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The statement about two spaces was a joke. (As clarified in my next line). I try and avoid bowing to peer pressure, so that definitely wouldn't be the reason. And as for readability, I don't find two spaces after a full stop more readable. Indeed, when I see it it interrupts my flow of reading, as I usually stop and ask myself "why the *&*$*#* did they put two spaces in there? I guess the time may come when my eyesight is too poor to spot a single full stop and the extra space will be a visual clue. I'm not there yet.
W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Dumbing down know's no limits. Need I say more?
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Pfft 40, funnily enough SWBMO, who is of English heritage, is a proponent of the post period double space while I didn't hear of it till she started "correcting" my atrocious grammar.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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One space or two?
Isn’t there usually just a huge sigh of relief?
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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I am over 70
Always
1 space after a period
1 space after a comma
For lists
no comma before the "and" for a list.
old school.
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jmaida wrote: no comma before the "and" for a list.
I really love my dogs, software and pizza
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Jon McKee wrote: I really love my dogs, software and pizza
_Why_ would anyone name their dog software? ( naming a dog pizza however -- )
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They aren't
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I don't think this has anything to do with age really but rather, how you learned to type.
My typing class in the 8th grade, was the last one to use a manual typewriter. double space was taught.
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One space only.
Nobody I know in India uses two spaces, regardless of age.
Cheers,
Vikram.
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This has about caused a fight in my house hold on a few occasions. I cannot not type a double space after a period. Herself who is in communications and public relations just about has a cow once every 6 months or so when she sees some memo or something I have typed that has been distributed inside my company. I am trying but I am way past 40 and to be frank I don't care that much.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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I just set my MS-Word to enforce two spaces after the end of a sentence. Even with proportional fonts it makes reading easier.
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Marc Clifton wrote: I'm over 40, lol.
I'm 48, and I've been taught to use double-spaces. It's deeply ingrained into me at this point.
A 63-year old co-worker does NOT, and never misses an opportunity to point out my "mistake".
So, it can't be purely an age thing.
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While we don't technically follow a particular style guide (though I don't believe any style guide has two spaces after a period) for editing on CodeProject, I can't stop myself from removing the second space.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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I am thinking of building a new desktop computer. I have built several before, so I am competent in that respect. I don't play computer games except for solitaire, So I don't need a "Gaming" computer.
I'm looking for recommendations on stuff like Motherboards, CPU, Ram, SSD drives, Optical disk drives, Cases, etc.
I want a minimum of 16GB of ram, and 2TB of SSD. Windows10 Pro OS. Yes, I am part of the Evil Empire, and have been for 45 years or so.
I expect to buy from Newegg or TigerDirect. Any preferences there.
Wear a mask. Think of it as charity to others.
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Slow Eddie wrote: I'm looking for recommendations on stuff like Motherboards, CPU, Ram, SSD drives, Optical disk drives, Cases, etc.
Motherboards: Good idea. It's kinda difficult to wirewrap the CPU & RAM together and glue in a few support chips, so getting someone else to do it makes sense.
CPU & RAM: you are going to need them, yes.
SSD: I use SanDisk 1TB's, and have had no problems with them at all.
Optical drive: Why? Who the heck distributes via SneakerNet these days? What have you got on DVD / CD that actually matters, and should probably be archived (via ISO if necessary) or put online?
Cases: these do help the fans stay in the right place, so I say "yes, get one". Which one? Whatever has a PSU big enough to handle the CPU and graphics card.
Addons: A reasonable (but nowhere near top-of-the-range) graphics card is a good idea: teh drivers work well, and they do speed up Windows - without grabbing a big chunk out of your system RAM. Plus, they support multiple monitors, and that's worth it's weight in gold for development work!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Thanks. I think.
No matter how bad things seem, they usually are worse.
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Thank you. That is helpful.
Can't think of anything pithy to say here.
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Thanks, I'll check it out
Still Can't think of anything pithy to say here.
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I built a new computer about 6 months before the pandemic and I've been very happy with it.
Here's what my build looked like.
I bought everything at our local MicroCenter.
Actually this is the first build, but I had a bad component and returned everything easily to MicroCenter and then bought a slightly different Gigabyte Mainboard that included wifi.
I highly suggest the Gigabyte Mainboards with the built-in m2 drive slots -- very fast.
MainBoard - GIGABYTE B450M DS3H AM4 1 42.99
CPU - Ryzen Chip (6core with threads x2 12 Cores) AMD RYZEN 5 2600X WRAITHS[^] 139.99
16GB RAM - 348201 IPSG 16GB 2X8GB DDR4 3200 KIT 1 77.99
Power supply - 976076 CORSAIR CXM 650W 80+B SM PSU 1 69.99 69.99
Basic Case - 719427 CORSAIR SPEC02 REDSHIFT ATX CASE 1 69.99 69.99
M2 drive - 748939 SAMSUNG E 500GB 970EVO NVME M.2 SSD 1 79.99
GEForce GTX 1660 video card (purchased from a friend )
I ran dual-boot Win10 / Ubuntu until I discovered (after 30 years of Windows use) that I like Ubuntu better now than windows. Now I'm all Ubuntu over there. but I also have a laptop running an R7 and Windows 10.
Good luck
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Very helpful. Why did you go Ryzen instead of Intel? Cost, Performance or both?
Can't think of anything pithy to say here. Either.
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Yes, as they say about Intel...
In the past: Double the price for the same performance.
Now: Double the price for half the performance.
Plus at the time Intel was having problems[^] with that hack that made them turn some options off on their chip which made them slower and AMD doesn't have that issue.
Ryzen was much less $ for actually better performance.
I do a bit of Android Development (and along with that you need a special virtualization feature on the chip to run the Android emulator) and I was a bit worried about that but tested on my son's machine that had Ryzen. It is fantastic and amazing performance.
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Cool Beans. I will check it out.
Thank you.
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