kbaley
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@ Oh I don't watch movies here. Tired of fellow viewers shouting advice to characters on screen.
about 8 hours ago
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in reply to JocelynCrow
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I prefer Skittles to popcorn as a movie theatre snack. They're quieter to eat and hurt more when someone is talking throughout the movie.
about 10 hours ago
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Oh, Mrs. Hillbilly, you sly minx, hiding the Christmas cookies in the cookie jar...
about 13 hours ago
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And another IM conversation with my 10-yo daughter ends with "you oldies really crack me up".
about 16 hours ago
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For both of my Bahamian followers, check out our band's twitter:
about 19 hours ago
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Yeah, I'm going to bed without checking in the day's work. And you know what? I'm still gonna sleep like a baby, hotshot.
6:58 PM Dec 14th
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@ I'd argue it looks more like crappy JavaScript code. Wonder if there was a way we could substitute our own keyword for it...
6:48 PM Dec 14th
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in reply to bsimser
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Serious question for those that argue against var: why do you need to know the exact type of the variable so badly?
6:43 PM Dec 14th
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@ Write a technical book
6:28 PM Dec 14th
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in reply to SteveAndrews
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@ I'd like to think I *am* a real Canadian in that I showed resourcefulness in dealing with the spiteful climate.
6:14 PM Dec 14th
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in reply to grantpalin
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@ To the client, it *looks* like the final 20%. "That's great that you got that done so fast. Just clean it up and ship it"
6:14 PM Dec 14th
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in reply to TimBarcz
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@ I can get the happy scenario done in no time. But what about validation and security checks and jazzing up the UI and...?
6:10 PM Dec 14th
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in reply to TimBarcz
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@ Not so much that estimates are off by 20%, but that we don't account for the amount of time the final 20% of the work will take.
6:10 PM Dec 14th
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in reply to TimBarcz
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@ I assumed application of pareto to software estimates was common knowledge. You don't think so?
6:04 PM Dec 14th
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in reply to TimBarcz
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@ No, I suspect it's ignorance of the Pareto Principle. First 80% gives us a false sense of accomplishment.
5:59 PM Dec 14th
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in reply to TimBarcz
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E.g. if a dev says it'll take 2 hours, it'll really be 1 day. 4 days = 2 weeks. A week = half a month, etc, etc, and so on and so forth
5:55 PM Dec 14th
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Knew a PM with an interesting "realistic" algorithm based on dev estimates: halve the number and go to the next highest time unit.
5:53 PM Dec 14th
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Almost prefer rude CSRs to the overly polite ones that call me sir and sound like they learned their canned responses phonetically.
1:28 PM Dec 14th
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Time to review TeamCity submissions from the last week. First one uses PSake and a custom Git/TC plug-in...
12:43 PM Dec 14th
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Little nippy out but I think I'll have a swim anyway.
11:40 AM Dec 14th
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- Name Kyle Baley
- Location Bahamas
- Web http://www.coding...
- Bio Yes'm, Ah reckon we kin code that up *real* good
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