tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.comments2024-03-11T10:37:42.281+00:00Paul GrenyerPaul Grenyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-8328565124182312952019-12-22T23:27:40.128+00:002019-12-22T23:27:40.128+00:00Good decision criteria. I got ability to cross the...Good decision criteria. I got ability to cross the boundaries of computer languages as being a major consideration. Surely any web developer must know 3 or 4 languages to make one web program? HTML / CSS / Jquery or JavaScript. Then what about technical ability to use the IDE as well, I am always amazed at some of the technical ability needed to step through code locally as well as remotely. I think these awards are important to help establish people that normally do not wish to force themselves into an industry, but would like to flow with it as that is far healthier. Strangely, because I work in an office with cyberspace between me and most of my collaborators I do not like Agile methodologies so much, I have experienced scrum before and the stand up seemed so intimidating. Anyway wishing luck to all female coders, may they learn and be learned from.hkdave95https://www.blogger.com/profile/03506515778467808696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-15836982814931626952017-02-22T05:35:24.261+00:002017-02-22T05:35:24.261+00:00Thanks a LOT!!Thanks a LOT!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886607932495044779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-55474293431064875062016-12-27T18:17:05.534+00:002016-12-27T18:17:05.534+00:00Spoke to soon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertain...Spoke to soon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446753Paul Grenyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-80065178759359404932016-12-25T18:28:34.999+00:002016-12-25T18:28:34.999+00:00So, in my defence, I've not read The Hunger Ga...So, in my defence, I've not read The Hunger Games books, so you're probably right and I just don't like the Katniss character. <br /><br />I agree with 99% if what you've said. However, you should see the film. The concerns your raise are exactly what the film addresses. I wasn't saying it was a moral film, just that it addresses the morals of the situation.<br /><br />As for Arrival, yes it's a shame I didn't enjoy it. And you're right, it's a film for people who love language rather than sci-fi. You'd think as a software developer I'd be more interested in language...Paul Grenyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-89720032485741426032016-12-25T18:14:52.459+00:002016-12-25T18:14:52.459+00:00Amusingly, I found myself disagreeing with pretty ...Amusingly, I found myself disagreeing with pretty much every sentence in this review :-) The exception being the opening one about the Graham Norton show, which I've not seen for a while... I should also say, I've not seen “Passengers”, but I took a conscious decision to avoid it, which I'll come to in a bit. <br /><br />Let's start with "The Hunger Games". Katniss Everdeen is independent-minded and -spirited, having spent most of her childhood looking after her mother and younger sister; this is how she ended up in the Hunger Games contest in the first place. Katniss not a leader, recognises that, and doesn't want to be held up as a leader, as detailed in her reluctant participation in the Propos produced by District 13. In the first two books/films, Katniss is driven by her morality, and that is in conflict with the ideology of President Snow. In the third book and third/fourth films that proves to be in conflict with Alma Coin as well. So, I'd argue Jennifer Lawrence played the part of Katniss very well... :-) I thought she captured the nuance of the character in those films, and think her a talented, capable and competent actor.<br /><br />On to “Passengers”. As I say, I've not seen the film, but I have read about it, and the description of the plot raised serious concerns. You say it's a film about morals, and I agree with you on that point, but perhaps we're reading it rather differently. <br /><br />*** SPOILER ALERT ***<br /><br />As I understand it, both Pratt's and Lawrence's characters are in deep hibernation for long-distance space travel, but Pratt's character is woken up early due to a system malfunction, with no way to go back into hibernation and knowing he will die on board the ship before it reaches its destination. Initially, he enjoys the freedom of the ship, but later starts to become bored and lonely. During that time, he encounters Lawrence’s character, still in hibernation, and starts to pay her recurring visits. You could say he develops a bit of an obsession over this woman. Ultimately, he decides to bring her out of hibernation, knowing full well that he is dooming her to the very same fate he will suffer. They form a relationship from there.<br /><br />My problem with this plot is that is basically reads as follows:<br /><br />1. man sees woman<br />2. man falls in love with woman<br />3. man feels entitled to woman<br />4. man dooms woman to a fate she did not choose *and could have no say in*<br />5. man and woman enter relationship<br /><br />How much is the woman under duress in this situation? Does she really have free will to enter into a relationship with this man, when he has already placed claims on her body she did not consent to? Why does Pratt’s character have the right to wake up _anyone_ else on that ship, just because his hibernation pod happened to malfunction?<br /><br />It boils down to “man sees women as property, treats woman as such”. That is a film about morals, yes, but not a morality I wish to give any of my time, let alone money, to. <br /><br />*** END SPOILERS ***<br /><br />And finally, your final sentence. It’s a shame you didn’t enjoy “Arrival”; I found it one of the most enjoyable and thought-provoking films of any kinds I’ve seen for some time. To my mind, it’s well-crafted and *beautifully* layered: big bangs and what-not, but also deep and subtle themes that question the very nature of language and communication. I loved how the Heptapod language was circular, matching their view of time, and that they were given a name derived from ancient languages. I loved how by the end of the film we were left as muddled about the beginning as the central character. I loved how tenderly and sensitively Amy Adams played the part of Louise Banks. This is a film I want to see again to revisit the beginning with the end already in mind, because, like the Heptapod language and their perception of time, it too is circular.Alastair Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05395843530300857372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-36592317333824594952016-08-17T11:52:27.541+01:002016-08-17T11:52:27.541+01:00You missed the opportunity to call it a Memory Bus...You missed the opportunity to call it a Memory Bus!Phil Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697983218189410572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-67747058214898771272016-03-05T23:18:38.652+00:002016-03-05T23:18:38.652+00:00MeetingCpp did the "ask attendees in advance ...MeetingCpp did the "ask attendees in advance which sessions they plan to see" - with mixed success.<br />They found that people changed their minds enough that they still got it wrong about half the time!Phil Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697983218189410572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-14763012374729468052016-02-01T13:03:33.250+00:002016-02-01T13:03:33.250+00:00I have not purchased much music for a few years. A...I have not purchased much music for a few years. And the Genre I have ended up in tends to be slightly odd. The old heavies I listen to on occaision, however, I am drawn further towards gentler genres. Metalica might be my HM band of preference at the moment, although it has become less important to me in designing my software.hkdave95https://www.blogger.com/profile/03506515778467808696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-83252205553564056072016-01-20T17:33:10.082+00:002016-01-20T17:33:10.082+00:00Yes, you’re absolutely right! I spent several year...Yes, you’re absolutely right! I spent several years as a developer – I always knew that I’d be best employed as a developer, and not in people management. <br /><br />Have you read “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion. This book should be on the reading list for all us IT people!<br />Johnhttp://www.internetaffiliation.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-69491063725519102822016-01-11T21:43:31.544+00:002016-01-11T21:43:31.544+00:00I think you're mixing up two separate aspects ...I think you're mixing up two separate aspects here: Dependency Injection as a design principle and the usage of container frameworks that help you get code that was written using this example to run. The latter is a totally optional thing to do.<br /><br />Dependency injection is not about creating pluggable components: it's about writing testable code. To achieve that, code needs to expose it's dependencies (collaborators) publicly — read: expose constructor arguments. This technique removes the responsibility of providing these collaborators to the entity that creates instances of your classes and basically implements the SOC principle as the class responsibility gets reduced to only using the collaborators, not obtaining them.<br /><br />This approach basically externalizes the responsibility to create instances of your classes and you now face the choice of writing this creating code yourself — which is perfectly fine and actually the way you'd do it anyway in unit tests — or by outsourcing that responsibility to 3rd parties as the general mechanism of wiring objects is a rather technical aspect, repetitive and usually results in code not core to the domain you're actually tackling.<br /><br />Different DI frameworks have different histories and philosophies in how they interact with the codebase they manage and thus also shape the design quality of the code users write when working with them. According to the theoretical foundations described above, a good DI container will has to provide two fundamental means:<br /><br />1. Means to define which classes shall be managed by the container.<br />2. Means to define how those classes express dependencies to other components.<br /><br />With the current Spring Framework generation 1. is usually comprised of a set of base packages to scan for classes with an annotation. The latter aspect can be replaced by type matches or naming conventions, too, so that the code managed doesn't even have to know about the container managing it.<br /><br />2. Is currently achieved by annotating a constructor with either @Inject or @Autowired. Spring 4.3 will be able to detect a canonical constructor in case only one is available anyway.<br /><br />What I am basically trying to get to is that a good DI container will not trick you into some container specific way of designing components but actually leverages well-designed code — immutable classes, that expose their dependencies as constructor arguments — and can work with it. So it's the class' design that matters, no matter if we talk about entities, value object or service classes that will end up being managed by a container.Oliver Gierkehttp://olivergierke.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-77156635989409500402016-01-11T20:36:48.025+00:002016-01-11T20:36:48.025+00:00Or you could start your children using a CodeBug r...Or you could start your children using a CodeBug right now! http://www.codebug.org.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-86415035634694112382016-01-08T09:26:02.948+00:002016-01-08T09:26:02.948+00:00Good stuff! If you join norfolkdevelopers.com I ca...Good stuff! If you join norfolkdevelopers.com I can RSVP you. Please give my regards to Joseph S.Paul Grenyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-30096323057582811252016-01-08T09:24:24.538+00:002016-01-08T09:24:24.538+00:00Hi Paul, many thx. Pls can you book me in provisio...Hi Paul, many thx. Pls can you book me in provisionally, I'm trying to arrange leave for this day.<br />Many thx<br />Sally Hopper Sally Hopperhttp://xyznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-75373094817108935172016-01-06T15:04:15.440+00:002016-01-06T15:04:15.440+00:00Hey Sally, The course is being delivered by Huw Ll...Hey Sally, The course is being delivered by Huw Lloyd:<br /><br />https://uk.linkedin.com/in/huwlloyd<br /><br />No, it's not certified.<br />Paul Grenyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-66554375550045217472016-01-06T15:01:23.069+00:002016-01-06T15:01:23.069+00:00Hi Paul,
Who will deliver the course? Is it certif...Hi Paul,<br />Who will deliver the course? Is it certificated?<br />many thx<br />SSally Hopperhttp://xyznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-35324021912005500652016-01-04T18:35:25.923+00:002016-01-04T18:35:25.923+00:00Thanks! Alistair pointed me in that direction too....Thanks! Alistair pointed me in that direction too.Paul Grenyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-67901718252921067252016-01-04T18:13:34.946+00:002016-01-04T18:13:34.946+00:00The Kindle edition is available at the Tachyon web...The Kindle edition is available at the Tachyon website. <br /><br />https://tachyonpublications.com/product/slow-bullets/Rick Klawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336520875214427738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-45490706598877840222016-01-03T23:06:14.897+00:002016-01-03T23:06:14.897+00:00I am an IT Contractor working for a well known ban...I am an IT Contractor working for a well known bank based in London. For a few months now I have cast down the shackles binding me to my office desk and usually work 2 days a week from home. <br /><br />This December things have been different. I am now part way through my longest uninterrupted block of home time. I have been working remotely from home since December 16th - doing a week before Christmas, and I go back to work (from home) tomorrow and will work another week from home before returning to the office the week after.<br /><br />My client is showing great trust, maturity and common sense with its positive stance on remote working. I live in Southern Spain and work in London, and I am hearing other people's stories here with a similar arrangement. <br /><br />The remote working policy allowed my family and I to enjoy the festive period to the max, and for that I will repay them with loyalty and they won that loyalty fair and square. No golden handcuffs. No lure of a massive bonus. They have provided something that transcends financial reward. That allowed me to work in a different country in the morning, and not miss my daughters school play in the afternoon.<br /><br />One friend of mine who lives close by works for a leading software development consultancy. He is a contract developer like myself and negotiated himself an excellent arrangement. He works remotely for most parts of the projects he is involved with. It's a US firm he works for, he is paid out of their London office and he lives in Spain. He works for a global company on global projects for global clients, he is being treated like a citizen of the world by his employer and I'm pretty sure he feels like one.<br /><br />My contract runs for a few more months. If it comes to an end and is not renewed then this experience fills me with confidence that I can and will continue living my dream which is that as an IT Contractor capable of doing 90% of my work without human interaction, our personal life should dictate where we live, not my job. I am sure this approach will call for us to make sacrifices at some points in time when a remote working contract is not available, but as a family we decided that is a small price to pay to move to Spain where we could realize the outdoor lifestyle we want to live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-30080842373022187122015-09-15T04:14:07.746+01:002015-09-15T04:14:07.746+01:00very thanks for your GREAT solution!very thanks for your GREAT solution!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898283485160465163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-16115325882003081942015-09-06T09:52:15.643+01:002015-09-06T09:52:15.643+01:00When i am diploying it shows an error like this.. ...When i am diploying it shows an error like this.. "java.io.IOException: insufficient data written" what should i do..?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-78557248917843702122015-08-21T17:08:28.759+01:002015-08-21T17:08:28.759+01:00nice post.nice post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414468970958130447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-79160838994224932322015-06-22T13:01:14.513+01:002015-06-22T13:01:14.513+01:00Hi, Thanks for the post. Linked your answer to thi...Hi, Thanks for the post. Linked your answer to this solution on Stackoverflow site. http://stackoverflow.com/a/12122495/1793718Lakshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09391904751610168744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-91149258633915442062015-06-11T15:59:29.266+01:002015-06-11T15:59:29.266+01:00I don't believe I said it was and I'm cert...I don't believe I said it was and I'm certainly not involved in any.Paul Grenyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-46944576517245146512015-06-11T15:58:24.678+01:002015-06-11T15:58:24.678+01:00Errr, why is it OK to have women only groups but n...Errr, why is it OK to have women only groups but not male only?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548789926995192649.post-82902976486324357032015-06-10T17:15:45.648+01:002015-06-10T17:15:45.648+01:00This is despicable - it's 2015!This is despicable - it's 2015! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com