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The Windows 3.1 SDK. I bought and read it at University, some decades ago, and I can still write simple C programs for Windows that compile under Windows 2000 and run under Windows 10.
I love Olvwm, way back at university we had Sun workstations. I have run it on Linux, but I don't think it can be readily compiled for 64 bit architectures on Linux. Maybe I'm wrong and someone may have achieved it, but I have never seen as a binary. Still on of my favorites though.
I've been using dual screens on Linux since 2009 and for the last 2 years triple screens.
My current PC is using and nVidia 1660 GPU to drive this.
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04. It wasn't out-of-the-box easy to install, but running installer in safe-mode worked and regular boots are as normal.
Even on laptops dual screens work provided the laptop supports it.
I had the opportunity to travel and I met my better half as a result of that trip.
My advice, do something that takes you a bit out of your depth, you could meet new people as a result.
While I wouldn't be looking at a game, I would be looking for enthusiasm. Outright technical skill is important, but also how you dig into problems and push a project forward.
That's the one thing that is missing from the article. Just keeping on the same page as others is also important.
I wonder if this was being planned for June 4th?
Nope, I think the UI is fit for purpose, doesn't need a flatso look and feel or massive space used for static text.
Thanks for building an awesome tool that runs for weeks at a time on my desktop.
Next time, say there is a dead body and you heard gun fire. In the UK you'd get every cop for miles and the TV news.</s>
I also miss my early years, writing programs on a BBC Micros or for Windows 3.0 in Turbo Pascal for Windows. Now everything seems sanitized and no longer challenging.
I think it's the learning experience and result we crave.
I bought a cheap used ultra small form factor PC with an i5, 8GB of RAM, all for less than 200 USD. It even included a licensed copy of Windows 7 Pro, which I don't use.
The HK Government produces some excellent paper maps that have a water resistant coating.
I bought mine in the General Post Office in Central, near IFC. There's also the maps shop at the junction of Nathan Road and Gascoigne Road in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Books! I read one that was all about custom controls, must have been about 300 pages and at the end presented code that provided subclassed versions of all the MS Windows 3.1 controls with 3D effects.
Something called "Desk Developer", "Deskdev", "Rapid Application Development" or "RAD".
I was in the Deskdev team in an investment bank for 4 years, great fun and I learned a lot about Excel.
Cynical me: The UK railway system has plenty of practice of delays and cancellations, it seems they have learned to at least provide some detail in "lay" form.
Practical me: Having that information allows better decisions to be made. Rather than simply wasting my evening at a station other arrangements can be made, possibly having a meal in a local bar/restaurant rather than shivering on a station.
If the headway between buses is greater than 15 minutes, then few people are going to chose it as their transportation option. If one bus fails to show, often enough for me not to bother and walk instead, then you have a 30 minute waiting time at an open bus stop in cold driving rain.
Now I live in Asia and the buses are extremely frequent headway is less than 10 minutes, and I have no need for a car.
I love the Bloomberg Terminal style. I watched one of my users retrieve some product information yesterday, a few key presses and it was there. Much faster than a web application.
The colour scheme also looks good. A black background gives you many more high contrast choices. Try using yellow or cyan on a light background. It seems most of the colours are based on the old 8-bit selection; red, green, blue, cyan, yellow, white and black. Orange seems to have been added as well.
The BBC is state funded, through the TV Licence, for use within the United Kingdom, elsewhere it is funded on a commercial basis. The web site differs between domestic (no adverts) and international (adverts).
BBC Studios is the commercial arm of the BBC for licencing and distributing media outside of the United Kingdom.
https://www.bbcstudios.com/about/about-us/