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Well, you need 2013 to develop Windows Store app for Windows 8.1 (me think)
Other than that VS2013 has better TypeScript support!
That's what is relevant to me and make it needed! 
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Irrelephant to me. At work we use 2012 for its improved SSIS tools (SSDT). I use 2010 at home (when I use VS at all).
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For the first time "password" has been knocked off the number one slot of the list of worst passwords. This doesn’t mean people are getting more security minded, however, as it's been replaced by the equally obvious "123456". Special hint: 123457 is really secure!
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OMG, 'sunshine' is #19. I think somebody hacked the CodeProject password database. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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SoMad wrote: OMG
I still don't like that abbreviation  . Somewhat sounds like a sassy Teeny calling her BFF. 
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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So you are more of a  kind of guy. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I just hear hysteric girl screams whenever someone says the said word out loud.
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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I wonder where they are getting these lists of passwords from to do this analysis?
Don't comment your code - it was hard to write, it should be hard to read!
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From the fine article:
Quote: SplashData compiles the list from files containing stolen passwords posted online during the previous year.
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TTFN - Kent
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 Maybe that'll teach me to not read the article thoroughly
Don't comment your code - it was hard to write, it should be hard to read!
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 No worries. It's like that bug that you can't see, but someone across the room can point out in your code. Our brains skip stuff.
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Don't be misled by tech industry figures deleting all their unread emails: at best it's a temporary solution to "email overload". The real answer is to change the way you process email. Triage, process, remove. Happiness.
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You missed "Ignore". When it comes to email, ignorance is bliss...
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Pleasurable, but they'll still be there. Waiting for you. Still unpleasant. Like the vapours left in the elevator after lunch.
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Quote: Google has added a filtering system to Gmail that automatically sorts email under different tabs. As well as the Primary inbox, you can select Social, Promotions, Updates, and Forums. These should help people who can't be bothered to set up their own filters, though I have not found them accurate enough to be useful. The settings are under Settings and then Inbox.
The only one I'm currently using is promotions which had an initial ~90% alignment with my existing marketing label; after about 2 weeks of dragging messages that it put in the wrong spot around and clicking always-do-this I was able to delete 9(?) label rules that were previously being used to filter that clutter away for mass mark-read's when I'm not looking to buy any bits of tech gear. I haven't used any of the others because they don't line up well with my existing filter categories, and between them they have my inbox reasonably well controlled.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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We announce stuff all the time, but it's hard to keep up with what's important, what you need to know, and stuff you should start paying attention to because it's going to be a big deal really soon. So here's my quick summary of the important things that happened in 2013 and what I think it suggests we watch for in 2014. A few <%%>, a couple of <%@ %>, and more
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The war for programming talent is full bore. Here's how to hire the best coders when competing with the big boys. Bonus #8: Able to win at musical chairs is not a good selection criterion
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#9 - Bonus...
It's funny how Dan Tynan does not count the issue of payment as a important factor of hiring...
I saw a lot of places where asked for the stars from haven, but only willing to pay peanuts...
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True, but he is writing it from the company's perspective, so peanuts would be beneficial in his mind.
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Let me argue with that - willing to pay peanuts only can seriously harm the company's hiring plans...
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No, I hear you: I just don't think that the idea of getting decent developers on crappy salary is front of mind for most companies. It *should* be, but "maximizing shareholder return" and all that.
There was an item a week or so back that I chose not to put in the newsletter where a company executive had said a salary was, "Good enough for a {fill in country of origin}." If a company could get away with paying devs minimum wage, I think they'd try. It's not in their best interest by any means, but I do think they'd try.
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Microsoft’s 12-year-old Windows XP operating system powers 95 percent of the world’s automated teller machines, according to NCR, the largest ATM supplier in the US. While the idea of Windows powering ATMs may surprise consumers, XP runs in the background powering the software that bank customers interact with to withdraw money. They have plenty of time to update them, don't they?
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Interruptions are one of the biggest sources of inefficiency for programmers. Now, to be fair, they’re probably a big source of inefficiency for everyone, but relatively speaking, they’re worse for programmers. Without resorting to your homemade Taser
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I thought to send this link to my manager who interrupts me, he is a source of time wasting for me.
However, I don't think that the PMs who don't understand programming will read this.
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Hehe. Nice tautology there in the quoted text. The offender, of course being "relatively speaking". The word worse already indicates a comparison of one thing to another.
That said, the suggestion offered gave me more than a slight sense of sadism as I laughed maniacally at it.
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