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Yeah, what you really need is an Excel spreadsheet to stoke the fire. If I read you right, you're getting into developing something then realizing that VS can't cope with the desired interface. That's certainly what always blocked the road ahead for me when I had an idea I wanted to put down then suddenly broke my own nose on the side of MS's head ... because I forgot to put a helmet on.
Excel: Formula cells that resemble hard-coded For/If/EndIf statements. With ease ... then suddenly you've got a windows form with roots of equations displayed.
Ah, 64-bit VS! Eleven years in the making ... icons in six million colors at last!
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I tend to be overly optimistic with my estimates and it has come back to bite me. It's usually the smaller things and polishing that can take a lot of time. Going forward I'm probably just going to double or triple my original estimates.
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"that" task will take 10 minutes.
what I can not currently estiamte for is
- the 5 tasks I forgot that will need doing with it
- the 3 user requests for design changes
- the 4 additional must have requirements you forgot to tell me about
- weather its ToString or toString so adds 20 seconds search and 2 hour rabbit hole reading some blog about why str is better then string and ""+"" should be done with a string builder.
- then come deploy the half day figuring out who I need to contact for permissions to the production server because new policy changes
so yeah, 10 minutes to get "that" one specific thing done.
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I assume from the wording, you've retired. Congratulations, it's pretty great.
If I may, some advice: have something to do. Go ahead and take a month or whatever to just relax, sleep in, etc. Retirement as in "doing nothing all day" sounds good in principle, but doesn't work in real life.
So, after your relaxation period, make sure that you have some ideas of how to keep busy.
It sure is nice not having to listen to a clock or deadlines or anything else. I'm bored with project X? Set it aside for a while, and do something else.
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No, just working from home and it was a small app for work.
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I've written multiple applications (GUI, c/line, popup reminders, etc) to help me handle my numerous and varied personal projects and TODO lists.
Now I've given up and just use Emacs org mode: If there's something out there that is better, I've yet to hear about it.
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Sleeping just 4 hours a night means I'm always up at the wee hours when everyone else is asleep.
I do my best coding then, when the moon is out. No distractions.
Slight breeze, still waters, focused mind. It's like that.
My brain never sleeps but it can be peacefully analytical or frenetically so.
Morning will come when I'm not ready.
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: Sleeping just 4 hours a night
and I thought I was the only one. 
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No, you aren't
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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Who needs eight hours when four is clearly enough. Been like that for years.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I do my best coding then, when the moon is out.
So you do your best work in half-month increments? The moon cycle does not keep it up at the same time every night.
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Yes, I am at that age when I need to get up at the wee hour. 
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I understand that in Paris, they stay out until the oui hours.
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I got in 6 straight hours the other night, oh what joy it was!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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If I don't sleep at least 7 hours I can't code for ****, to work well I should sleep at least 8-9 hours. I worked so well when I was in remote work for COVID.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I simply cannot sleep more than 4 hours at a time. After 4 hours of sleep I am just up.
Sometimes I sneak a nap in.
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: Morning will come when I'm not ready.
Why? Do you turn into stone or into dust when the sun's rays strike you? 
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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@GregUtas
Where's the CCC? 
"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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A quick CCC for whilst you are waiting. I think it is too easy for a real CCC.
After a restless nap, the confused medic finds a global infection (8)
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Pandemic
PS. The answer leapt out at me. I have no idea how to set CCCs so don’t expect me to set one for tomorrow
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You are up tomorrow!
No ... wait a moment ... 
"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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It is Greg Utas’s turn to set the CCC.
In his absence, somebody else jumped in and submitted a pretty easy CCC.
Medic and worldwide infection gave me demic and soon I concluded it has to be pandemic. Add to that confused nap, which gives pan, and I had justification for my solution.
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Yes, but ... you got it.
So if Greg doesn't post in the next hour ... either you or I am up tomorrow, probably.
"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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Well done! I'll leave it to @OriginalGriff to decide what happens tomorrow as you don't want to take it on. I suppose, the honour should stay with @gregutas
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