Posts by HmmmYes

Re: Why not?

Less the cores, bump up the cache size and ARM will fly.

Intel XEONs are 80% caches.

Re: Agreed

You master the syntax which, language depending will take you 6 months (C), never (C++ - moving target).

Then you master where the language fkcups - 5 years.

Then'll you master how other people can fckup an implementation with a language - never.

Then'll you have Zen like lightbulb moment as you realise building any non trivial code base with anything but Makefile/cmdline, where you can archive the build options, build files, tools versions etc etc, is insane. You will then look around he office and see everyone using IDE's where not a single configuraion matches another...

Re: "A cutting edge interior design by the John Frum Partnership..."

Three words: Pot Noodle Thermos

Re: The Mythical Man Month

The Decline and Fall of the American Programmer was down to Yourdon's buttheaded methodology.

They Rised + Recovered once they could choose their own tools.

Needs to a C suite - Programming Executive Officer.

Software's eating must corporate functions anyhow.

Re: "A cutting edge interior design by the John Frum Partnership..."

The food and drink thing always get me.

I sort of expect on tap tea or coffee - Ill make it myself!

But the cool places tend to have pop and muffins. Ive seen one provide fruit.

The days of an office canteen are way over. I only worked in one place, 30 years ago, that had a canteen.

Re: "A cutting edge interior design by the John Frum Partnership..."

The dress comment was down to Branson showing off and being 'wacky!'. People can wear whatever they want.

Apart from Jesus sandals.

Re: Agile makes us cogs

I read a very good article on using Agile for a distributed system.

All the developers ran down the 'happy path' i.e. they got to chose the nice test paths.

They spent 80% of the time doing the easiest 20% of the project, leaving the hard 80% of time/20% of work for another methodology/team.

Re: One rule does not fit all

Once business get beyond doing grunt labour, like digging holes in the road, people and their skills and knowledge become less + less fungible.

Not that most orgs of the last 20 odd years have learned any of that, as I arrive and look at steaming piles of sh1t with noone around to actually do the work.

Re: Agile makes us cogs

Agile is just another word for letting loads of people fuck up development.

he more people you add to a development, the worse i gets. The more idiots and people who are are winging it join, it fucks up more.

About 20 years ago I was at an industry presentation where Ballmer was spouting some crap about NT.

It was a specific sector, so someone put their hand up and asked when a specific protocol was to be supported. Ballmer assured us that MS were working on it and a release was imminent.

20 years down the line and still no sign. I did ask someone I knew in MS. He said they had looked at it but backed away as they did not have the skills. And thats when MS managed to recruit people.

I could be watching Ch5 on demand!

The fact is Im starting to watch less + less telly.

If you up the quality of the stuff you watch then you tend not to bother the crap stuff.

Sadly, I still am paying the license. More habit than anything else.

If the aerial fell off my house then Id not replace and change to all online.

Sadly Netflix gets my money.

I just dont watch enough BBC telly to make the license fee worth my while.

I watch more Ch5 than all the BBC channels.

The kids watch youtube or play on computers.

The only people I know who watch much BBC are my parents. They get a free TV license.

The BBC really has to put its finger out and decide what its going to do.

Id guess its only got around 5 years left.

Re: "read the license"

You make it sound likes its something obvious. Trust me, even in companies, most people do not read the license. They see stuff being avilable for download to free and think the free continues.

As far as not being a layer - Im not. But Im a lot better at reading a contract than the corp lawyers are understanding technology terms and licenses - trust me, Ive spent many hours sat with legal dummies.

But I can scan a contract and anything that jumps out is an immediate red flag. The term 'general purpose computer' is not legal boiler plate. It was put in there for a purpose/trap.