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Hi, anything I missed in this article? it is aimed at people trying to validate an idea rather that writing enterprise code

I just dont like the browser, the things I dont like are:

- the search / address box are not obviously that until you click on it

- the window bar area to click on and drag the window around is small and not obvious

Not major things but it makes it less intuitive to use than chrome in my opinion.

A heard about this, it has a large mouth that it excretes though. I know a lot of humans that still do that

I bought a Toshiba passive 3D TV. Never really used it much in 3D mode. I played a few PS3 games in 3D which was fun but ultimatley I preferred watching in 2D once I got bored of the 3D gimmick. I had a few 3D blue-ray disks but just did not impress me that much

and then wasted the rest

Notes got me over my email checking addiction. Having to use it at work I checked my email twice a day rather than 20 times, since I hated the interface. I guess that made me way more productive in itself. People started using unofficial channels instead such as skype messaging for some communications or just speaking in person.

No, that would be illegal, it's up to you as an individual if you are prepared to work more hours. They cannot legally force you to.

I remember after joining a nameless company here in the UK and filling out all the paperwork. Someone from HR came over to me to explain I had missed filling out a form. I asked which form and they replied the Working Time directive opt out. I explained that 48 hours was more than enough time to do my job and that I had deliberate not signed it. They looked at me confused and then went away. It annoys me when they assume you should fill it it like that though.

I am in the UK and had to give samples for a software job 4 years ago. I lost one hire due to that policy

I originally heard the projected images directly onto your retina, if that is the case I don't know how it would work with eye movements? Very interested to see what is underneath all the hype.

This put a big smile on my face. I do wonder how many people have had a change of heart after the facts came out.

I am not sure the watch is a failure yet but not the best start. I wrote a piece on how much the watch devalues which I find odd how high that figure is https://medium.com/@AndyStannard/apple-watch-depreciation-so...

Thanks for the link, I am glad they are turning it around.

I have little trust in anything from SourceForge, it may look good but it's tainted by being on SourceForge so I wont touch it. Sorry

Refreshing post title! It beats the tired old "10 xxxx books you MUST read, or else" you see all over the place

I loved the demo, thought it was well thought out and impressive. However I would not want to use it on a regular basis and cannot see many people being that interested in purchasing a VR setup. I think VR outside of gaming is limited appeal and only AR will offer any mass appeal as long as it is portable and discrete.

This looks great and with such an early release date it does seem the tech is not far away. Interesting that they are making the batteries and not licensing the tech considering it works with existing manufacturing technologies. I wonder how much extra cost if any for this increased energy density

I remember traveling through Delhi and washing my face afterwards at the hotel. The amount of black sooty dirt that came off was startling!

I wonder what they do with the online training provider lynda which is owned by linkedin? They could use that to push free training for Azure to increase the reach of its services??

They do much better work with use of threads though, so it seems much faster than atom to me with no lockups.

I think this just illustrates the Alpha principle, the interviewer was obviously intimated. This is because they are a Beta interviewing and Alpha. If the interviewer had more imagination and confidence rather than the long pauses it could have been a great learning opportunity!

Yeah very early but the detected the signal in both ATLAS AND CMS but well below the 5 sigma rating currently. I'm excited to see what happens next

It's a shame that apple to be going with a similar but incompatible strategy: http://www.cultofmac.com/401014/apple-now-sells-lightning-he...

Maybe we will get hubs initially where humans make the small journey to their local hub A with a some standardized container load, then the robots take over loading it onto a robot road train as designated by the software for the long haul and another human picks up the consignment from hub B and takes it to the recipient? All the hubs are next to a highway.

That is hilarious, I wonder if crows have a sense of humour, sounds like they like toilet humour?

My company has just won the Queens Award for Innovation here are my reflections on how we innovate

When I was a teenager I found a baby crow that had been attacked by something and was in a bad state. I took it home looked after it for a month or so feeding it on cat food and keeping it in a garage. Maybe not the best move but I was a teenager. It grew up and lived in the wild in the end but would sometime fly down and land on my shoulder as I walked to the shops etc. I would stick it on a post box buy a few things and it would hop back on my shoulder when I came out. Made me feel quite badass ;)

I find Visual Studio Code much better with plugins than Atom. Atom died after installing the Nuclide plugin suite and would not work until I uninstalled those plugins. Code on the other hand runs plugins in a separate thread meaning it does not tend to dies so easily. VS Code rocks!

it was the BBC Micro that got me into programming in the first place. I will be buying one when they become available for general sale as my kids are too young to qualify for the free one. I have just received my Pi Zero though so will be doing some projects on that with the kids in the mean time.

I have a six year old, although this is not homework I do extra tuition with her on maths because she wants to. She bugs me to set her maths questions for her, because she enjoys them. I set them because she enjoys the challenge. I think as long as children enjoy it and don't see it as a choir then its ok. If they resent it though, then that's going damage their love for learning. They need to enjoy learning for learnings sake. Homework needs to be optional, my school also offer alternative pieces of work so the kids can pick one they will enjoy doing the most.