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I haven't read The Dead but I greatly enjoyed John Houston's film adaptation of it. I also never read Ulysses but the BBC produced a very listenable book at bedtime of it that I ca…

You need to ask what would you have done before condemning the German people. It's easier to believe the "safe" truth even if you have doubts about it than set yourself up for a kn…

You can still get duffers in such jobs as often a candidate is put forward who's agreeable all parties and as such can be the lowest common denominator who won't rock the boat.

I didn't know about that. As I have it set up though, I can hit the windows key and type 'fea' (from Programs and Features) and then enter.

I really wish one of the existing db technologies, Firebird, got a shot in the arm. It has both embedded and server modes which makes it unique as far as I know. Also the database …

One of the first things I do is to pin the control panel and a couple of its icons to start so I can avoid the settings way of getting there.

Very good. I thought I'd have no trouble but did. On windows , where there's loads of room, if you had fake and true to either side of the cards that would be helpful

Stories like this are about the only reason to welcome the rise of China as a counterweight to the USA. Pity it's not the EU instead.

Are we talking about good old fashioned CRUD applications here or is this something different?

Since FSF only has 4800 paying supporters worldwide, does it matter to that many people, globally, as a point of principle.

That is one absolutely beautiful website.

Good channel I found it through my interest in making cider. He made an apple scratter which works fairly well ( https://youtu.be/htT-gZ7ck64?t=147 ) but having done more research …

Develop domain knowledge of the motor car. Ever more outlandish scenarios to enable you to make money from software in an open source way. Well I want to develop software for devic…

All software isn't line of business bespoke jobs for mega corp. Family business sometimes need software specific to their vertical market but can't afford to employ someone for a y…

I've never done any software consulting/contracting but I can see the sense in what you say.

Great software developers deserve to make their fortune too and should be free to do so in a manner that suits both them and their (consenting adult) clients without name-calling f…

I don't think it's really an option for your average software developer to create a car marque as a way of monetizing their software development.

I used to be user of TuneIn radio for a year or two but grew to dislike it with its newer heavier updates that you could not avoid and the pressure to go professional or whatever i…

Earlier you said copyright is unethical and also why should you be paid extra for work you did in the past . Architects have copyright to their work. They do sell the same plans ov…

Manufacturers commonly include software in their products but no one buys a Mercedes for its software.

How could a programmer of great ability ever become wealthy living by your ethics?

They're a device maker then

And there's nothing to stop someone else letting you write all the code and get paid for the bit you charge for, right. In fact they could work full time on that while you have to …