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Comment · 8 years ago
I had been working on a really cool map viewer tool for Windows 3.1. It had a C backend doing the rendering and map file parsing (Intergraph design files, PITA to parse), and a VB3 UI. It was a huge improvement on existing tools for viewing IGDS files at the time. I saw it demo'd on stage at a MS dev conference in front of Steve Balmer. Basically peak of my career. In 1994. After that I quit the job, for no good reason. Moved across the country, and did next to nothing for a couple years. And I regret that decision every day since.
Comment · 8 years ago
Ah. Didn’t know that
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
But has he had a chance to breed? Don’t want that line continuing....
Comment · 9 years ago
One data point: As a Canadian, I rarely have cash in my pocket. I can go months at a time without handling cash. Mainly I encounter it these days when I buy & sell stuff privately (via Used.ca or Facebook or whatever). Otherwise I basically use Visa/Apple Pay for everything.
Comment · 9 years ago
Cool cards. What's not cool is $50 shipping on $5 cards. To Canada...
Comment · 9 years ago
I'm just gonna say I liked the orange icon. It is different than the other icons in my task switcher, which on a Mac, are predominantly blue.
Comment · 9 years ago
Anyone besides me disturbed that one of the code samples had function that took 3 parameters, 2 of which where 'O' and 'D'? I had to look at it a few times before I realized those were different variables.
Comment · 9 years ago
As a Canadian, I haven't signed my name on credit card receipts in years, like the past 10 at least. The only time I do that is when I visit the States.
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
It makes me sad that organizations like the BC Gov't bend and over and take whatever crap Oracle decides to throw at them. The amount of money and developer effort that is spent on Oracle is staggering. All because 'no one gets fired for choosing Oracle'. They are blight on the industry.
Comment · 9 years ago
Meh. It's interesting because it's long. Nothing else of interest in the layout.
Comment · 9 years ago
Check out the JS code behind this.. Oh the humanity!

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