Nice one!

My version: On a plane during boarding, remoting in to a PC from my phone, fixing a database issue. Got it sorted just before takeoff :D

I'm another who paid for Sublime. Worth every penny :)

@epse I'd had my laptop for over a year before realising that the eSATA gave me a fourth USB port!

@h3ll http://bash.org/?207373
Semi-relevant, and I love an excuse to link to bash.org

There is also https://24ways.org
"24 ways is the advent calendar for web geeks. For twenty-four days each December we publish a daily dose of web design and development goodness to bring you all a little Christmas cheer."

And for those who want to give instead of receive, there's https://24pullrequests.com
"The idea is basically 'Send 24 pull requests between December 1st and December 24th', encouraging developers to give back to open source with little gifts of code throughout December."

Chrome has its own task manager, so you can see exactly which processes are running. They're probably extensions, and maybe sandboxes for things like Flash.

My comment may have been a little harsh, so I apologise, but I stand by the sentiment. Your post read as more of a boast than a rant ("...fix in less time than estimated. Look like gold"), and I think it needed the extra context.

I have been in situations where my estimates were ignored, or budgets had already been agreed before the devs were consulted (thankfully it's never been as bad as you described). So I do understand, but I still don't agree with the method.

Giving reasonable and consistent estimates is hard enough, and that kind of selfish nonsense gives us all a bad name.
I hope I'll never have to work with you.

False

There you go :)

What would you prefer they end with?

@src-tz it's possible that the in-app /data updates are toggling a switch to activate existing code. It's still not good if they don't include it in the changelog, though (which never changes...).

To save everyone a few clicks: http://bbc.co.uk/news/...

@SweetHuman that's not the one I saw, so there must be a few out there :P

@always-noob123 I really hope so :)

I remember seeing that. I can't remember the app, though :(

Throw emoji at it and see what happens. That's how I usually break things. 😈

I check the permissions of every app I install or update. The information is there, security is important, and it's foolish to ignore it and hope for the best.

++ on dub dub dub. It's what we say at work.

What's the problem? Stack Exchange has several non-computing networks, so what's wrong with one for parenting? http://stackexchange.com/sites

I've only worked in an open office, but I'd prefer to try either a private office per dev, or an office per team like @lig1 suggested.

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@qwerty1337 The first time I got the ":)" tab counter, I didn't know whether to feel proud or ashamed.

Plus, Chrome on Android doesn't have a "Bookmark all tabs" feature. 😥

+1 on using Yoda conditions.

I also use Hack for my IDEs and text editors. It's good for differentiating things like "O" and "0", and "I", "l", "1", and "|". Plus, it's free and on Github.
There are several similar fonts with the same ideals, though.

Obvious XKCD reference is obvious: https://xkcd.com/221

@Jumpshot44 Thanks, I figured it was about time I joined :).
For Valentine's one year I received a knitted human heart. She's the best :D