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The filing deadline to seek election for the Fairfield ISD school board, as well as Fairfield city council ended Friday, Feb. 16, with four individuals filing for school board and ??? filing for city council. There are two places on FISD's board of trustees and the following individuals have filed for election:
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Rafting is an adventurous activity that is full of fun and great excitement. Besides enjoying the activity to the fullest, it is equally important to take good care of yourself, and your loved ones who are engaged in this water sport. Dehydration is the most common and serious issue that can happen to anyone indulging in water based activity. Learning about these mistakes would help you not to prevent it whenever you are on a water based trip. Some Tips to Prevent Making Mistakes Add a pinch of lemon juice to the water. It will make it tastier and helps in case of dehydration. Keep your drink enriched with Vitamin C, fibre and vitamins to provide required nutrition to the body. Ensure your drink does not contain alcohol. It isView more
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We grow in small steps forwards and backwards. When you're anxious or depressed, adding even the smallest task can seem daunting. You want to feel better, but everything you have to do to get there seems overwhelming and out of reach.
As I often tell my clients, "All or nothing works for exactly no one." Try to do everything all at once, a ball will get dropped and you'll inevitably feel like a failure. Avoid this when integrating healthy nutrition into your mental health care approach. Set yourself up for success by taking things one step at a time.
I talked about some ways to make a few simple changes like drinking more water, avoiding harmful food additives, and adding detoxing foods to your diet in my article Nutrition and Mental Health: Where to Begin.
You can move on to supplementing your nutrition to correct deficiencies related to mental illness. There are a few supplements that can help you on the road to recovery, as you change your eating habits and follow your counselor's behavioral recommendations.
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In less than a week, supermarket, foodservice and produce industry professionals from across the North America will gather in Chicago for the annual United Fresh Produce Show. IFCO is proud to be a longtime member and ongoing sponsor of United Fresh, and we'd like to share our top recommendations for attendees to make the most out of this year's expo.
Monday, June 20
United Fresh Opening Party
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6:00 – 7:30 pm
A unique opportunity to network with industry colleagues while enjoying refreshments in one of the world's largest contemporary art venues. As a sponsor of this event, we might be somewhat partial, but we can't think of a better place to kick off an innovative and creative week.
Tuesday, June 21
Opening Breakfast General Session – Craig Boyan, H-E-B President and COO
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Vista Ballroom, McCormick Place
No matter where your business sits on the fresh supply chain, you won't want to miss this general session. President and COO of H-E-B Craig Boyan will offer his insights about the challenges and opportunities facing today's supermarkets.
Wednesday, June 22
Negotiation Strategies to Improve Your Sales Performance
9:00 am – 10:00 am
McCormick Place
The education "power hour" on Wednesday morning is packed with interesting sessions, and both retail and grower side sales professionals should take advantage of this educational opportunity from expert sales trainer Jan Kessinger. Learn what tactics to avoid, what to embrace and how to walk away with a win-win outcome.
Don't forget to review the Schedule-at-a-Glance for additional details on the expo.
In addition to these must-attend events, here are some recommendations from a Chi-town local connected to our IFCO family! She recommends:
Chicago's First Lady Cruises – Architecture Boat Tour
If you have some spare time and the weather is nice, we'd recommend an architecture boat tour. This is consistently recognized by locals as a great way to see the city.
Casual Food Recommendations:
- Big and Littles – Tacos and Po'boys
- Parsons Chicken and Fish – Featured on the Food Network
- Lillies Q – BBQ
- Xoco – Contemporary Mexican from Rick Bayless
- Chicago Bagel Authority – Bagel Sandwiches
- Weiner Circle – Chicago Style Hot Dogs
Other Dining Recommendations:
- Lula Café – American and Vegetarian
- The Publican – European Beer Hall Inspired Eclectic Menu
- Mindy's Hot Chocolate – Amazing Desserts!
- The Bristol – American
- The Girl & The Goat – Family Style Dishes with a Rotating Menu
- Alinea – Fine Dining, and Known as one of the Best Restaurants in the Country
Of course, don't forget Eataly Chicago, Mario Batali's Italian marketplace with restaurants, take-away counters, and a cooking school.
We look forward to seeing you at the 2016 United Fresh Show. Please stop by IFCO Booth #2044 and say hello, or schedule a meeting to sit down with us during show hours. To learn more about IFCO visit www.ifco.com.


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2 So aI congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.
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4 I have seen that every labor and every askill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is 1bvanity and striving after wind.
5 The fool afolds his hands and bconsumes his own flesh.
6 One hand full of rest is abetter than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
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8 There was a certain man without a 1dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, ahis eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And bfor whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a cgrievous task.
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A disappointing defeat for Manchester United on Tuesday night was made all the worse by both Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard suffering injuries.
United were beaten 2-0 by Paris Saint-Germain at Old Trafford in the last 16 of the Champions League and both Martial and Lingard limped out of the contest.Arsenal boss Unai Emery explains how he'll get the best out of Mesut Ozil this season
Goals from Prisnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbappe condemned the Red Devils to defeat and leave them facing an uphill struggle to make the quarter-finals in the second leg in Paris.
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was non-committal on the extent of the injuries to his two forwards, but spoke of the problems after the match.
'Jesse and Anthony give us something, let's hope they're not too serious,' Solskjaer told BT Sport after the demoralising evening.
'They're muscle injuries, so we'll just have to wait a couple of days.'
Alexis Sanchez replaced Lingard in first-half stoppage time and Solskjaer did not seem impressed with his performance at all.
'I can't do anything about Alexis Sanchez. When he plays he needs to find himself.
'That's the reality, that Jesse and Anthony have been big parts of our squad and second half we didn't have the pace and movement to get in behind them.
'It was an even game and it's always going to be difficult against good teams. The first goal is always going to be important. The way we conceded it was disappointing. The second goal was quality – the ground he makes up to get into the box is brilliant.
'He's [Mbappe] lightning quick. You need to get your body in against him. This is a level up from what we have played against. That's the level we want to get to. Top four is one thing, but Manchester United should be at the top.'
United travel to Paris to try and redress the balance on Wednesday 6 March.
MORE: How Heung-Min Son has emerged as Tottenham's talisman in time for Dortmund reunion
MORE: Arsene Wenger slams Solskjaer's Manchester United for getting 'dominated' by PSG


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We're right around the corner from Google's October 4th event where, among other things, the company is expected to launch the Google Home, its Amazon Echo competitor. We know the price and basic functionality of the Home device already, but the biggest question is compatibility.We now know one major platform that will be compatible at launch.
SmartThings Stories September 30, 2016
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Update: Samsung has issued a statement to us, which just expands on its earlier response. You can read it below the video.
Computer science researchers from the University of Michigan have shown how malicious apps could take control of Internet of Things devices in Samsung's SmartThings platform – including the ability of an attacker to unlock a front door to gain physical access to a home.
The main weakness identified is that way that the SmartThings platform grants apps more privileges than needed to perform their stated functions, reports The Verge.
The researchers demonstrated this finding with a proof of concept app promising to monitor battery life on various devices. If the user agreed to let the malicious — but seemingly innocuous — app access their smart lock, the researchers could then not only monitor its battery, but perform the lock's other functions, including unlocking the door. The researchers found 42 percent of 499 analyzed SmartApps are currently over-privileged in a similar way …
SmartThings Stories December 30, 2015
LG adds funky-looking hub to its SmartThinQ home automation system
As home automation devices proliferate, most tech companies seem to have decided that wirelessly connecting them up to a central hub is the best way to enable us to keep them all under control. Apple's HomeKit platform uses the Apple TV as its central box, and Samsung has its SmartThings Hub.
LG is now following suit, pre-announcing the SmartThinQ Hub it plans to formally launch at CES. Interestingly, the device – which looks similar to the Amazon Echo – has a built-in display, which the company says can display alerts as well as allow direct control of devices without using your smartphone.
LG SmartThinQ Hub serves as a gateway to smart sensors and connected appliances in the home but is more than that, with the ability to display reminders from personal calendars and stream music from its built-in speaker. The elegantly designed SmartThinQ Hub includes a 3.5-inch color LCD display and connects to a smartphone app to facilitate two way communication with smart appliances and smart sensors in the home.
LG also offers SmartThinQ sensors, which aim to turn dumb appliances into smart ones by using things like vibration to allow a washing-machine to signal when a wash is complete.
The company hasn't yet announced a price, but Samsung's SmartThings Hub costs $99, so is likely to be in the same kind of range.
SmartThings Stories September 3, 2015
Samsung launches next-gen SmartThings Hub with 10-hour backup battery, new app for Android
Samsung's answer to Apple's HomeKit, SmartThings got some valuable stage time at IFA in Berlin this morning, with the announcement of a brand new SmartThings Hub. The hardware has been revamped, and no longer needs a connection to the cloud in order to work. What's more, it's got a built in backup battery capable of giving you 10 hours use in the event that you have a power cut. The new Hub is available to order today and was launched alongside a handful of complimentary sensors for tracking water leaks and motion among other things.
Whether you have two smart devices or 200, all you need is one Hub to create a smart home. Like a live-in translator, the Hub communicates with all of your different connected products—regardless of their wireless protocol—so that you can easily monitor and control them from the SmartThings app.
Samsung's new SmartThings hub has a more powerful processor enabling it to handle video streaming and sensor monitoring tasks without the cloud. With this feature in mind, Sammy also introduced its new Smart Home Monitor which lets users access a continuous vide live-stream and can trigger video recording when something unexpected happens. Only important video is saved for viewing, and early detection enables it to capture the footage before the event.
As well as new hardware, Samsung has released a new app for Android from today. You can organize and control your connected devices by room, view live streaming from cameras and manage the routines right from the app.
SmartThings is compatible with nearly 200 products, including the Amazon Echo, and devices from manufacturers like Bose, D-Link and Honeywell. The SmartThings hub is available to buy from today for $99 from SmartThings.com or Amazon, with sensors priced between $30-$55.
SmartThings Stories January 6, 2015
Samsung promises every piece of hardware the company makes will be a connected device within five years
Announcing a new version of its SmartThings Hub, Samsung co-CEO BK Yoon said that every piece of hardware the company makes will be a connected device within five years.
By 2017, 90% of all Samsung's products will be Internet of Things devices, and that includes all of our televisions and mobile devices[…] Five years from now, every single piece of Samsung hardware will be an IoT device, whether it is an air purifier or an oven.
Yoon also said that the company was committed to open connectivity, rather than the walled garden approach the company has previously taken, where its devices only talk to other Samsung devices … expand full story
SmartThings Stories August 14, 2014
About a month ago, word broke that Samsung was interested in acquiring home automation firm SmartThings and today the two companies have made things official. A blog post by the company's founder and CEO, Alex Hawkinson acknowledged the deal and stated that SmartThings will continue to act as an independent company under Samsung's Open Innovation Center group.


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A CONFRONTING video has shone a light on the disturbing practices of the salmon farming industry, where potentially infectious "blood water" is dumped into the wild, with concerns it is harming the natural environment.
The video shows how a Canadian salmon company uses underwater pipes to spew out bloody effluent into public waterways where it could infect wild fish and threaten the ecosystem — and it's an issue Australia's industry is also grappling with.
"Investigative dives at two farmed salmon processing plants reveal a shocking and horrendous secret hidden below the surface," diver Tavish Campbell wrote in the video's caption.
"Bloody effluent, untreated and infected with piscine reovirus, is being dumped into the pristine waters."
While perfectly legal for now, the footage has prompted an investigation by Canadian authorities.
Much of the concern centres around the possibility that the effluent could be infected with piscine reovirus, a highly contagious virus that most farmed salmon in Canada carry. It has been linked to heart and skeletal muscular disease (HSMI) which makes fish lethargic and more vulnerable to predators.
"Are we crazy? We all know blood carries viruses. This is an infectious disease," Mr Campbell said in the video.
"My underwater camera lights illuminated the blood in such a way that it was shimmering with scales, so there were tons of little chunks of blood and scales and small pieces of offal mixed in there," Mr Campbell told local media.
The footage was gathered throughout the year and, after being posted online last month, has sparked an investigation into the farmed fish plant responsible.
"We are in the process of reviewing what is happening at that particular plant," Canada's Environment Minister George Heyman said.
"British Columbians really expect us to keep our water safe and protect our wild salmon, so that's our intent."
In a statement on its website, plant owners Brown's Bay Packing Company said it disinfects effluent before releasing it into the marine environment.
But the question of what to do with the waste is a difficult one for salmon farmers. In Australia, Tasmania's salmon farming industry is currently worth about $550 million per year and is set to be a billion-dollar industry within the next two decades.
But the bigger companies like Tassal, the state's largest salmon producer, have come under fire over questions about the sustainability of the industry and accusations of causing environmental degradation, which culminated in a recent episode of ABC's Four Corners.
Tassal is also seeking a disposal solution for the effluent it collects from its Macquarie Harbour pens. In October, the company presented three options to the local community: pumping it into the sea from nearby Ocean Beach, discharging it near the entrance of Macquarie Harbour, or releasing it via an existing TasWater sewage treatment plant outfall in the harbour, situated 1.5km from the Strahan township.


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Vienna Symphonic Library's Limited Time Offer Through May 31, 2014
The Vienna Symphonic Library announces a one-month limited time offer featuring three specially compiled bundles that are available at discounted prices for considerable savings. The three bundles ("Media Composer Bundle", "Symphonic Composer Bundle", "The Ultimate Vienna Symphonic Library") are only available from May 1 through May 31, 2014 and may be ordered at Vienna's distributor ILIO, at any authorized dealer or at the Vienna Symphonic Library web shop.
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Mainly intended for customers who are new to Vienna Symphonic Library, the special bundles include selected Instrument Collections, Single Instruments and Software Products, for professional sounding performances right out of the box.
The Media Composer Bundle (Special Bundle #1) is priced at $619 and includes Vienna's most popular Special Edition Volume 1, the famed Epic Horns and Fanfare Trumpets, the Vienna Instruments PRO sample player, plus one MIRx Convolution Reverb Mixing Extension (Teldex Scoring Stage).
The Symphonic Composer Bundle (Special Bundle #2) is considered a limited-time alternative to Vienna's famed Symphonic Cube. With 10 Vienna Instruments Collections, the Vienna Instruments PRO sample player, plus two MIRx Convolution Reverb Mixing Extensions (Konzerthaus Grosser Saal & Teldex Scoring Stage), this bundle covers all sections of the large orchestra. The Symphonic Composer Bundle is available as a Standard Library ($3,369) and a Full Library ($6,119). Customers save over $1,800 when compared to purchasing the included products of the Full Library separately.
With an unsurpassed number of over two million samples, The Ultimate Vienna Symphonic Library (Special Bundle #3) represents by far the largest compilation of orchestral samples on the planet. The Full Library covers the large-scale orchestra in every detail, including choir and even rare instruments such as Heckelphone or Wagner tuba, in a wide range of playing techniques. The bundle includes 25 Vienna Instruments Collections, eight additional Single Instruments (that are not included in any other Collection), the Vienna Instruments PRO sample player, plus three MIRx Convolution Reverb Mixing Extensions (Konzerthaus Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus Mozartsaal & Teldex Scoring Stage). It is available as a Standard Library ($6,619) and a Full Library ($11,244). The regular price when purchasing all included products of the Full Library separately amounts to $17,641.


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A recent UKSA graduate has had success within the maritime industry after spotting a gap in the market.
Edward Thomas took his Officer of the Watch and MCA Approved Engine Course at UKSA recently after five years at sea as bosun on a number of superyachts.
He established Gym Marine after noticing a lack of a dedicated supplier for yachts – he had found there always seemed to be trouble with the gym kit onboard.
Now his company has been awarded an exclusive contract to outfit BP's fleet of oil and gas carriers with onboard gyms, helping BP to execute its ongoing commitment to crew welfare.
With strong roots in the commercial fitness industry, Gym Marine is expanding after securing a number of global supply contracts with offshore procurement firms and drilling platforms earlier this year. The BP contract award is the final whistle blast signalling the company's official arrival into the commercial shipping market.
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Our designs for BP's on-board gyms include lots of clever, space-saving equipment like PowerBlock Dumbbells, compact treadmills and custom made Multigyms to accommodate low ceiling heights."
Under International Crew Welfare Regulations, shipping companies like BP are obliged to provide recreational facilities for their seafaring workforce. A dedicated exercise space is an important part of this, but an onboard gym serves a much deeper purpose too.
It is well proven that regular exercise can help to maintain physical and psychological condition, promote good sleep, mitigate fatigue and also prevent work-related injuries. For seafarers, a dedicated gym provides essential access to an active lifestyle, allowing them to maintain good health despite being miles away from shore. The resulting benefits, particularly with regard to improved alertness and performance, are a crucial safety factor at sea.
Edward, originally from Bath, is also outfitting some high profile new builds in the Northern European yards, and has supplied kit to many existing big name boats. His company also runs a crew recruitment service for crew looking to be personal trainers onboard yachts.
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Chapman Machinery Ltd are undergoing an expansion program with new manufacturing capabilities being brought in-house to cope with product demand. We therefore have a requirement for a Manufacturing Technician.
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All aspects of assembly / finishing of the range of agricultural machinery we produce, including but not limited to; machine assembly, sub-assembly kit building, checking in deliveries / stores, picking and packing of parts and spares for dispatch to customers, co-ordinating goods inwards / outwards from sub-contract suppliers.
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Ten years ago in August, my mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Nine years ago October 4, she had a bone marrow transplant.
Considering the ride the Cancer had taken us on, the transplant was totally un-climatic. The nurse conformed she was my mother, took a small bag of platelet goo and hooked it up to her IV and that was that. She went home a few days later and a month after that, she was fighting to drive herself to her follow up appointments. My mother was a horrible patient.
When you get a bone marrow transplant, all your stuff is rebooted. If you get your marrow/stem cells from someone else, you get their blood type, their allergies and even, someone said, their food preferences. Mom had an Autologous Transplant, meaning her bone marrow was her own so no new blood type but her cells were all brand new. She was essentially a baby again. The nurses even call it her birthday. Neat huh?
As Mom's caregiver, I was required to attend twelve weeks of classes at the hospital on the transplant processes and her after-care. Week twelve was the after-care session and it happened to fall a few days before Mom got her transplant. In the after-care class, I learned about the shots she'd need to get again, the daily appointments she'd need to attend, changes that might happen in her personality, the fact that the treatment could give her cancer and when she could begin to have sex again.
The doom and gloom followed by this morsel of information was too much. I tried but there is no way I could stop the giggles on that one. I put my head down and pretended to be taking notes as they told me the timeline for my mother sex life. Which means no one saw me totally lose it when they told me SHE COULDN'T HAVE ANAL SEX FOR A YEAR!
Now I'm not sure about you but, as a grown woman, I still get all wiggy when I think of Mom and her boyfriend 'doing it' and I have NEVER ONCE considered that she would be doing anything but missionary. (giggle giggle snort) The anal sex statement threw me. I was instantly back in 5th grade when we were learning about vaginas and penises and Thad Whatshisname gave a report on the testicles and I turned bright red and laughed so hard I cried. I couldn't keep it together then and I couldn't keep it together now. Everyone else in the class was totally serious, nodding and taking notes. This was a serious situation we were all in with the dreaded Cancer and all but really folks. Anal sex. They were giving us a timeline for our loved ones to have anal sex! Not one smirk at that?
Class finished and I went into the ward, washed hands, gloved and gowned up and snuck quietly into Mom's room. The room was dark. Mom was half way through getting the horrible nuclear bomb of chemo drugs they give you to kill off all the Cancer. The drugs that also happen to kill off all the other cells so the transplant has a clean slate to start in and it hurts. Her room smelled of whiskey, she had a wicked 'hangover' headache and she couldn't keep her legs still, side effects of one of the last batch of major drugs they had given her. The batch of drugs that included Thalidomide, the drug that resulted in babies born without arms and legs.
I pulled a chair up to Mom's bed and said hello. She was lucid and in major pain but still Mom. She asked how class was. So I told her.
ME: Well, you're going to have to get your Measles, Mumps and Rubella shots again. Your treatment might give you cancer. But Mom, the really bad news, you can't have anal sex for a year.
And Mom said, - without a pause and as dry as it gets -
MOM: Well, you'll have to tell Boyfriend that.
And we both lost it, laughing hard while her legs danced and I got drunk on her chemo drug fumes.
Happy NINTH birthday Mom! You are truly one of a kind.
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Having a sophisticated industrial filtration system is becoming a very important tool in terms of the reduction and improvement of water usage. Chemical-based businesses are seeking ways that they can improve the amount of water they used which is why Industrial filtration systems are becoming are becoming more and more complex. These types of technologies have quite a few benefits for companies of all different types and sizes. They are having a huge impact on environmental protection which makes room for even larger organizations to use these high-tech Industrial filtration systems.
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Accessing Your RI Purchase Recommendations and Identifying Opportunities for Cost Optimization
Working in the cloud is not just a matter of reducing costs once when you migrate your workloads. It is a matter of constant adjustment to gain all of the cost benefits that AWS makes available to you. We call this process cost optimization—the active oversight of costs as your organization and its market change, […]Read More
Offer Developer APIs to Your Partners and Customers
One strategy for enterprises looking to monetize their data and services is to offer an Application Programming Interface (API). This strategy has been used successfully in a range of companies, in industries including travel and – surprisingly, perhaps – banking. AWS offers a number of tools that can help not just in creating and operating […]Read More
Leading Change from Deep in the Org Chart
In earlier posts in this series, I talked about the challenges and techniques of driving change from a senior position in the organizational chart (Driving Change from the Top Down: Wielding Organizational Powerand Top-Down Transformation: Shu-Ha-Ri to Go Beyond Command-and-Control) and from a middle management position (Transforming Up and Down: Leading Change from the Middleand […]Read More
Cloud Management Made Easier: AWS Managed Services Now Integrates with ServiceNow
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The Fast and the Furious: How the Evolution of Cloud Computing Is Accelerating Builder Velocity
In my role as Head of Enterprise Strategy for AWS, I have a lot to be grateful for. After having led a large-scale business transformation using the cloud as the CIO of Dow Jones, I now have a front-row seat to watch some of the largest companies in the world (News Corp, Capital One, GE) […]Read More
The Devolution of IT: How SGN, A Major Utility Provider in Europe, is Modernizing IT using the Cloud
Many people believe that decentralization means loss of control. That's simply not true. You can improve control if you look at control as the control of events and not people. –Wilbur Creech In my role as Head of Enterprise Strategy for Amazon Web Services (AWS), I'm very fortunate to have the opportunity to learn how the […]Read More
A Must Have Secret Weapon to Modernize Your Business: Training Your Team on Cloud
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. — C.S. Lewis I feel very fortunate that I've been able to learn how hundreds of executives from the world's largest companies are transforming their business using modern technologies and the cloud. Transformational change is not easy — few things in business worth doing […]Read More
Container Powered AWS Migration in Action
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Today I spent all day at the workshop of Piet Hein Eek in Eindhoven, where all winners came together with Histor specialists to paint their 101 Karakters cupboard. With an opening word and a personal tour through his shop, later that day, Piet Hein Eek started the day.
It was great to see all cupboards that were already painted by bloggers, stylist and magazines and meeting some of you who sent in their mood boards that I showed on the blog. There were inspiring talks about the use of color at home and a trend forecast for the next two years! But most of all there were so many inspiring people all with different and great ideas, the two above were my favorites!
November 10, 2013
HISTOR 101 Karakters | Painting at Piet Hein Eek
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Wat leuk het kastje van Maaike op je blog! Was vast een hele leuke dag:)
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Shed those extra pounds with apple cider vinegar
There are numerous ways to get rid of unwanted fat from around your belly, but if you are looking for a simple way that can help you lose weight, try apple cider vinegar. So, how does it actually work? Let's find out!
It acts as an appetite suppressor
Apple cider vinegar reduces your appetite by giving you a feeling of satiety. According to a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who ate bread with vinegar felt fuller than people who consumed just bread.
It prevents accumulation of fat
Apple cider vinegar is also known to stimulate your metabolism thereby helping you burn fat faster. It is packed with organic acids and enzymes that boost your metabolism and increase the rate at which body fat is burnt. However, there are not much evidences that support this theory.
How to use apple cider vinegar for weight loss
If you don't like the taste of vinegar, you can include it in your diet gradually. You can begin by adding 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water. Drink it once a day for a week and then increase the amount of vinegar in water and the frequency of drinking. The best time to drink this solution is an hour before the meal.
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Week in Review
June 18 – June 22, 2018
Survey Data Details Voters in Key Districts to Determine House Back Candidates Who Support Strong Gun Safety Laws
A new public opinion survey shows gun safety is a winning issue in districts key to determining control of the House of Representatives. The Giffords poll looks into 38 battleground districts that are largely Republican-held. The results prove that embracing gun safety could be the difference-maker for Democrats in key swing districts, particularly because support for stronger gun laws remains high and the National Rifle Association's favorability is on a downward trend.
In the Republican-leaning districts highlighted in the survey, Democrats lead in the generic ballot jumps from 3 points to 10 points when the debate on gun violence prevention is added in.
Per Axios: "There has been a significant shift in Americans' likeliness to consider a candidate's stance on gun laws, and these results indicate that many want more action on the issue from those politicians already in office."
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'It's time to stand up for what's right.' Former Rep. Giffords rallies with Shapiro for gun control | Bradenton Herald | Hannah Morse
Though the topics of immigration and separating children from their families at the southern U.S. border are captivating the country's attention, the issue of gun violence has not gone away, as shown by the crowd that gathered at an event for Democratic congressional candidate David Shapiro on Thursday. At Five Points Park in Sarasota, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords joined Shapiro for a half-hour rally on gun violence. The Sarasota attorney is running for his party's nomination to challenge Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key. Giffords survived an assassination attempt during a meet-and-greet in Tuscon in 2011, where six people died. Seven years later she is still dealing with the ripple effects of a gunshot to the head that partially paralyzed her on her right side and affected her speech. Though she left Congress a year after the shooting, she continues to campaign for gun control through the nonprofit in her name, which endorsed Shapiro in March.
Americans Own 46% of the World's 1 Billion Guns, Says U.N. Report | Time | Edith M.Lederer
There are over 1 billion firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands — with American men and women the dominant owners, according to a study released Monday. The Small Arms Survey says 393 million of the civilian-held firearms, 46 percent, are in the United States, which is "more than those held by civilians in the other top 25 countries combined." "The key to the United States, of course, is its unique gun culture," the report's author, Aaron Karp, said at a news conference. "American civilians buy an average of 14 million new firearms every year, and that means the United States is an overwhelming presence on civilian markets."
Parkland students, activists registering voters in Chicago | Associated Press | Brian Slodysko and Annie Rice
Chicago anti-violence activists and a group of Florida high school shooting survivors fanned out across the city's South Side on Saturday, knocking on doors and registering people to vote in a bid to build support for changing the nation's gun laws. Ryan Deitsch, 18, from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, where 17 people died on Feb. 14, said the tragedy has afforded the survivors a national spotlight they are now using to try and build a groundswell of support… On Friday, a joint rally was held at an area church. The event featured Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was gravely wounded in a 2011 shooting. She told the crowd to vote on Election Day to effect the change they want. Entertainers Jennifer Hudson, Chance the Rapper and will.i.am also appeared. "We need to vote people in who will speak for us, or take them out if they are not," said activist Ke'Shon Newman, 16, of Chicago.
Under the Radar
A leading gun-control group just released nine years of NRA grades for politicians | The Washington Post | Philip Bump
The National Rifle Association uses a number of tools to ensure that lawmakers support its priorities. One is money, of course; the political arm of the organization spent more than $50 million in the 2016 election cycle. Another is report cards. The NRA gives candidates for office a letter grade indicating how good (or bad) the lawmaker is on gun issues. In the estimation of the NRA, an A-plus grade indicates that a lawmaker would be highly unlikely to support new gun restrictions. A lawmaker who regularly backed new gun laws probably would earn an F.
Exclusive: Republicans, NRA secretly pressure Citigroup to back off restrictions on gun sellers | Salon | Amanda Marcotte
After the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that ended the lives of 17 people, a number of corporations took high-profile measures to reduce their own participation in the underregulated gun market. Dick's Sporting Goods stopped selling assault weapons. Both MetLife and Delta Air Lines ended discount programs for NRA members. Citigroup announced new restrictions on its business banking customers in March. For clients who sell guns, Citigroup requires background checks on all sales, a ban on bump stocks and high-capacity magazines and a ban on sales to those under 21.
Facebook will stop showing minors ads for gun accessories | The Verge | Andrew Liptak
Facebook will soon prevent minors from viewing ads for gun accessories such as holsters, or magazines. The move comes amidst renewed focus on gun violence in the United States following school shootings in Santa Fe, Texas, Parkland, Florida, and others. According to a Facebook spokesperson, the company already bans ads for guns and modifications, but sellers can post ads for accessories such as gun-mounted flashlights, scopes, holsters, gun cases, gun paint, or slings. The company isn't going to prohibit those ads, but it will require sellers to "restrict their audiences to at least 18 years of age or over." The company's listed advertising policies don't currently list the age restriction — that will change when the policy will take effect on June 21st.
Data and Reports
Giffords: New Survey Data Details Voters in Districts Key to Determining Control of the House of Representatives Back Candidates Who Support Strong Gun Safety Laws
- In the Republican-leaning districts highlighted in the survey, Democrats lead in the generic ballot jumps from 3 points to 10 points when the debate on gun violence prevention is added in.
- Voters across ideologies support stronger gun laws. 65 percent support stronger gun laws and 48 percent of voters have become more supporter of stronger gun laws over the past few years.
- Congress should act to prevent gun violence. 63 percent of voters are more concerned about Congress not doing anything to address gun violence. Only 37 percent are more concerned about Congress going too far in restricting access to guns.
FBI: Active shooters usually get their guns legally then target specific victims, FBI says
- The attackers, who almost always were men or boys, typically attacked places that were familiar to them. They had acted in ways that concerned the people around them ahead of the attacks, with many expressing a desire to carry out violent acts.
- The study found that 77 percent of attackers spent a week or longer planning their violence
- Most used guns they acquired legally, oftentimes buying the weapons specifically for their attacks, the study concluded.
Oregon: NRA and hunting groups appeal gun storage ballot title to Oregon Supreme Court | Oregon Live
Members of several gun rights and hunting groups are asking the Oregon Supreme Court to change the ballot title for an initiative that would require owners to store the weapons with trigger locks or in a locked container. The proposal would also require owners to directly supervise any child using a gun and report lost or stolen firearms to the police within 24 hours of when they knew, or should have known, it was missing. Anyone who ignored the storage requirement would be liable for injuries caused using the weapon, unless the injury resulted from self-defense or defense of another person.
Texas: Texas is new target for constitutional carry — the unlicensed carry of handguns — in 2019 | Star-Telegram
Some gun rights advocates have set their sights on Texas. That has made the Lone Star State the next battleground for constitutional carry, which would let Texans carry their weapons — openly or concealed — without first getting a permit. "People talk about taking your guns away to protect you from yourself or others," Tim Macy, chairman of Gun Owners of America, told a group gathered at the Republican Party of Texas state convention Friday in San Antonio. "If these are good ideas, to take your guns away in any manner, why is it OK for (officials such as congressional leaders) to be so protected?"
Delaware: 'Delaware lawmakers pass 'red flag' gun control bill | Delaware 105.9
Delaware lawmakers unanimously approved "red flag" legislation to create a lethal violence protection order that could take away someone's firearms if deemed a threat to themselves or others. On Tuesday, the Senate passed House Substitute for House Bill 222, a measure that allows law enforcement officers to obtain an emergency lethal violence protective order against a person if a Justice of the Peace Court deems them a danger of causing physical injury by owning, possessing, controlling, purchasing, or receiving a firearm. "Dozens of gun deaths happen each year that might have been prevented if law enforcement and loved ones could have intervened sooner and removed firearms from a dangerous situation. A lethal violence protective order will reduce access to guns and help prevent some of these tragedies," said State Representative David Bentz, the bill's primary sponsor."
New York: Cuomo doesn't expect gun control bill to pass this year | New York Post
Gov. Cuomo said Tuesday he doesn't expect any more major pieces of legislation to pass this year, including his own proposal to allow cops, family members and school employees to "flag" gun owners who could be a danger to themselves or others. The governor told reporters that significant bills passed with the state budget and the political climate are too tense to accomplish any more before the Legislature adjourns for the year Wednesday.
Pennsylvania: Advocates press for action on gun bills | CNHI Harrisburg
The fate of gun-control bills moved out of the House judiciary committee earlier in the week was up in the air Thursday as advocates for the measure worried that lawmakers will leave for the summer without taking action on the proposals. The bills hanging in the balance include measures to close a loophole that advocates for domestic violence victims say allows abusers to gain access to their guns. Other bills that moved to the full House this week include a bump-stock ban and legislation to create an extreme risk protection order to allow relatives to get a judge to cut off access to firearms if an individual appears to pose a risk of violence.
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Los Angeles. Zombie, the highest-paid actor on television, spent the last night in jail after being caught in a hotel room cavorting with a prostitute. Officers on the scene described total carnage, involving a ruined tv set, a giraffe that had apparently overdosed on percosset and crack cocaine, and a prostitute whose brain had been eaten.
"I don't see what the big deal is," explained the zombie, "everybody's just pissed cuz' I'm so much more awesome than they are."
Los Angeles County sheriff Martin Doddleman disagreed, however. "These zombies think that they're above the law," he explained. "I mean, if you or I were caught in a hotel room with a dead giraffe, we would be in jail for at least three years."
The zombie, who stars in the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men," did not take these allegations seriously. "Look, if that sheriff or whoever wanted to have such an awesome life, he should have made all the smart choices I did. I think he's just jealous that I have the coolest life ever and he's a fucking cop," he told Splatitudes.
During an interview with ABC last night, the zombie called "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre "an excruciatingly bad writer," and said that "it's shocking how much of a untalented asshole he is given that he's Jewish." When asked to comment on the fact that these comments could be viewed in some circles as antisemitic, he countered, "Antisemitic? If somebody said I was good at eating brains, would that be anti-zombie? Psh."
While many are dismayed and insulted at this zombie's words, the prostitute's mother, who is herself a zombie, was not so ready to judge the actor that had murdered her daughter. "Man's gotta eat," she said.
on splatter matters. disclaimer: all people, places, things, events, beheadings, companies, cannibals, restaurants, etc are purely fictional, unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Unfortunate Superheroes
|Obaman, a superhero with the ability to quit smoking and throw whistleblowers in jail! Painting by Alex Ross
The Human Giraffe: Blake Barnsley was just an average Joe working at the zoo when a calamity at the nuclear reactor next door fused his own human DNA with giraffe DNA. When his neck proved unable to stand on its own, and it was clear that he would be dragging his head along the ground for his remaining years, he was fired. Sad and downtrodden, he went home and learned how to twist his neck around and literally throw his head at crooks like a foxtail! Unfortunately, after his tenth concussion, he fell into a deep depression and died of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Awesome Dude: Awesome Dude was born to the race of Kramdarians, who look exactly like people, on the dying planet Kramdar and sent to Earth when civil war erupted amongst his homeland's inhabitants. Raised by a man and woman, it took him until well into adolescence to realize that the absence of anything but a patch of clammy skin in between his legs was abnormal. In a moment of rage and confusion, he decided to take on the mantle of Awesome Dude to help save the human race from itself, but wound up discovering that he had no super powers aside from a lack of genitalia.
The Reverend: It's a bird! No, wait, it's Ted Haggert! No, it's THE REVEREND. Mild Mannered Lars Lockmeister was born to a relatively agnostic household, but upon discovering the ancient power of scripture he decided to save the world from the evils of abortion, homosexuality, Islam, extramarital sex, masturbation, pornography, Chinamen, liberalism, television, zippers, etc by bombing the crap out of any building that contains them. Donning his black and white costume, The Reverend prowls the streets at night to keep the American family safe.
Ken Jennings: Ken Jennings was thought to have superhuman intelligence after winning numerous rounds of the tv game show Jeopardy, but it turns out he can't even beat A FUCKING COMPUTER.
Soup Man: Crarke Krent was a journalist until discovering that he had the power to advertise within his column on financial issues. At first, he was hired by Campbell's Soup to reference their fine products in his articles, hence the name Soup Man, but eventually he was hired by companies ranging from Bank of America to JPMorgan-Chase to Wells Fargo to tout their products over the competition! With great power comes great responsibility, however, and as soon as firms got word that he was working for multiple banks he lost all of his business. Luckily, he was hired by The Washington Post and continues to do a great job reporting on the ins and outs of press conferences.
The Crab Whisperer: David Drawkriss slept with his beautiful girlfriend, Liza Dipthanger, a nuclear technician, only to realize days later during a trip to the doctor that she had given him pubic lice. Leaving the doctor's office, he viewed some thugs robbing a bank across the street. Before he could even realize what was going on, his crabs had flown out of his pants and begun mercilessly attacking the bank robbers with their tiny little claws and prevented the theft of almost a million dollars. Calling himself The Crab Whisperer, Drawkriss would stop crime wherever he saw it, eventually even saving Awesome Dude's homeland of Kramdar from being taken over by his arch nemesis, Killer Shampoo. Over his lifetime, however, his junk began to look like a chunk of old, wet, termite-invested floor, and eventually fell off.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Splatitudes 2.0
I would like to apologize to all of my loyal readers for missing out on the last few months of blogging. In the weeks following my incident, I thought long and hard about my life, and decided to get plastic surgery in order to take my life back and revamp/replace my missing eye, missing arm, missing fingers, and missing toes! After a long period of thought, a bout of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and a few months under the knife in Mexico, I think it looks great. Check it out:
|Dr. Salazar created my new eye by molding latex. He says that it's the most state-of-the-art process that is performed in his field today. I love my new 'look'!
I just feel great about myself. I'm still looking for a specialist to restore my toes to their former glory. I'll talk to y'all tomorrow, I'm gonna go try and get my girlfriend back!
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Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
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Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 24 October 2016 - 01:15 PM
But they've also made me scream inside, "Why!!?" They make code harder to read, harder to reason about, and are mostly unnecessary (keep in mind I'm just writing tiny, insignificant assignments at the moment).
So what's the story with these? Are they primarily used in writing compilers and system software? What do you think about pointers?
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Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 24 October 2016 - 02:20 PM
I think that pointers are dangerous but necessary evils that should be avoided whenever possible.
For a few of the reasons I feel this way, re-read your post.
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 24 October 2016 - 04:53 PM
One unavoidable C++ pointer usage is in polymorphism. Another is all those cool ADTs that the Standard Template Library allows you to generally avoid. However, as a student, you're usually expected to write your own.
Basically, you're stuck with them. Use only when necessary.
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 24 October 2016 - 05:41 PM
Took me roughly twenty minutes to figure out WTF was going on in 200 lines of head-scratching, pointer heavy code the instructor provided. Figuring it out gave me a high , if you know what I mean.
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 25 October 2016 - 10:55 AM
Let's assume you have a data structure that stores vertex data for a 3D model. The model has 1,000,000 vertices. If each vertex is 4 floats, that's 4 floats * 4 bytes * 1,000,000 vertices = 16,000,000 bytes, or 16 MB.
Now let's assume you have function which needs this data to render the model to the screen. Somehow, you need to pass the data to that function. Without pointers (or some variation, e.g. handles or references), you have to copy 16 MEGABYTES of data in RAM before the function can do its work. Now you're using 32 MB of memory! If the render function calls any other utility functions that also need the vertices, you'll be copying the data yet again! Wow, what a waste!
The more logical thing to do is to store the data at a known location in RAM, and share it around. This location is called a "memory address", or often just "address". An address, in a 32-bit addressable memory scheme, is a 4-byte integer. Now, when I call a function that needs to have access to the vertex data, I can simply provide the address for that data, or 4 bytes. I've just saved myself the time and space required to copy 16 MB and now only have to copy 4 bytes! That's great!
Unfortunately, this isn't always the right approach. What if the function needs to *modify* the vertex data? Well, if you simply pass the address, it's going to modifying the same data that *every* other function uses! Sometimes that's desired, sometimes it's not. When you want to modify the data *and* keep the original, you have to fall back on making a copy of the entire data (or at least the parts the function needs to do its work). For this reason, the language can't assume that you 1) always want to copy the data or 2) never want to the copy the data. Instead, you need to tell it by 1) using a pass-by-value type or 2) using a pass-by-reference type *or* a pointer (pointers are passed by value, but you're passing *just* the value of the pointer, 4 bytes, rather than the value that is being pointed to).
For those who prefer a metaphor, imagine you want to share a YouTube video with a friend. You can either 1) download the video and bring it to your friend's house or 2) send him the URL. URLs or "uniform resource locators" are essentially pointers. They point to the IP address of a server which holds a bigger set of data; in this case, the video.
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 25 October 2016 - 11:05 AM
I'll have to disagree with you and IMO your own logic supports my view. Avoid pointers whenever possible, prefer references and const references. References are much less dangerous and much easier to understand than pointers, IMO.
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 25 October 2016 - 11:11 AM
dandymcgee, on 25 October 2016 - 12:55 PM, said:
No. Without pointers you use std::vector or some other type safe container to pass data around. And, honestly, if your design relies on you passing a raw 16MB structure around, you're doing something profoundly wrong. That 16MB should be wrapped in a class and that function should be a member of that class.
However, you do offer a good example why avoiding pointers when possible is good advice. Believing pointers can be preferable leads to fundamentally bad C++ design choices.
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 25 October 2016 - 03:31 PM
baavgai, on 25 October 2016 - 11:11 AM, said:
And how do you suppose std::vector works internally? It dynamically allocates a fixed-size memory pool, which expands unpredictably as you add more items to the collection. The std::vector instance itself is just a complex pointer wrapper.
You can read more about std::vector auto-growth here:
I wouldn't recommend relying on the standard library's data structures or algorithms without first understanding how they're implemented, what they're good at, and what they're not. If we're going to blindly use these sorts of abstractions, we would be much better off using a safer language such as Java or C#.
If you don't believe what I say (and you shouldn't, I'm a random guy on an internet forum), listen instead to Chandler Carruth, an widely respected expert on this topic:
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 25 October 2016 - 03:39 PM
jimblumberg, on 25 October 2016 - 11:05 AM, said:
I must admit, I approached my answer from C perspective more so than a C++ perspective, where references simply do not exist. The title explicitly states C++, so I will apologize for not clarifying that sooner.
The short answer is when you need performance requirements that OOP C++ doesn't meet. There is a measurable amount of overhead involved in the conveniences C++ offers, which sometimes need to be circumvented for performance reasons. You can find loads of information about these sorts of cases on StackOverflow and around the web, written by people far more intelligent than me.
A few good starting places:
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 25 October 2016 - 05:09 PM
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 25 October 2016 - 05:29 PM
Now, I advocate avoiding pointers. If you must use a pointer, use the smart pointer classes. The reason for the change of heart is because developer time is more expensive than CPU time. If I can make my code easier to understand and reason with, I am successful. I had personally done many hours of debugging issues which had a root cause of a bad pointer freeing, lack of freeing, or a bad cast. I had watched my colleagues do the same. It didn't matter if it was legacy code out brand new code. Later, when I was working with a team where the rule was "if you must use pointers, use smart pointers", the class of bugs we were spending time on changed. Of course, dandymcgee hit the nail on the head because the class of bugs we were running into were performance issues where parameters either not marked as const references, or that the move semantics in current versions of C++ was not available to us.
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 25 October 2016 - 07:22 PM
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 26 October 2016 - 02:12 AM
This is way too broad of an excuse for blindly using pointers. Until you positively determine where exactly the program is being bogged down by profiling, then analyzing the code to determine why the code is actually slow just jumping into C with classes type of programming is pre-optimization.
Yes some C++ concepts can be slow, especially when used incorrectly. For example passing objects by value instead of passing by reference/const reference can be a large source of problems. For example you should rarely pass a std::string by value since the copy inherent in passing by value can be significant. The same with std::vector, avoid passing by value, pass by reference or const reference. When dealing with vectors, if you know the size of the vector construct the vector either by specifying the size at construction or by reserving or sizing the vector as soon as you know the size. If you know the size of the container pre-allocating the memory will be much much faster. By the way a std::vector doesn't "expand unpredictably". How the vector "expands" is very predictable, but it can be slightly different from compiler to compiler. But each compiler is predictable because they need to meet complexity requirements provided in the standard.
Also you should prefer smart pointers if you are going to use pointers. Let the compiler help you manage the memory whenever possible.
Just because there are topics on a forum, even StackOverflow, doesn't mean you should blindly follow that advice, the people there are not necessarily more intelligent than the people here, you included. Also you should, IMO, be insuring that the data you're reading is actually still relevant. The C++ language is evolving, relying on information that is several years old may or may not be reliable.
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 26 October 2016 - 05:22 AM
dandymcgee, on 25 October 2016 - 05:31 PM, said:
Granted, std::vector almost certainly uses pointers. However, that's an implementation detail and not something I have to worry about. It might use some other wrappers that use pointers. Also, "expands unpredictably" is making assertions about implementation, which are not necessarily true.
Also, irrelevant. The point is avoiding pointers. By using a nice, well tested, wrapper class, you are doing just that.
dandymcgee, on 25 October 2016 - 05:31 PM, said:
Fixed that for you. Rather than making assumptions, perhaps you want to review some fundamental OOP concepts? https://en.wikipedia...er_programming)
Re: Pointers are the coolest thing yet in c++
Posted 26 October 2016 - 05:44 AM
jimblumberg, on 26 October 2016 - 02:12 AM, said:
I could never possibly disagree with this, and if the reader only takes one thing from this whole thread I hope it's: profile, profile, profile.
** Note: Below this line is opinion stated for the record. I make no proclamation of "bestness". **
jimblumberg, on 26 October 2016 - 02:12 AM, said:
With the above said, I disagree with this. It's 100% a matter of opinion so I'm not telling you your way is wrong. I just prefer mine. I find it much easier to read, test, and maintain functional C++ code than OOP C++ code. I also have a fantastically easier time deducing exactly how the program will behave before running it. This saves me, personally, a ton of time and frustration that using a bunch of classes and containers without any consideration of necessity from the get-go would not. I almost certainly wouldn't recommend some of my habits to a new programmer, nor would I expect a team to blindly conform to them in a work environment, but it's what's work best for me so far. If you ask me again in 5-10 years, I may tell you something else.. who knows. Such is the nature of experience.


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