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Because squinting eyes, being forced to type watching every single letter instead of feeling the keys with the hands, not being able to use two hands to do different things (mouse + keyboard) are soooo much convenient. And the carpal syndrome and cervical inflammations that accompanies long session with my tablet are so nice I can't have enough.
Also developement tools have plenty of space in a 7" display, that still forces me to put the whole giant in a bag (very different from a notebook). And the expandibility is great, I mean, you can change graphic board or add new peripherals so easily...
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"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Because I want a computer, not a fondleslab?
But if Apple's software is all written on iPads, that could explain a lot. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Apple has lost their sense of innovation and laser-like focus, and I wish they would stop trying to ride the fraying coattails of Steve and his invincible Reality Distortion Field. Tim just cannot pull it off like Steve.
Deeper than that, Apple product have lost their shine. More and more things no longer "just work". Things break, things go down, things just don't make sense.
A big iPad is nice if you need more screen real estate. A pen? OK, I can see it's use, but Steve is spinning in his grave. However, I'll need a PC because
- I don't like typing on a glass screen. I prefer keyboards
- I don't like staring down at a screen, I like a vertical monitor that doesn't give me osteoarthritis in the neck
- I like plugging in peripherals, like a USB cord to charge my iPhone every single night.
Mainly I need an operating system that's compatible with the apps I use. The Surface Pro is compatible with my laptop and my PC. Is his iPad pro compatible with apps from MacOSX? No they aren't.
Sorry, Apple, but Microsoft is looking way more innovative than you are these days. And that makes me sad. I'm happy for Microsoft - I use their tools 18hrs a day - but I'm sad because they no longer have anyone to chase, to push them, to keep them honest, to keep them up to date.
His whole "The PC is dead" is dumb. PCs have evolved, like dinosaurs into birds. We have a CPU, some RAM, some persistent storage, and a power supply. Whether that's in a box, a laptop, a Surface tablet, or a whopping big iPad makes no difference. They are all still computers. Take the iPad pro and add your smart keyboard, and then your Magic Mouse, and you have a convertible 2-in-1, which was just a laptop, which, really, was just a Kaypro[^]
cheers
Chris Maunder
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(party pooper)
I agree with him, be it an Apple iPad, a Galaxy Tab or a Microsoft Surface, or any other tablet.
Most people do not need a computer.
We are not most people.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Because I need to get away from the computer some times?
Because I like to have access to the innards?
Because I burn DVDs some times?
Because I like having several large HDDs?
Because I like having several big monitors?
Because I need a database server? With no monitor?
Because I like having a KVM switch to switch between systems?
Because my old video camera requires FireWire?
Because I like having 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives available, just because?
Because I like having a MODEM, just because?
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Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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It may be news, but definitely not for us...
Remember? We are those who code! We need blind typing (so keyboard feedback is essential), we need several monitors to gain space for all our tools while developing...Mouse is essential too...And we need a break sometimes...
And not to mention that the cost of the iPad, even without those peripherals, is way too expensive...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Why wasting money in a mobile/tablet device, instead...
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I guess this bodes ill for the Mac product line.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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My only question is, do I build myself a new desktop system, or spend twice as much on a gamer laptop.
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Clickety[^
Quote: Here are the most important subjects for software engineering, with brief explanations:
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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These are all good things to know and practice - but author knows nothing of them...
4. Really? Since when software developers design critical algorithms? They are implementing them...
5. Happy wasn't eating/drinking while reading... Simply ridiculous...
7. Which of the thousands?
8. But, what if you write OS independent application (web)?
15. ?!?!? The idea is important, but what Hibernate has to do with my project?
18. We all do 90% of local-targeted projects...
20. Why the list that sort...
I can't help, but the feeling is that the author did a nice cut-and-paste job from all over the web without the tiniest clue what all this about...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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There is no one definitive list and no list is ever going to satisfy everyone, and everyone will have things they think are irrelevant or missing. It's just a high level list of useful items from one author's perspective. Everyone's list would be different.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Exactly! So if you (not you, btu the author) are talking about useful items at the global level, than stay at the global level!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Dominic Burford wrote: and no list is ever going to satisfy everyone
Doesn't need to; but if we take all list from CP and average them, you would see that there are a few items that keep coming back, on which we could reach consensus.
Dominic Burford wrote: Everyone's list would be different.
Then why is he presenting them as if everyone should know his list?
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4. Big-O is extremely important if you want performant code.
5. UML is important if you want to write code from a specification / design
7. A general appreciation and understanding of what they are firstly, then you can deep dive into the many that are available
8. If writing OS agnostic software then fair point
15. ORMs are widely used and an appreciation and understanding of them can be beneficial (but not to all projects as you point out)
18. An important factor when developing multi-language applications
20. A longer list would have simply created more controversy 
As I said, we can debate the merits of any such list. My own list would be different too.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Dominic Burford wrote: 4. Big-O is extremely important if you want performant code.
Not really. Big-O makes a host of assumptions, which may or may not be applicable in an actual application with an actual data set.
I once had a huge argument with an engineer who insisted I replace a Trie algorithm with a BTree. On paper, he was right about insertions, but never understood that we were guaranteed to get the data set already sorted, the data set had to be replaced only twice a day at most and in actual testing the Trie was almost a magnitude faster on lookups. On top of that, the trie code was less than 30 lines of code and absurdly easy to understand.
Recently, I replaced one type of (std) dictionary to another; Big-O "promised" at least double the performance, it never came close to delivering (even when I tried to cheat the benchmarks!)
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Big-O gives you an estimate of the complexity of any given algorithm given its input size. How well the algorithm performs on real data may be different to this estimate.
But that's exactly what Big-O is used for, to give initial estimates which then need to be tested with real data sets.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Quote: Really? Since when software developers design critical algorithms? They are implementing them...
Since always?
The fact that many developers actually are just a little more than overpaid office workers tasked with menial developing tasks is out of the scope.
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If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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So Google's search algorithms was designed by developers? Come on! You should know better...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Big O notation actually is important in the same way that design patterns are important. It gives you a common language. When I'm in a code review and I say "You should use a Hashset, not a List right there" and the other guy asks "Why?", I'll tell him in big O notation.
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Yes, actually it was and is. Of course, there's a difference between a mere coder and a developer. But I don't know any of the former who last very long on the job.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I like how their explanation of big O is completely wrong.
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What is the correct explanation, IYHO? Sincere question.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Big O notation characterizes functions according to their growth rates. It can be used to classify algorithms according to how they scale with changes in input size, but that (famously) does not predict the actual performance of a real implementation on realistic (or even worst case) input.
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