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There was a lot of fanfare around the upcoming Anniversary Update for Windows 10, including Windows Subsystem for Linux.
However, the planned release date of August 2nd has come and gone, and there seems to be not a sign of the final version.
Anyone heard anything?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Um...it's July 5th today?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ditto. Maybe we should ask for next weeks winning lottery numbers? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Phew I thought I'd missed my birthday then!
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Super Lloyd. We've found where your time machine went. Rob nicked it.
This space for rent
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Is this a post from the future?
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Nope, just a bad August Fool's joke. 
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Call Auntie! We've discovered The Doctor's real name!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Oops. Hangs head in shambolic shame.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Recently I found myself looking through a textbook to find some data time stuff, and I found it somewhat refreshing to go to an index page then turn to a page? Does anybody else find themselves looking over textbooks and manuals for your questions and how to?
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Not since the DOS 5.1 manual. Today, we have MSDN.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Sigh.. 5.0; twas a big fat reference-manual, with complete syntax for each command; over 500 pages. Later versions did not come with a big manual, but with a small booklet, mostly disclaimer.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Nope.
I haven't opened a single paper book since I got my tablet in 2012...
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I take it your read the manuals in their electronic format?
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Yes - or MSDN / Google.
PDF's on the PC can be a pain (they don't like to remember the page you were on, and for a 1000 page book it's not worth adding bookmarks as it takes a while to save) but... they have search facilities which moves them leaps and bounds beyond paper versions.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OG, my biggest complaint with PDFs is that I should be able to link to a specific page when I open one!
This just reminded me, although I do go ahead and use book marks, despite taking time to save them.
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I still use text books for learning new tech, I'll pick up a Wrox book or something and go through it. I know that's terrible old-fashioned of me, I should really find a tech forum and ask "How to get data from user then store data in database then search data and show results then export to pdf?". Learning how to code an entire discipline from a form post is far more efficient, but I just like wasting my time.
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Same here. I buy how-to books when learning something new, although these days I buy them in kindle format as they are a lot lighter. I much prefer hard copy ... but it's much handier to have the book on my phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop.
Learning -- hard copy
Research -- soft copy
Forums can be useful when I'm trying to solve a single problem ... but there's so much chaff that sometimes that isn't easier, either.
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My Kindle is gathering dust. I much prefer a real book.
Having said that, CP, MSDN, stick exchange & Google get most of my attention.
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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My kindle doesn't get a lot of usage any more, either. While it's really handy when in bright light conditions (eInk technology rocks), the processor and memory Amazon puts into Kindles is substandard. I have Kindle software on my PCs, phone, and tablet -- the software is far more functional than kindle units.
I use Calibre (calibre - E-book management[^]) for my library management and reading non-Kindle books, and Aldiko for reading on my phone and tablet.
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Yes, when I can, especially when the the text of more than a couple of paragraphs. Sometimes (OK more than sometimes) I need the searchability of electronic documents. For instance some MCUs have mighty large manuals, that you simply can't thumb through in a reasonable amount of time. Though I do tend to print sections of intererst once I find them.
"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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"Send codez plz" works for me...
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I crack open a book once and a while. Its good to give the ol' eyes a rest from the screen. I also feel that fundamentally its a better approach to build a foundation of knowledge on a development topic, as opposed to just binging your way around from the get go.
I have also been known to visit the local library on occasion. 
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Depending on the layout I generally find it easier to read the "Book form" rather than Digital.
It would be nice If i could afford both the Digital and The book form.
You can print just some pages better with the digital form and do a string search for the exact term you are looking for.
Some of the layouts are just better in the book form and easier for me to follow.
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