The installation of Windows 10 was easy and smooth. It ended serious update troubles with Windows 8.1. But there is a Windows 7 system which I want to keep. It proved difficult to stop the upgrades nagging...

The default settings are not made for programmers - they're outnumbered. If an "office" user could see the extension along with the file name, he could easily change both. His document is "lost" because the system can no longer associate a program. He will call for help... :doh: (I do change the settings on my own computer).

Are they foolhardy or just desperate? Some "rogue" programmer might have documented the assignment. Any civil servant would certainly have done so. And if the effect really was neglible, why ever take the risk?:~

This has been the design of Apple packages for years. The good thing is the text is very short. :sigh:

Wikipedia has an implementation in python: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford–Fulkerson\_algorithm Sorry PIEBALDconsult, I should have read Your answer first...

In loops, "i" and "k" are my gold standard. I'm more verbose in any other place, but "random" might be just the first version. "Self-explanatory" names are subject to refactoring...

"Minimalist" - has the lowest common denominator ever been an improvement? X|

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." - Isaac Asimov

Today I would start with an affordable system from a local store, sometimes there are pretty good „special offers“. Then add or change parts. It takes time and I’m not so sure wether I save any money. But You get a very customized PC.