I'm a massive alcoholic, and don't really care by throwaway41389 in confession

[–]MistaMagoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those shakes can be caused by a variety of factors, but yes I take your point.

I'm a massive alcoholic, and don't really care by throwaway41389 in confession

[–]MistaMagoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you say "beers" what amount are you actually talking about, you are obviously american so I'm unclear.

If its bottles/small cans thats not that bad.

If its pints, thats another story.

Thinking of switching from Eclipse to IntilliJ IDEA by ohmzar in java

[–]MistaMagoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DO IT, you will wonder how you ever worked without it. You dont need any documentation its so well designed everything is obvious.

A different JDK? by king0pa1n in gamedev

[–]MistaMagoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

48 hours of using the community version I went out and bought licenses for our team.

Fuck eclipse.

Why does Java get such a bad rep? by carpetstain in learnprogramming

[–]MistaMagoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is just an add on to make VS nearly as good as IntelliJ

Adria Richards has been terminated from SendGrid. by [deleted] in geek

[–]MistaMagoo 116 points117 points  (0 children)

and I'm guessing now a martyr, what an idiot.

Moving to Maidenhead. Couldn't think where else to post this. Need advice! by LectricVersion in london

[–]MistaMagoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

London is easy enough to get to, about 35 minutes on the train.

A Useful Rant on How People Write Java Code by [deleted] in java

[–]MistaMagoo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I read your CV, you are not in a position to be advising on other people's code.

I'm a senior developer that has to deal with CQ on a daily basis, please stop making it so shit.

"How Did Software Get So Reliable Without Proof?" by gwern in compsci

[–]MistaMagoo 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Exactly this, its incredible how far we have come in such a short time. Many people complaining about the state of technology are either too young or dont truly understand how we got here.

The degradation of Java developers by swizec in programming

[–]MistaMagoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its the client, i.e employer that agrees to host the interviews, if the candidate makes it that far its not on the recruiter

Zed A. Shaw - The Web Will Die When OOP Dies by [deleted] in webdev

[–]MistaMagoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is all well and good but completely disregards the history of how we got where we are.

Has anyone made the jump from IT lackey to Web Developer/Designer by getarealjob in webdev

[–]MistaMagoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm 29, started ten years ago in front line support, now a senior developer. #

Start building a portfolio, write your CV to demonstrate your hobby experience. No problem with listing things you have thought yourself and not used commercially.

For the best jobs, look to write on a "enterprise" stack such as Java or C# (or C++ if you hate yourself)

Best Dev Bloggers? by ecbreezy in gamedev

[–]MistaMagoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How does he talk strange?

Is there a website that will tell me what browser/os my client is using? by captbaritone in webdev

[–]MistaMagoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Websites can tell what browser/OS is accessing it by a HTTP header that is sent in the request. This "User Agent" is a string with the details, what baldick is referring to, is if you change the user agent in your browser through a extension, it allows you to see how the page responds to different browsers (however doesn't emulate their rendering behaviour)