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  1. presidentender

    Minding your Is and Ls

    Paypal sent a client of ours a JPEG of his API keys. He just spent six hours of his own time and an hour of mine figuring out that this was the problem. Seriously, there's no reason to do that. Use a serif, monospaced font when the distinction is important.
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    Displaying a small icon in a ListViewItem's text (.NET 3.5)

    We have a ListView control which displays thumbnails and filenames from images and videos. The problem is that there's no good visual cue that distinguishes between the images and the videos; you get a ton of thumbnails, and the extensions are there, but don't "pop out enough." Things we've...
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    Should I tell my coworker his code is WTF-worthy?

    The lead developer on my project wrote a stored proc using the 'exec' function with a string built from parameters, a la The Daily WTF. I asked if I could just change it instead of doing SQL injection filtering (since a proper parameterized query would make the filtering unnecessary) and he said...
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    Huh. Did I just screw myself?

    I'll graduate on the 16th and start work here on the 18th. 'Here' is a software consulting outfit in western MT. They've essentially made a position for me, and I believe them when they say they can't afford to pay me more, especially given the economy. There's a lot to learn here, and the...
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    Anyone read my resume, make it more better?

    Title says it all.
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    Why would you do this?

    So my resume's up on dice and monster in .txt format, just because. I get calls and emails about three or four times a month for immediate openings, which illustrates a lack of careful reading on the part of them there spam-recruiters (I don't graduate 'til May and my resume says as much)...
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    Is the tech recession over?

    What do you think? I tend to be a little bit skeptical; it looks to me more like the "tech recession" isn't over for top-caliber software guys, rather than average joes. Now, maybe this is a good thing, if you consider yourself top-caliber.
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    Interview questions

    In SoundTheSurrender's thread, he mentions that they asked questions in his phone interview to which he didn't know the answers. Now, we could make a "skills you need" thread, which would quickly devolve into bickering about which skills are actually important (Do soft skills count? Do we need...
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    Which of these is more readable to you?

    Function 1: private bool Login() { bool loginSucceeded; //Rest of function; check to see whether the login actually succeeded //and set loginSucceeded accordingly return loginSucceeded; } Function 2: private bool Login() { bool loginSucceeded; //Rest of function; check...
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    Presidentender's journal

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    "Bodybuilding" routine

    3 day split. Each day is built around a compound lift. Ab work may be inserted where desired. Isolateral work is performed to encourage symmetry. Redundancies are intentional where present. Justifications follow exercises in parenthesis. I don't think this is the best ev-ar, or that it's a...
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    Grad school?

    Title says it all. I'm set to graduate in May, and my department is looking for Masters' students. Now, I already have a job developing software, and they were under the impression when they hired me that I'd be done in May. I haven't spoken to them about going to grad school (the thought...
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    Deadlift versus seated cable back extension

    When I first started lifting, I tended to do seated cable back extensions as an isolation exercise for spinal erectors quite a bit, in part because I didn't feel comfortable doing deadlifts until I knew what proper form was, in part because it feels really good to complete reps with the entire...
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    Best resource for learning Visual Studio 2005?

    Title says it all: I'm a decent (yeah, right) developer, but need to learn VS2005, specifically .NET and C#. Where's the most productive place to start?
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    Yay, I have a real job!

    So I gave two weeks at my on-campus tech support/programming job about two weeks ago, and did job hunting. Managed to find a job here in town (Missoula, MT for reference) for a software consulting place before the two weeks were up, so that's good. Pros: It's a "real job." That is, I would...
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    Noob lifting partner

    So... I agreed to go lift with a guy from work. I explained to him that there are two ways we can work out: we can go at the same time and do our own thing, or he can take advantage of what I know and I can take advantage of what he knows and we can lift together. So he says "let's lift...
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    Work is becoming a problem

    I'm a college student. I've got a pretty sweet on-campus student job. Officially, I'm a "Resident Technology Assistant," which means I do tech support for the University apartments where I live. I have office hours, too, during which I get to program. The programming is the good part. The tech...
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    We should replace Rickroll

    Rod Stewart's "Some Guys Have All The Luck". Whaddya think?
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    Kettlebells

    A friend of mine got me a kettlebell for my birthday. (yeah, I know, should have 2). It's thirty pounds and for some reason it feels like fifty. This is awesome. I don't have a specific question, just the usual "anyone use/any advice" stuff.
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    Forcing UAC in Vista

    We're trying to develop a tool to make sure that the users connecting to the campus network have secure machines (antivirus, fully updated OS, no router) before we let them out on the internet. A coworker of mine has written a tool in C# which works marvelously and interacts with the database as...
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    Slipstream CDs and additional software

    At the office where I work, we have slipstream CDs, and can use them to install fully updated copies of windows, which saves a lot of time: instead of installing manually XP and waiting for updates to download, we just install windows from the slipstream, which does the windows installation...
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    Medicine ball

    A friend of mine pointed me at this article about medicine balls. I'm intrigued to add them to my workout; the few times I've used one, it's been pretty effective, but I tend to use them only as an afterthought. Anyone have major success stories from medicine ball workouts?
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    PHP polymorphism problems

    Well, I thought I was decent at PHP. My background is Java, where multiple constructors are allowed, and polymorphism is not an illusion. Anyway, I tried to declare two __construct() functions, but PHP freaked out at me, and told me that I can't redeclare functions. I thought about using...
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    What's your primary core exercise?

    I mostly let my Squats, Deadlifts, and standing press take care of my core, but sometimes I do Roman Chair sit-ups or leg raises. I realize the poll ignores obliques and lower back :)
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    Shoulder pain

    I know it's possible to be able to lift more than is good for your joints, especially for older men lifting very heavy weights (think very heavy bodybuilders doing pull-ups, for instance). In my mind, bench press is notorious for this, because the most severe injuries I know of come from bench...
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    Busted hand

    I box for cardio. It's awesome, especially on legs day. Problem is that I box with a heavy bag, and managed to give myself a boxer's fracture. It's very mild and took me some time to even notice, but now it's a bit swollen and making a fist hurts. I really like to work out. Anyone have...