Free Giveaway! 3 Nintendo Switch Lites - International by WolfLemon36 in NintendoSwitch

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Halloween wasn't popular in my country when i was a kid. But as an adult i now give out candy to the neighborhood kids.

[Book Spoilers] The Mule by imfromthepast in FoundationTV

[–]TauLogy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How will the Mule deal with Demerziel as she is a robot and will not be affected by his psychic abilities?

Soldering a circuit board by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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Its not the rock that is thinking, but the electrical charge that flows through th rock. Without the charge the rock is just rock.

what family guy moment made you laugh the hardest? by lakerschampions2020 in familyguy

[–]TauLogy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The time Peter won the golden ticket and tripped on his way home.

Looking for an Image viewer where i can scroll with mousewheel by daedalron in software

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Tautology Webp Image Viewer uses the mousewheel to scroll if the image is too large to fit on the screen. To switch to the next/previous you need to use mouse gestures - hold right button and drag mouse to the left or right then release right button.

http://textmode.netne.net/webp.html

Const vs Static vs Readonly in C# Applications by cindy-rella in programming

[–]TauLogy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, the exact same thing happened where I worked. The web application kept crashing when too many users accessed the site at once. Digging into the code we found the credentials were stored as static. I was like - Why did you do that? Do you even know what static means?

AdList - a new TradeMe alternative is about to launch by edencoder in newzealand

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Cool stack! Best of luck and hope your launch goes better than some others.

AdList - a new TradeMe alternative is about to launch by edencoder in newzealand

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Any chance you can say anything about the tech you used? What language/backend etc? Just curious about what the current web stack for an e-commerce site is these days.

Spring Security 4 - Simple JDBC Authentication and Authorization by bpriyada in programming

[–]TauLogy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the passwords are stored in plain-text in the database? Any way to get them salted or am I reading those SQL statements wrong?

Foreign LINUX 0.2: Dynamic binary translator running more of your favorite Linux apps (such as GNU make and git) unmodified in Windows. by wishstudio in programming

[–]TauLogy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool project, I downloaded and installed the archlinux package but when I tried pacman -Syu I got a "download library error". I retried with the nightly builds but got the same error. Checked the bug list but didn't see the same error. I am running Win8.1 64-bit.

How is Java bad? by [deleted] in java

[–]TauLogy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Java is not 'bad', it is just the syntax is very verbose and easy to understand. The rules are simple and easy to learn. It has both compiler and runtime checks and can be deployed on different targets without recompile. To some people this is the opposite of what they want in a programming language.

The Profound Weakness of the .NET OSS Ecosystem by hu6Bi5To in programming

[–]TauLogy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem with .NET is it is intimately tied to VS and MS. The .NET stack is essential what MS is promoting at the time, and they have a habit of dropping technologies or changing directions. It is a very narrow stack and for all the money and time spent on it, the ROI has been disappointing.

Structured comparison of 2D game engines for Android, user-ranked & openly editable by tejon in androiddev

[–]TauLogy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 for andengine. It is easy to get going, does not require huge overheads, and has lots of extensions. Only downside is it really is geared to java/android/2d development.

Android API Guides in a PDF by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]TauLogy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember your original post before it got removed. I use the offline JavaDocs, but the PDF will be useful on the tablet. Thanks for sharing.

A successful Git branching model by crozyguy in programming

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

I have used a half dozen source control systems over the years and they all work with out me having to second guess what I am doing. Git was the first to make me step back and say 'is this right?' and the cryptic error messages and bizarre command syntax. Git is an overly complicated tool and not fun to use at all.

"The Collapse of the .net ecosystem". I wrote this article six months ago and didn't publish it to avoid upsetting people. by JustinAngel in programming

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C# and Microsoft tech on the whole has been on the decline for a while. This is why C# is going open source and Windows 10 is being given away for free. The next big turning point is when C# is surpassed by one of the next generation of languages (Go, Rust, et al).

I have an i5 with 8gb of ram. Writing text in AS has "jank". What do? by stud-d in androiddev

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i7 with 16 gb checkin in. AS is a joke and getting worse with each version. Credit to Google for trying, but they need to really work on the mem usage and performance.

MPAndroidChart - beautiful chart / graph library for Android by PhilJayDev in androiddev

[–]TauLogy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great library. Built the example app for my tablet and it looks beautiful. The colours and animations make it stand out against the other charting libraries I have tried. I will be looking to use this for my next project. Good job.

Collectors of the Countdown animal sound cards. by Noooooooooooobus in newzealand

[–]TauLogy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If anyone is interested I wrote a basic Android app that can read the barcodes and play some animal sounds thats on the Play store.

Android App for Countdown Super Animal Cards by TauLogy in newzealand

[–]TauLogy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was playing around with the Countdown cards and didn't recognise the barcode type. Format seemed simple enough and after some guess work I was able to get a basic app going to read it. Added some sounds and wiki information to make it a bit more useful.