Comments for Peet Brits

Comment on True Sceptic, or Noisy Idiot? by Peet Brits

Peet Brits — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:16:37 +0000

Brian Dunning said it better than I ever could:
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4160

Comment on What makes time tick? by maoyc

maoyc — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:32:23 +0000

Thanks for sharing!
You are absolutely right, time is precious, especially the periods when we were in our childhood and youth.

Comment on C# 4.0 by Peet Brits

Peet Brits — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:26:47 +0000

OK, OK, I’m having a bad day. Maybe it is a good thing that someone is trying to build the ultimate programming language, but is it really fair that they are getting rich on other people’s hard work and innovative ideas?

* Silently wishing for the blind justice that will never come. *

Comment on LINQ Quiz by Peet Brits

Peet Brits — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:18:45 +0000

For what it’s worth, here’s my take on things:

1) “A” returns colour (red/green) and yellow, “B” returns only red/green.
2) Will only work if the filter conditions are not empty.
3) Regarding performance, LINQ queries are only executed once when needed, not while building the iterator, thus the difference is not significant. I believe this is build upon the C# 3.0 enumeration technology, thanks to keywords like “yield return”. Regarding readability, use “A” for simple query conditions, but “B” for more complex ones.

Comment on LINQ Quiz by Peet Brits

Peet Brits — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:51:30 +0000

Hmm, seems like I’m not going to get any replies…

Comment on LINQ: Breaking Your Logic by Marius Myburg

Marius Myburg — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:13:31 +0000

Thanks for pointing this out Peet. The apparent discrepancy between how if() statements in regular C# bail out as soon as a false condition is encountered, and between LINQ where this does not happen, does seem counter-intuitive. Still, LINQ is a great technology.

Comment on Evolution? by Peet Brits

Peet Brits — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:06:57 +0000

Reed, I was referring to your creationist sample discussion. I don’t
mind removing the link if you think it is not fitting.

As I mentioned, and as your simple discussion suggests, the two groups
are clearly not speaking the same language. I’m just someone on the
sideline trying to make sense of it all.

Comment on Evolution? by Reed Braden

Reed Braden — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:05:07 +0000

What does this have to do with my post at all?

Comment on Why developers cannot be managed. by Peet Brits

Peet Brits — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:30:54 +0000

And as promised, here it is.

Comment on Why developers cannot be managed. by Peet Brits

Peet Brits — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:54:01 +0000

> i.e. Customer A needs their invoicing to be done in a totally different way than the system does…
I recently wrote an article on that very topic, should post it within the next week.

I agree completely with what you are saying. The big problem with this situation is that the people at the top, those ranking higher than all the managers, are under the impression everything is fine! It is not because they are ignorant, but rather because they are misinformed. All our suggestions are great at a lower level, but it will usually be ignored coming from someone without authority.