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Anyone who built software for a while knows that estimating how long something is going to take is hard. {Stuff} happens
Or put a better way (because there's an xkcd for everything): xkcd: Estimating Time[^]
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My latest: I knew this section would be asynchronous, but not this asynchronous.
Or, after demoing the latest:
"Why isn't it spinning?"
"What are you talking about?"
"This is supposed to spin."
"Since when? It didn't in the reference video."
"Well, it was supposed to."
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Mostly because users want one button to press that does everything for them. To them they think all they asked for was one simple button, how hard can that be, but we have to code that one button to do every task in the right order, and make sure they don't press it at the wrong time or place to save them from themselves.
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OK, you seriously need to study UX before you even touch a keyboard to write code again.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Implementing all the code for pressing one button is often no big thing but they usually don't tell that it needs to different things depending on a whole bunch of factors.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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It's an easy enough process, why do people struggle with it?
PHB: How long would it take you to run an export from system X to system Y.
Dev: No idea. System Y is a 3rd party thing, what data does it require from System X?
PHB: Not sure exactly. How long will it take you?
Dev: I don't know what the task is!
PHB: Yes, you do. We want to send data from System X to System Y. How long will it take you?
Dev: Yes, but what data?
PHB: Look, it's a perfectly simple question - how long?
Dev: What data do they want? What format do they want it in? Does System Y have an API?
PHB: No idea, what difference does it make?
Dev: Quite a bit, really ... supposing we just want to throw a smidgeon of data at a well-documented API, then not very long at all but if ...
PHB: "Not very long at all", eh? Brilliant, I'll put it down as a day.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Quote: However, different tasks may have different uncertainties around 0. We can model this by varying the σ parameter which corresponds to the standard deviation of the normal distribution
So all he did is move the uncertainty of project estimation into the σ parameter, leaving one to still having to estimate σ.
That's helpful. 
This should go into the book "How to Lie with Stastics."
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I don't need someone else to generate stats that show why software takes longer to develop tahn estimated. I have 'sperience...
0) Lower than required skillset of devs
1) "Urget" requirement changes.
2) Devs that either have to make stuff up as they go, or have to wait for clarification because the requirement docs are crap.
3) Sales people insisting on "insignificant changes" to match new user stories.
4) Managers with no real software dev experience trying to "make their mark" on the project.
5) Someone in management fires all the local devs and outsources to a near-east country because "those guys will work for less", while completely ignoring the time/language barrier, not to mention the general (and PROVEN) lack of quality code they get in return.
6) Sh*t happens.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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A novel technique developed by MIT researchers rethinks hardware data compression to free up more memory used by computers and mobile devices, allowing them to run faster and perform more tasks simultaneously. Honey, I shrunk the heap
Compress data, and cache the decompressed. I wonder why no one thought of that before :eyeroll:
I think Chrome does exactly the opposite.
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You've already ripped it to shreds, so I'll just sit back and enjoy it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It’s a good indicator that TESS will be able to locate other small planets. Just 53 short light years away. Let's pop over!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Just 53 short light years away. Let's pop over! photons a minute, but we can tell you what every alien on the planet is eating for lunch!
It's so ridiculous that you couldn't make it up.
But they did, anyway.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/mark-zuckerberg-leveraged-facebook-user-data-fight-rivals-help-friends-n994706
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Message Closed
modified 16-Apr-19 13:43pm.
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Re-post dammit!
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Posting a clickable link is not rocket surgery. At least to most people it isn't but you seem to have difficulty with it since I have lost count of how many clickable links I have posted in reply to your posts.
Here's a hint : right above this edit window there is an option labeled "link." Select the text of your URL and click link.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Yes, that would be a clickable link.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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An exploit has been discovered that could allow ad blocking filter list maintainers for the Adblock Plus, AdBlock, and uBlocker browser extensions to create filters that inject remote scripts into web sites. So don't forget to add the exploit to the blocked list?
Pretty roundabout (more than usual for one of these "exploits"), but possibly worth noting.
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One word - hosts file.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Yeah, I just wish I could put one on my iPad. I get reminded of all the ads out there when I'm trying to find news items using it.
TTFN - Kent
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All I have on my iPad is wireless, and everythign goes through my Raspberry Pi DNS servers. No ads. 
My wife has even mentioned it - "I get all kinds of ads on my iPad when I'm not at home. What's different?"
I just smile, and wink...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Sounds like I have a project in my future. Thank you!  ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
TTFN - Kent
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BTW, my Pi's are running an app called "PiHole".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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My only complaint about the Pi's is that they used USB power connectors, which are notoriously easy to accidentallly unplug. It would be much better if they used a barrel plug. Maybe they'll change to that with the Pi 4.
Oh yeah, one other thing - get a 16-32gb USB 3.n thumb drive to boot from. SD cards are really easy to corrupt, and it takes longer to boot from them than from a USB thumb drive.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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