I have one. First thing to check is the power supply, on tech this vintage the electrolytic filter capacitors are the first things to go: they will either open circuit or short out, neither is good for the electrons in there. If the power supply passes the test then things get a bit more interesting - more symptoms on "not functioning" will be needed :-\

> we live for the sake of living THAT!

I think work-life balance is very important. Happy employees work better. I try to leave work at work and make sure I have time to relax after hours and weekends. That being said, I haven't had a proper holiday in more than a year and I'm planning on taking a few weeks off to rest.

kmoorevs wrote: so it's back to pure javascript that I can actually debug...sometimes! :laugh: I often find that's exactly the dilemma I'm facing with web development: Do I commit to using [abc], or do go pure [xyz], at the risk of re-inventing the wheel...

PIEBALDconsult wrote: but he'll still prefer to buy something that doesn't do quite what he needs I never understood this behavior either. We all are guilty of purchasing products that only gives us service for a small percentage of what we need, if that. The rest is wasted and hardly ever needed. i.e. MS Word or Excel. I hardly use ALL of its features, ever, yet I have to buy the whole damn thing to get it. Now it is not very expensive these days and you do have cheaper products from other vendors, but most of them suffer from the same software design flaws. I say all software should be Base+. You purchase the base software and pay for additional plugins, etc. Anyhow, I digress.

Same here. Lattice and another cross-compiler whose name I can't remember. You can't win. You can't break even. You can't quit. You're welcome.

Leng Vang wrote: an experienced knows how to say "No" to a to-be failed project A very experienced developer tried that on a project I was involved with, some years ago. He was escorted from the building.

Truly. I was most impressed by their "Tools Table"... I think it says something but I'm not exactly sure what. (Reminds me of my toolbox ... the one in the garage). [Tools Table - NASA Software Engineering Handbook - NASA Software Engineering Handbook](https://swehb.nasa.gov/display/7150/Tools+Table) "(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then". ― Blaise Pascal

Same for me (I'm 51 now). Top !

As a current web developer, I fully endorse this statement! :laugh:

If you have project creep, then your project should be managed using "agile" technique. Ship the first version of the product when it does something concrete, then update continuously according to the whims of the paying customer. This is one of the great distinctions between waterfall ("design everything up front") versus agile ("start simple and manage the mission creep") styles. With agile, your customer gets something useful sooner and is generally happier in the long run since new ideas and features can be added as part of the plan. I'm retired. There's a nap for that... - Harvey

:thumbsup: Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

Leng Vang wrote: Doctors and lawyers charge you pretty coins for every advice they give. Not if you live in a civilised country. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Rage wrote: I have no willing to get some nice guy who cannot code in my team. Of course, but isn't the team more efficient if it also is capable of communicating well? On the other hand, if all you need is the equivalent of a skilled laborer, then yes, I can see that communication is not really a requirement. Marc Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!

The city where I was born, and the sister city across a river, lost 2 theaters in the last decade. One, part of a larger corporate theater chain, got refurbished.

For all we know, porn are usually have darker view or more pleasantly color tones. And for the record, I have clear vision for porn :laugh:

I used do lots of hobby code, lately, due to time, I off-shore all my hobby coding to India. My code quality since has gone downhill. ;)

That's true. Setting async to false does cause it to wait but you're right, I'm not sure how it is actually doing that. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.