What is the quality of a good tip?
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I've spotted a problem with your argument.
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I've spotted a problem with your argument.
Could you tell me? I was beginning to rack my brain trying to find it.
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Okay I don't think this one sucks, it has worth wile content: Building a Bridge...[^] Not even any spelling errors. I looked at yours, they look good. I'll use yours as a guideline. Are you a mentor here on CP John?
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
The content looks good, but I did find a few type-os and spelling problems.
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Don't eat yellow snow is a good tip.
Always keep your :beer: in a cool, dark place.
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Yes, only a couple of messages in and the threads gone-to-pot. Mind you I may have a few more in my pocket, if any of you want to join a bridge call I can share them ;-). Andy B
LabVIEWstuff wrote:
bridge
I'll trump that and switch to card games. You guys will need a rubber room or might even file suit before I'm done!
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LabVIEWstuff wrote:
bridge
I'll trump that and switch to card games. You guys will need a rubber room or might even file suit before I'm done!
Software Zen:
delete this;Don't so this. There may be a war. At that point people's hearts will break, bodies will need to be buried (using spades of course) and the only entertainment left will be in clubs.
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Haha, it's 20% in the USA. ;P
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
modified on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:41 AM
TheArchitectmc∞ wrote:
Haha, it's 20% in the USA.
Now when did that actually happen? I came to the states about 13 years ago and the wisdom at the time was 15%. Now suddenly everybody seems to be insisting that it's 20% now. I think it's a conspiracy by waiters. :suss:
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Don't so this. There may be a war. At that point people's hearts will break, bodies will need to be buried (using spades of course) and the only entertainment left will be in clubs.
I'll just pummel them with my blackjack, or take a swipe at them with my poker. If we have to, we can put them in solitaire-y confinement.
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TheArchitectmc∞ wrote:
Haha, it's 20% in the USA.
Now when did that actually happen? I came to the states about 13 years ago and the wisdom at the time was 15%. Now suddenly everybody seems to be insisting that it's 20% now. I think it's a conspiracy by waiters. :suss:
Yeah, 15% is the norm, but 20% if you think they are offering excellent service, and when you think they make less than minimum wage because of tips... I often just give out the 20....
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
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The content looks good, but I did find a few type-os and spelling problems.
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
type-os and spelling problems
Darn Mozilla editor... I don't have a computer right now so I have to use these computers in a lab...
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
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I'll just pummel them with my blackjack, or take a swipe at them with my poker. If we have to, we can put them in solitaire-y confinement.
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TheArchitectmc∞ wrote:
What makes a good tip?
No idea. Just post and pray !
Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...Yeah, but it's making my index go down. I thought I wrote a good tip and got a bad 2.67 rating I had a 4.67 rating before that tip and now it droped my overall rating to 3.67 or something.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
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Don't take a knife to a gunfight.
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Okay I don't think this one sucks, it has worth wile content: Building a Bridge...[^] Not even any spelling errors. I looked at yours, they look good. I'll use yours as a guideline. Are you a mentor here on CP John?
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
TheArchitectmc∞ wrote:
it has worth wile content:
More proof that any post talking about spelling errors will itself contain a spelling error. Including this one
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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Yeah, but it's making my index go down. I thought I wrote a good tip and got a bad 2.67 rating I had a 4.67 rating before that tip and now it droped my overall rating to 3.67 or something.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
So who cares?
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Don't eat yellow snow is a good tip.
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So who cares?
Guess just my ego, and who ever I show off my technical writing skills to. I'm making the move to becoming a writer from a full time developer. :doh:
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
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Haha, it's 20% in the USA. ;P
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
modified on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:41 AM
You're over tipping. It's still 15% for most of us.
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Guess just my ego, and who ever I show off my technical writing skills to. I'm making the move to becoming a writer from a full time developer. :doh:
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
Just ignore the rating. Anyone seriously reading your work should be able to form his own opinion.
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I'm thinking of writing a tip. My past tips have not gone so well, they don't get a lot of views or votes and the votes are not so great, I don't think the tip is all that bad. I think a tip should be be a short bit of experience you can offer, not a full article. What are your thoughts? What makes a good tip?
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
Well, looking at the tip you posted, while I like it and will look up Linq-pad, it's not exactly what people are probably looking for. I think people are more looking for specific tips/tricks for using an app like VS or one of the WPF designers, or maybe a small code snippet showing how to do something cool. For example, I've asked some simple algorithm questions in the past and people have responded with different solutions, including Linq, etc. For example, the follow who answered my question here[^], now that would make for a great tip/trick! Marc