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dandy72 wrote: ,,,tickets to some Taylor Swift show.
That's just plain insulting.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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That's what got me annoyed enough to relay the story. 
Otherwise I would've just clicked Delete and carried on my merry way, as I do for every other spam I get.
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My thought is that it boils down to economics. Your ISP is, for obvious reasons in the current economy, reluctant to raise the price of their core services. However, the cost of doing business is rising and they need to at least break even, even though their investors would prefer to see a profit. Letting advertisers to allow them to solicit their customers is an easy revenue stream, allowing them to hold the line on prices.
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Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now.
© 2009, Rex Hammock
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Jalapeno Bob wrote: reluctant to raise the price of their core services
That's some wicked sense of humor you have there.
Jalapeno Bob wrote: the cost of doing business is rising and they need to at least break even
I just googled my ISP's reported yearly profits for the last couple of years. Not income, profits.
2023 - $2.04 B
2022 - $1.68 B
2021 - $1.55 B
2020 - $1.42 B
2019 - $2.04 B
2018 - $2.78 B
2017 - $2.00 B
2016 - $0.84 B
That's in billions of dollars, Canadian. The cost of business is going up, but so are their profits. Clearly they've had better years, but they've still been on an increase since 2021. I'm not too worried about them "breaking even".
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[sarcasm] Nothing like a little greed....
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Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now.
© 2009, Rex Hammock
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OK everyone,
first of all, sorry for the flakey site for the last day or so.
We tried to change something on the SQL server, and doing so magically changed a configuration parameter which hobbled the server.
After much head-meets-desk debugging, we tracked it down.
I'll be monitoring, but I think its good now.
🤞
see my signature 😂
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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To err is human; to really screw up requires a computer. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Old computer saying which is still true!
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I'm still getting quite a bit of lag intermittently when it goes to load a page. Not so long it times out, but long enough that my fiber connected, spoiled self gets impatient.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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honey the codewitch wrote: my fiber connected, spoiled self gets impatient
I'm convinced we won't develop FTL communications until enough folks living in orbital habitats bitch and moan about speed-of-light lag.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I'm just doing my part. 
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Wait, you tweaked the PRODUCTION server? CloudStrike is hiring.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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As the title eludes, I am NOT asking programming question, I like an evaluation / opinion of the tool and or suggestion for alternative. ( My on the fly, uncalled for "update " of ...expletive deleted ... web browser locked-up after opening 26 (!) windows on boot, so I did not finish download of " Understand" )
Cheers
EDIT
Got it loaded only to find out it requires additional resources for Ubuntu...
Asking Mrs Google for alternative...
-- modified 7-Aug-24 12:47pm.
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I believe he is soliciting opinions on the following tool:
[Understand^]
I borked the link. Use Jeron1's below if you're interested.
modified 7-Aug-24 12:35pm.
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Your link currently points to the original message.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Yes I saw that. Not sure what went wrong. I've been unable to remedy it as yet.
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Understand: The Software Developer's Multi-Tool[^] Is this what you meant?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I'm glad that wasn't just me. I thought my brain had frozen.
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see my other message, but I completely agree with you. If a company hides their prices behind an email or phone wall, there's your sign.
It's a decent tool, but way, way, way too expensive for a code editor. Once you understand the code base you inherited, it's largely a convenience and cannot justify the rental cost.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: If a company hides their prices behind an email or phone wall, there's your sign.
A salesguy I used to work with operated that way. When a potential customer called up to inquire about the price of the software we were selling, he would respond by asking "what's your budget"...
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We have it at work but I don't use it at all. We develop on microcontrollers so we need to use the appropriate suites for compiling, managing the targets and debugging (uVision, STM...) and my coworkers use Understand to have a decent code editor.
I have a lot more experience with VS + VisualAssist though so I use those, it really looks like the functionalities are the same for a lower price point.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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I *had* used this tool for years. I came across it when I was trying to comprehend a rather large base of FORTRAN. It was the *only* tool that actually understood FORTRAN. So, I plopped my $400 down for a PERPETUAL license. Mind you, I am a single/dual person development company, so I have to spend my money wisely.
It does an excellent job, has good support, and the butterfly reports are amazing.
Then it went evil. If I wanted to continue to use it, it was $xxx/year for "support." Then it went utter evil - something like $2k/year for an annual subscription. If you have deep pockets, it's a good tool. I told them to pound sand.
Two keys for me: 1) if you sell me a license to use your software, don't elephant with me for more and more money. 2) There are cheaper alternatives out there (some may be free) if you are working with C or C++.
After thought: had I been thinking long term, I would have generated all of the reports and butterfly diagrams ahead of time. My bad.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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