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For me, every estimate is for 3 minutes. Average is probably actually 20-30 mins.
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The guy behind the time estimation just gave up.
[Edit]
If that guy ever gets cancer and asks how long he has left...
(that took a dark turn)
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Hi All,
I am still here! I have not really posted much recently (I have asked the odd question in despartion) but... still like to read the lounge and the Daily email. The last few there has been no selection of conversation, is it still a thing? Daily CCC is back (I think) never made any headway, also I miss Moive Quote of The Day... ah memories. You young whipper snappers get off my lawn! 
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See here The Lounge[^]
and here Bugs and Suggestions[^], for a little taste of what's going on (or not) with the site.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, a kind of odd limbo state, not really knowing anything.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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jeron1 wrote: kind of odd limbo state,
Doctor: The patient isn't breathing.
Nurse: Yeah, a bit of a limbo state, it seems.
Doctor: Limbo-state? Uh, we in the business call that dead. 
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First Dilbert, Now ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif)
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Maybe go back to the pub for a spell.
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After today I am thinking of moving in!
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despartion ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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pkfox wrote: despartion ?
It's that feeling of desperation you get when you realize you've just deleted the wrong partition and you know you have no backup.
(sorry, it's the best I could do on short notice...)
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dandy72 wrote: desperation you get when you realize you've just deleted the wrong partition
Part of my role as the DSJB(*) is to create the Windows system images we install on our industrial PC's. Been there, done that, currently wearing the blood, sweat, and tears-stained T-shirt.
(*) Departmental Sh*t-Job Boy
Software Zen: delete this;
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After eliminating valueless textbooks after graduating college, I made it a point to NOT buy technical books.
Other folks may go to an extreme -- one guy I worked with had a bookcase 8' tall and 12' wide, literally overflowing with technical books. Each time he touched a new technology, he purchased at least 3 new books. When he moved offices, it took him 2 days to move all the books.
Having spent 25+ years as a consultant/contractor, when I needed technical books, I talked the client into buying them. The same conversation was conducted repeatedly with each client: "You know you can't keep the books when your contract ends?"
Yeah, that was actually the idea. I had no idea what the future would bring in terms of technology I would work with, so I'd talk the next client into buying what I need for that contract. Saved me money AND I didn't have to move the books. When I went into a client site for the first time, I carried my briefcase and one bag of "stuff", and when I left, I did the same.
That said, this morning I looked at the bookcase in my home office and wondered what I'd do with the few books I purchased that are LONG outdated. Keeping with my "don't buy" mantra, there's only 5:
Microsoft C Programming for the PC
XML for Dummies
Learn ASP.NET in 21 Days (probably v1)
Professional C# 2008
Professional WordPress (probably v2)
Is there any value in books this old? WordPress is probably 12 yo and it's the youngest. ASP and XML are circa 2000, and C is circa 1990.
I hate to toss them in the landfill but can't figure out a use for them.
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Bequeath them in your will, let your ancestors deal with what to do with them.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: Bequeath them in your will, let your ancestors descendants deal with what to do with them.
FTFY.
I think your ancestors have even less use for your old books than you do. 
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I always get that wrong. Thank you. Thinking like Merlin, aging backwards.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Ok, Benjamin Button. 
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Thanks for the recommendation. While I cannot see any value in these books, someone might.
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I have zero nostalgia with paper books, especially technical books. (with some exceptions)
I moved houses too many times with too many cases of books.
I've recycled most of them and gave a few.
I still have a small bookshelf with 2 dozen dusty books.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Maximilien wrote: I moved houses too many times with too many cases of books.
Yep, moving is what did me in too.
I had some books when I started out, then gradually each time I moved I was like, "Why am I carrying these bricks made of paper all over the world?"
I sold all of them (except a few nostalgia pieces) to Half Price Books and stopped breaking my back. Now I haven't moved for over 6 years & don't intend too.
But I'm much tidier. 
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I've lived in the same house for 30 years ... the thought of moving my paperback books is daunting!
While I don't buy technical books, up until about 10 years ago, I purchased a lot of sci-fi and fantasy books.
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Looking around at the shelf behind me I see a dozen or two such books. I may still have some boxed up after my latest move (five years ago). Some date back to the 80s.
I don't think I've bought a new technical book since around 2010, but I have bought/acquired used ones. For instance, I have a COBOL book someone was giving away a few years back.
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I used to use my C++ Manuals as a doorstop
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