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Most fools are the ones who get attracted by, "Available on GitHub" excerpt. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Kent Sharkey wrote: with first-class access to the Windows API.
Gawd, to people still really do that? I mean, even if you're coding in C++, I would assume that by now you've either developed your own (hopefully sane) wrappers or are using some third party package.
Modern? Riiiight. I'm not going back to last century programming. (ooh, that sounds so old, haha)
Marc
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Actually, this is a wrapper that uses C++ 11 (and upwards) techniques, so is much better than a lot of the older libraries. Further, it is aimed at developing Store apps rather than Win32 apps.
(Which makes it a total waste of time, unless by some miracle the Store takes off in a big way).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Latest critical bug in widely used DNS server underscores its fragility. Look at the Bind we got ourselves into now
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Luckily lone-wolf hackers need the internet as much as we do 
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New versions of Visual Studio have always revealed Microsoft's latest thinking. Visual Studio 2015 clearly shows Microsoft's commitment to cross-platform app dev. They like purple?
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Apparently the message is that they're trying to release half finished products if this is what it says.
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Half finished, untested, whatever. It doesn't really work that well either way!
 Pete
 Microsoft
Unfortunately I'm already working with it...
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I just encountered a completely stupid bug in the compiler that should have been caught.
See the Lounge for more information.
Gawd, I am so hating MS right now. No Upgrade to Win10 for me either.
I will stick with Win8.1 until the kinks are worked out.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Quote: You don’t need to use Microsoft’s own compiler because Visual Studio now also supports the popular, open Clang and LLVM compilers, as well as GCC.
How did I miss this among all the other VS15 announcements? Has anyone benched it's performance on large applications relative to MS's compiler or the OSS ones on *nix platforms? The biggest reason I'm wondering is that I know one of the reasons why FF for Windows lags the Mac/Linux versions is that it builds significantly faster on the other platforms with the natural result that the majority of their dev team works on them.
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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Its only true, at present, for Android apps. Native Windows apps are stuck with the crufty, uncompliant Visual Studio compiler.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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One thing that surprised me was that the code itself was rarely the problem. He occasionally had some comments about the way I wrote or structured the code, but what I clearly had no idea about is testing my code. "You know what happens when you assume."
And yes, obligatory xkcd[^]
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Unlike with earlier Windows releases, Microsoft has now switched to a new update cadence with Windows 10, promising far more frequent improvements and additions to the OS - and the first post-launch update may be just a week away. Or as most people express it, "the real Windows 10 release date"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Or as most people express it, "the real Windows 10 release date"
As usual with MS, today its a beta.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Or as most people express it, "the real Windows 10 release date"
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm calling it 'Patch Tuesday'. 
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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Today, President Obama issued an executive order establishing the National Strategic Computing Intiative — essentially a federal strategy for making sure America leads the field in supercomputers. I guess he'll need a hobby after "retiring"?
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I guess a greater number of H-1B visa's will need to be granted!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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 That's the answer to everything!
TTFN - Kent
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and I thought it was 42?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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42 more H1-Bs, just for asking!
TTFN - Kent
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Will it design the computer that is to come after it? 
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you mean like: When HARLIE Was One[^] ??
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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Bacon Lasers[^]
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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No, if it can't be done with bacon it don't need to be done!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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Your very own personal assistant, a better browser... and something called the Start menu. A very long but good write-up.
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