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A pun.
Butter - one who butts - goat.
Butter - spread (noun or verb!)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It's a double definition, so each word has to clue for the solution independently. "Cheese" makes sense in the pairings "goat cheese" and "cheese spread", but cryptic crosswords don't allow that kind of clue.
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He is clever... he doesn't say anything after it... 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm surprised the 'bro' didn't show up.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Oh ... wow.
I saw the site and thought "There is a developer who really cares about function, not form." Could be good!
Then I followed a few links. And I thought "There is a developer who really doesn't care about presentation." The function could be really good!
So I looked at a few documents. "Or documentation". 
Then I lost the will to live.
Have you considered updating your resumé?
"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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4C came about in 1986 when Dennis Noon and Kevin English decided that they needed a better tool for writing business applications. Machines were getting more powerful and customers were demanding more features. After searching and trying multiple tools that promised to solve this problem, they found that they kept running into the "Brick Wall Syndrome." Some of the tools were easy to use and easy to write simple programs with. Unfortunately none of them made the real hard problems easier.
So, command line switches for the entire toolchain it is, then!
In fact with some of the tools, you just couldn't write complicated programs at all.
Guess they haven't kept up with the times. They should try honey's template metaprogramming!
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In the history page the DNA something that uses that software/framework/whatever it is says "Programs are 90% self-documenting" so I guess you don't need documentation. Unless you need the missing 10% to solve your problem.
Honestly, some of their other pages scary me more than missing documentation.
Quote: Security - Updated 19 November 2013
Known and Fixed Bugs - Updated 26 June 2009
The lack of bugs I can concede that they are brilliant at their jobs. But the last security update seems outdated. A lot has happen security wise since 2013.
I agree with you. That site is depressing. Somebody hide all the knives 
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It doesn't even show the slightest prospect of beginning well!
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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One of the most profound examples of NIH(*) syndrome I've ever seen.
(*) Not invented here
Software Zen: delete this;
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And this software is allegedly used by some companies in higher-risk business areas...
Some 4C Application Developers
> DNA Data Systems is the premier medical software provider in Southern California.
> Forte' Data Systems Provides technology solutions to insurance companies and automobile claim centers that allow them to verify part prices on claims and process sales more efficiently.
> Trafxs Expert Systems Develops, installs, and maintains integrated software applications for the petroleum industry.
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However, proponents of cryptocurrency say owning the NFT carries clout and bragging rights - and that simply right-clicking and saving an image is not the same
It is to me. I personally put as much value on a copy of the Mona Lisa as the original--and vice versa (what would I do with that thing?) Being able to prove you "own" the original is just that, a bragging right.
And given that anything digital can be copied infinitely and you end up with the exact same sequence of bits makes it all even less worthy of anything, IMO. The quicker the whole concept of NFT can be ended, the better.
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I'm so far ahead of the curve at work that I'm already done with work for this week. Anything else I do is just me getting ahead - and I'm already way ahead.
My client is thrilled with the new screens. I'm just waiting on some level shifters to get here before I can test some things, and then waiting on the prototype board to be finished being laid out and fabbed.
It has been a good week so far, and it's only monday. I may have time to write another CP article after all.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Stop being a wimp and just hook everything up to the same voltage source, then increase the voltage until it is all running. A bit of smoke never harmed anyone,and waiting for level shifters is just a bad excuse.
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Actually I already did that (minus increasing the voltage) but my I2C bus kept collapsing and kicking my flow meter offline.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Clearly a case of too low voltage!
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Swing the chicken the other way.
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Why does that sound dirty? 
Software Zen: delete this;
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And it is a training excercise, setting expectations, your client will now expect such performance every time. I am of the belief that you should only exceed expectations by a minimal amount then when you hit a nasty you have some leeway.
After 14 years with the one manager I eventually had to ignore his deadlines as they were too unrealistic. A manager/client will ALWAYS take advantage of excessive deliverables, it is their job!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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This client is an electrical engineer, and we collectively are developing a product for another party.
He's very reasonable, and my pace has consistently been really good because I always give myself lots of padding. I estimate what it takes a typical developer because frankly, I don't know how else to estimate myself, but I also consistently and profoundly outperform my estimates.
That said, I've been clear with my client that my estimates are what they are based on experience. He seems to respect that. And we're not under collective pressure because the end end client doesn't have much in the way of deadlines - they just want to see progress, and that's easy.
Real programmers use butterflies
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