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I am C++ programmer. As you may be too. C++ has one big flaw the way I see it, and that is, it is incredibly difficult to learn well and it's very easy to teach badly. I have been …

Because XP probably does everything they need and the upgrade will be reluctant.

I prefer Kevin Mitnicks: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/ranh/106709219/

If you want/need to learn C++, learn C++. Learning C to learn C++ is a really poor idea. There are plenty of people in my office who are like that and they can't see the wood for t…

I echo your list of books. I would add Accelerated C++, at least when they get round to making a C++11/14 version.

Hmmmm. why do you teach arrays before containers? And why is so little if any time spent on the std:: containers (ctrl + f deque returns nothing). The word template is mentioned 3 …

Reaper is a fantastic piece of software!

> Windows 7 Found the issue.

The much prefer the Model M to any other keyboard I've used including Apple keyboards. I do like the old Transparent Apple keyboards (G4 era?) with the nice slab of metal in it to …

I voted C++, but regretfully the truth is probably closer to LaTeX :/

This is pretty much why I don't watch TV or films anymore really. I invest time and all to often it's utter crap.

I don't know what decade you last tried a linux desktop but every distro I have used supports playing from multiple programs concurrently fine.

Having just returned from the USA, I must admit, whilst I strongly dislike like the "car culture" the street were incredibly well sign posted. A pet hate of mine here in the UK are…

100% this is my opinion, I learnt C++ using VS and eclipse; I can't remember when or why but I fairly quickly picked up Vim + compiler and it just felt better suited to native deve…

I don't get what it is and don't want to make a twitter account to find out. Could someone explain what is and why it needs a twitter account.

I found it rather creepy (yet cool) that I could easily read a number plate miles away.

> Now, understand that being average is OK, and pretty awesome too. I disagree, anyone who has the balls to start something new, whether they succeed or not, is far from average.

I don't have firefox and a pdf view won't change that. Your description of Safari matches that of Chromium on Arch Linux.

C++ is a multiparadigm language, all of the styles you mention are extreme bastardisations of the style laid out in books like Accelerated C++, Effective C++, Exceptional C++. Mode…