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For me it was:
Sept 2010: I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
Jan 2011: Read about design patterns and SOLID.
Feb 2011: I AM A GOD!
I now wield a +5 magical keyboard and a mouse that has automatic protection from evil management bugs 
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So a German, an Englishman and an Irishman were all in Saudi Arabia, sharing a smuggled crate of booze when they were arrested bySaudi police. The mere possession of alcohol is a severe offence in Saudi Arabia, so they are all sentenced to death!
However, after many months and with the help of very good lawyers, they were able to
appeal their sentences down to 20 lashes each of the whip.
As they were preparing for their punishment, the Sheikh announced: “As it is my first wife’s birthday today, she has asked me to allow each of you one wish before your whipping.”
The German was first in line; after thinking for a bit he said, “Please tie a pillow to my back.” This was done, but after only 10 lashes the whip had shredded the pillow. When
the punishment was done the German had to be carried away bleeding and crying in pain.
The Englishman was next up. After watching the German in horror he asked, “Please tie two pillows to my back.” This time it took 15 lashes, but once again the pillows were shredded, and the Englishman was led away bleeding and whimpering in pain.
The Irishman was the last one up, but before he could say anything, the Sheikh turned to him and said: “You are from the most beautiful part of the world I have ever seen. Because of this, you may have two wishes!”
“Thank you, your Most Royal and Merciful highness,” the Irishman replied. “In recognition of your kindness, my first wish is that you give me not 20, but 100 lashes.”
“Not only are you an honorable man from a beautiful island, you are also very brave,” the Sheikh said with admiration. “If 100 lashes is what you desire, then so be it. And your second wish?”
And the Irishman said, “Tie the Englishman to my back.”
Real programmers use butterflies
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True story!  
Though one could ask.. were they really drinking together, hey?! 
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And I thought that Irish were also English.
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Go to Ireland, stand in a pub, and declare that!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I heard from this American who returned from a visit to Cardiff with a swollen left eye. How did it happen? Well, he had been to this pub, where he had been chatting with these three girls, and asked them something like "Are you local English girls, from around here?" The girls sneered back: "That is Wales, you ignorant fool!" So he told them he was sorry, and rephrased his question: "I am so sorry! So, are you three whales from around here?"
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Our geography textbooks taught us only one thing - the British Isles.
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I can imagine. Our geography text books teach us way to little on India. (or the rest of the world for that matter)
When I was studying we got an Indian exchange student at my student home.
Our discussion on more or less anything was quite an eye opener for exactly how much that was missing from our mutual knowledge.
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Don't let them hear you say that!
Real programmers use butterflies
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Monday[^] is shiny and looks so cool, and at first blush it seemed so much better than JIRA. Well, frankly, anything is better than JIRA, so it still wins that.
But the shiny is starting to wear off, mainly because the UX is awkward. They could make things either a bit more obvious, a bit easier to do, or even possible to do. My current peeve is that once I create a filter, I can't edit the filter name. WTF?
Still, some aspects of the UX are freaking awesome - fast and responsive, search is great, filtering is great, and the UI is clean.
Now, on the positive side, they are making constant improvements, like adding sub-items. Of course, I look at something like Monday and I wonder, how could you go to production and have a useful tool without supporting sub-items? It's a mystery to me.
Still, I feel a bit embarrassed. The glitter and makeup fooled me.  
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Marc Clifton wrote: The glitter and makeup fooled me.
I tested it out for the same reason. I can't remember specifically what it was, but there were several basic things that it could not do so we don't use it. More hype than substance from what I could tell.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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(No comment on the product itself...)
While it's a great domain name, given that nobody likes Mondays...does that make a good product name...? 
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dandy72 wrote: given that nobody likes Mondays
Actually - I find the first 5 days after the weekend to be the toughest to get through.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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The man's got a point. 
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I once tried ossum - Plan, code, and launch your next great product.[^]
Nice product, flexible Kanban and integration with Jenkins, Bamboo and TeamCity (missing Azure DevOps).
The thing is, you're expecting functionality of Azure DevOps or JIRA, but this is a startup who doesn't have the budget, user base, or people a Microsoft or Atlassian has.
They're improving, and getting there, but not at the same pace.
They're also trying to be something different, more lightweight and flexible in the case of ossum.
While I liked the product I'm still using Azure DevOps
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Are iPhone chargers really just Apple Juice?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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hmm apple juice? reasonable.
now makes me wonder what the androids are sucking on?
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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Alphabet soup?
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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Alphabet soup could be what will be left once the US antitrust crowd finishes its work.
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Electric sheep.
Explains why they dream of them[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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OriginalGriff wrote: Electric sheep.
Only in Wales...
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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and are they powered by Fans?
Monday starts Diarrhea awareness week, runs until Friday!
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