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I still miss Reveal Codes. It was such a fast route to fixing layout problems..

To me it sounds demeaning to speak of people like 'bodies'. For example in my native language (Dutch), it would create associations with dead people. Wouldn't it be the same in Ame…

Sidenote: for those who think it's strange to use the word 'bodies' instead of 'people' (includes me): apparently this originates out of something called Critical Race Theory. An e…

What exactly about the tone is "horrible"? That's a strong word and I did not perceive it that way.

I don't know a lot about the Julian Assange case, but it's obvious that very powerful interests are at play here. This single point ought to be reason enough for journalists to put…

> Writing is an art, not a science. I agree with this, but avoiding writing nonsense is science, and not art. So there definitely is a scientific aspect to writing.

Don't know why you're being downvoted. These all are perfectly reasonable concerns. I've seen many GUI frameworks fail because of a mix of these reasons.

I was writing POS applications in the 90s. And ringing up customers needs speed and responsiveness. Windows was way too slow at the time, that's why POS applications even to this d…

I like to think that most innovation in IT is driven by people being woken up at 3am..

> There are thousands of desktop app developers that never got out of the hobby stage There's so much money out there searching for an investment. It's a shame really.

When I started learning C++, there was't a C++ compiler available for my Atari ST (late 80s), there was only Borland C. So instead I used the C preprocessor to emulate classes, vir…