Google telling me I have until Sep 30th to set up billing for my Workspace Business starter account. For which, I have no recollection. So, I connect (after resetting my forgotten password). There is email in there, the newest item from Feb 2013. I guess I had this "try it you will like it plan" some 9 years ago. Go Figure.
Don't plan to set up any billing, wonder if they will carry me for another 9?
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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If you want to keep it, they backed down from forcing those accounts to be paid. You can promise them[^] it's a non-business account and it will stay free.
TTFN - Kent
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Thanks for that. I had forgotten the account.
So, I can promise to play nice and then forget it again. What a deal.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Mysterious whale swims around augmented reality. (6)
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Arcane?
Whale (cane) swims around AR?
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What's the whale <-> cane connection?
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Apparently there is whale cane - I thought it was arcane purely because it has the the rca from orca in it and ar - but I've done one this week
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I think it's "to whale away at someone" = thrash = cane. Rather tenuous IMO.
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Arcane, even.
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The last two cryptograph clues were not Ximenean at all, I had Dilatory on my list yesterday but removed it early on because Tory doesn't mean politician.
And today we get Whale which is a slang term.
Whale[^]
Cane[^]
modified 12hrs ago.
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In the UK members of the Conservative Party are known as Tories. Hence a Tory is a politician.
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...as is a holder of conservative principles, or a supporter of the British cause during the American revolution. I get the link but not all Tories are politicians by any means. Never come across "whale" in that sense, either. But we live and learn - that's one of the things I enjoy about the daily CCC!
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DerekT-P wrote: but not all Tories are politicians Quite true; but I was trying to keep things simple. I just looked up whale in Chambers and it gives: whale (vt) to thrash violently.
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Yes I was pushing it a bit with tory but the other part was Ximenean, I've never heard of whale being synonymous with cane though.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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