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I just had this thought about how I went about starting programming. I was 12 or 13, roughly half my current age when I picked up a good old read: learn VB6 in 21 days. Didn't finish it and messed around a bit.
But it didn't really teach programming, the thinking needed only just a small guide on how to use a tool. A few years later I started reading books about c++. A lot of theory but again not much in the way on how to think about programming but I did create a few programs but not much that helped really. Another year or so not really getting anywhere before I started at University.
This helped me immensely but its just after University I really gotten to learn. Working on real world programs and applications. University did give a few good experiences but mostly a framework about subjects which I've later started researching as needed.
Two years after university and I finally started on work related to my studies and now a few years after I realise that those were fairly in efficient years. A lot because I didn't take it too seriously and lack of motivation but also because I'm not one to study things inside out just because of a course.
It's mostly because of real world problems and then articles here on code project I found the motivation to really get in to learning and becoming better.
My point? A big thanks to CP and all writers and members and a better understanding of how to motivate myself.
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It is good you find your motivation at CP, however self motivation is very important in the constantly evolving world of software development... You should work on that 
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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I find the constantly evolving world of software development more demotivating than ever. At the moment they are busy reinventing that kind of junk we got rid of 30 years ago. That gives me about 30 years time for a little break while those fools are condemned to repeat past mistakes.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
-- George Santayana
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Growing up in Canada, there are two post-secondary education systems: community college or university.
In the words of a university professor, "If you go to college, you are nothing but a pair of hands". You won't be the manager, you'll be the worker.
Well, I chose community college where I learned real life programming; we worked on applications for businesses in town.
My friends that went to university graduated with a degree, but were lacking on actual programming skills. They understand theory, but not application.
So... more than 30 years after graduating, I truly enjoy my job - and being a pair of hands.
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Member 11683251 wrote: VB6
Now I really feel old. 
One of these[^], with a subscription to this[^], was how I got started.
VB6 came out shortly after I'd finished University and started work.
"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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I'm old :/
I started learning back in late '84, but don't remember the name of the first reference book I used on my old Atari 800XL...
Got this one later: The IBM Basic Handbook[^]
And it's still on my bookshelf... Ah, nostalgia...
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Good Ghu, you poor bastard, you have my sincerest sympathies, not being able to enjoy food (and I presume wine) must be ... words fail me.
25% of your daily requirement, 4 bottles a day. 1 case = 3 days!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Thanks, it does suck! 
Yeah this version is quite bulky, I will have to order 5 box at a time I guess.... (if it works for me!)
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$49! 
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$49 for 3 days of food (all meal included), i.e. ~$17 per day, ~ $6 per meal.
As far as I am concerned it's cheaper than my current costs! 
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This is Soylent white (not green), phew, saved! 
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Soylent was only people in the film - in the original book (Make Room, Make Room by Harry Harrison), Soylent was a mixture of soya and lentil (hence the name) and IIRC Soylent Green had algae added which gave it its colour.
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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No help. I saw many.
There is no cure for food intolerances.
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Not what I meant.
Did you discuss with your doctor your planned dietary considerations (the all in one super-drink)? I would be very careful. I'm sure you are, but felt like mentioning it, anyhow.
Good luck.
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Oh, that! ok 
Well I trust that soylent cover all bases.
And if it doesn't I trust that problems won't come dire and suddenly but will start with cramps, craving and other weird sensation which are, I believe, a good indicators of incomplete diet.
I paid a lot of attention to those signs, I have to! 
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Anyone know of a good, FREE C# secure FTP class?
I found some here and on CodePlex but they're all lacking in some ways. Just wondering if an CP'ers know of a good class.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Thanks. Will take a look
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Yes, just used that here. Works well.
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Wow, I just downloaded the source. There's a whole bunch of source files. This seems WAY too complicated.
I'll spend some time looking at it, but I'm turned off already.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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