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Just NO!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
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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Chris Maunder wrote: string result = DodgyApi.GetValue*();
What about
string result = DodgyApi.GetValue*(value);
as you don't always want the type default. Not sure how we define my value for reference types, maybe it could use the C# new type { prop1 = val1, ...} paradigm?
Anyway, no, bad idea. I want to fire people who silently swallow exceptions. At least, the code should be logging at some level, "hey, DodgyApi failed, using default value x" so that (in theory) somebody could investigate and make the api somewhat less dodgy.
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Don't use DodgyApi directly.
string result = MyDodgyApiWrapper.GetValue();
Your wrapper can log any exceptions, provide a reasonable default value "Service unavailable. Try back later.", etc.
If a better backend evolves later, just update your wrapper.
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Too much time on your hands?
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cheers
Chris Maunder
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Swallowing excepsions is bad style. If the function throws different exceptions, there may be strong need to react to them differently.
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Hands down, this has to be the most hilarious computer article I’ve seen in a long time. Just look at the number one asked for qualification. If you really want a laugh, read the text of the article, and especially the first of the three big takeaways at the end of the article 
Study of IT job postings on Indeed reveals trends important for all tech professionals[^]
Ya, this was in today's CodeProject daily news.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Awesome!
Customer service is over twice as important as attention to detail. So: it doesn't have to work - you just have to be really good at convincing them that this is normal.
Maybe next time they need to breakdown "IT" into smaller bits that author can chew on. That's like saying "Qualifications mentioned in Construction" and having a list like
- Draftsmanship
- Excavation
- Capital fund raising
- Truck maintenance
- Metallurgy
- Dirt
- Building things
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Quote: Customer service is over twice as important as attention to detail
Sadly, this is true. When I last hired a help desk support person, my manager was adamant that was the main criteria. If they didn't know the answer they could easily pass it to the next level, but a customer would feel good with the good PR and not notice nothing got fixed!
Luckily for me the person I hired had both skills.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Customer service is over twice as important as attention to detail. So: it doesn't have to work - you just have to be really good at convincing them that this is normal.
So what you're saying is I should be focusing on a job in Customer Service.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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You just made me spray beer on the screen.
Yeah...no.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I was saddened to know that my experties in VMWare doesn't count for squat. 
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: was saddened to know that my experties in VMWare doesn't count
Apparently they know about your spelling issues. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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What spelling issues? I have more than one experty.
/ravi
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Sorry to be pedantic, but that one got me
If you're not familiar with programming API interfaces it's time to learn: it's by far the most highly sought skill from Indeed job posters. If you're not familiar with acronyms it' time to learn... or at least look them up 
(yes|no|maybe)*
"Fortunately, we don't need details - because we can't solve it for you." - OriginalGriff
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All I get from that story is that Igloo is looking for PR.
The article is fluff.
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It seems to this mere mortal that Putin's Russia is heading in the direction of the cuddly East Germans.
veni bibi saltavi
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What's weird is that the "normal" Russians seem to be believing everything he says...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Nothing unusual about that. Americans are the same way, only I think stupider. Maybe you should listen to John Mearsheimer on youtube--You would have a much better understanding. As it is you are showing your ignorance. Did you really expect either Russians or Americans or citizens of any country to be any smarter than they were in the past. If Putin was the American president, the American would love him. Americans love the hard stance. All countries love it when they perceive their leader is taking the hard stance. Obama is constantly criticized for not taking the hard stance (even though he really is taking a stupid hard stance).
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You do realise the Americans you see on Jerry Springer are not a true representation of America don't you? Im getting bored of all the yank bashing on cp lately. I don't mind a bit of American or French or Aussie bashing as long as it's humourous. I do agree with the second part of your post though. Outside the states Obama is rated one of the best ever. In the states they see him as one of the worst.
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Certainly cannot prove it by the news I see. Most Americans supported the Invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya. They support the failed War on Drugs. They do not seem to understand that their rage against those the perpetrated 9/11 has the same effect in other countries when you bomb them. They do not realize that they do not really have a democracy, and that democracy nor Representative democracy are far from perfect forms of government. They do not realize that Black Lives Matter comes about because minorities are quite often discriminated against and that this is actually a result of a serious issue with democracy which is the rule of the majority over the minority. They think they are the land of the free when they country only comes in 11th. They blame Putin and Russia for the current crisis when it was American stupidity (American will pound on any major power that attempts to get a toe hold in the Americas), and that really Russia could have been a close and very useful ally to the US. They support Israel unilaterally despite it being one of the most despicable countries in the world with its treatment of the Palestinians (the Zionist Jews also reported to be heavily responsible for the Armenian Genocide). I could go on and on about American arrogance, stupidity, and Crimes Against Humanity.
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If you fill Tupperware with arsenic, does it become a suicide pact lunch?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Of corpse it is!
"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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If you fill Tupperware with that, the whole town can join your party!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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