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..spanning multiple days, not 24 hours straight.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Thanks - that makes sense of it all.
In the UK an exam would be generally considered as one sitting.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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AndyInUK wrote: How on earth can anyone say it can be done in 3hrs.
Doing something fast does not mean doing something well.
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The toughest exams I had to take were the written PhD qualifying exams. 3 exams, 4 hours each, spread over 3 days. That's still only 12 hours total.
That must have been one hard exam!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Be glad it wasn't a proctological exam. 
"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
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I've just seen Microsoft release new firmware for the Surface 2 Pro.
Reading the release notes - once again they have fixed issues with power management and resume from suspend.
Hopefully this time they will have sorted out all the weird crashes I've had to put up with.
It's probably our last change, with the 3 being announced recently.
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I see it sometimes with my Surface Pro 2 as well.
Manufacturers cannot seem to get power management right. I have issues with a Dell laptop too. I don't hibernate it, because it returns with the screen looking like it's interlaced on acid (it slowly works its way back to normal after a few hours). I've also talked to other people with different brands that have problems with sleep and hibernate.
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In years past, it's been easy to blame the disconnect between hardware manufactures and Microsoft for power management and other low level hardware issues. Surface is a Microsoft hardware product. (I have no idea how much hey have outsourced it).
Given that one of Apples competitive strengths is complete ownership and optimisation of the hardware/software stack, and that Microsoft entered this hardware space (partly) for this reason, one has to wonder why Surface has so many problems in this area.
It makes me think that all the historical problems have been much more software than hardware.
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NeverJustHere wrote: I've just seen Microsoft release new firmware for the Surface 2 Pro.
[...]
NeverJustHere wrote: It's probably our last change, with the 3 being announced recently.
The Pro 2 is supported April 2018[^]. I was still getting firmware updates for my original (Gen 1) Pro as of earlier this year, and (in this case) it'll continue being supported until July 2017[^].
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Finally we can now use LaTeX in articles[^], questions etc. This would have saved me many hours and hopefully will in the future. I can now write:
$\begin{equation}
e^x = \frac{d^{\infty} 1}{dx^{\infty}} + \cdots + \frac{d^2 1}{dx^2} + \frac{d 1}{dx} + 1 + \int{1} + \int\int{1} + \cdots + \int\cdots\int{1}
\end{equation}$
I hope that it shows up correctly otherwise I'd look like a big moron.  (It didn't  but works in article comments)
End of useful comment...
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Be cool, from this distance you look like a little moron only...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Well, worth a try anyway. 
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I think so too
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: I'd look like a big moron
Can't really tell, you need to upload a profile image first.
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Sorry couldn't resist!
A doctor complains to his colleagues about the sanitary problems at a latex glove factory in Mexico.
"Workers stick their hands in melted latex and then dip their hands in a vat of cooling water to solidify the latex. The glove is then thrown in a finished products box."
His colleagues are disgusted by the lack of care taken in keeping the gloves sanitary.
"That's not all," says the doctor. "You don't even want to know how they make their condoms!"
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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Wait for it....
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I recall seeing a comic strip where there is a small line of code on screen but programmer is thinking a lot of workflow ahead. Then someone comes in and disturbs so he forgets the logic. Anyone knows a link to it? I guess it was Reddit or XKCD.
Here[^].
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You are suffering, aren't you? 
I was looking for that this last week... I was planning to print it with our big format plotter... you know to let them know...
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That is actually a really good idea, and there are several people in the office that need to see this. Now I only need a witty comic against the "hover-over-your-shoulder-for-an-eternity" people...
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Your post interrupted me. Now, where was I??
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Don't worry, that was not that important... now... what were you doing now?
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