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I remember seeing these CD displays at every corner, from malls to small kiosks. They were everywhere. And so, kids grabbed them and played frisbee with them right on the streets. So, these CDs were lying all over the ground. In every street, at bus stops, playgrounds. Everywhere.

Pixpaint 3 years ago

Was totally underwhelmed an wondered why everyone seems to like this. Then I noticed that it doesn't work well on Firefox and is performing better on Chrome. Well done!

At least if your car is registered in a European Union country, you will still get a ticket. It takes some days, but eventually it will appear in your mailbox at home.

You could get away with simply not paying, as collection would be too much of a hassle. But they'll note your plates and the next time you're back into Norway and your plate gets scanned, they might visit you right on the spot to collect your debts.

There's a saying at my workplace that goes like

Something with wood

It's a short, dumbed-down version of "screw it, I'd rather do something with wood instead" and every dev recites it every once in a while when they encounter strange bugs or other annoyances.

PHP in 2022 5 years ago

PHP uses a garbage collector since version 5.3 that was released around 2009/2010.

PHP 8.1.0 5 years ago

Except that they're not limited to web applications

With PHP, you're not limited to web apps as well. The same rapid-fire style development can be applied when building CLI applications.

You did not test it? Apologize.

Not on every case. I once had a customer who literally removed the "Testing" part of my offer because it seemed to expensive to him.

As testing often takes a considerable amount of time I do list it explicitly in an offer and don't "hide" it in the numbers for the other tasks.