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Predict the Future For Me

My horoscope for today says:
Use today’s influences to free up tomorrow. This will be an excellent day for tying up any loose ends or clearing up any outstanding chores or duties, whether you’re at work or school, or at home. A helpful surge of energy will get you motivated early on and will keep you [...]

It’s OK to be Ignorant

Programmers have big egos.  It’s not like it’s a big secret or something; we’re used to being right, and it can be very difficult for us to admit when we’re wrong.  And, God help you if you ever have to say:
I don’t know.
If you say that, no one will ever respect you again, and you’ll [...]

Magical Thinking, Magical Code

Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. — Mary Ellen Kelly

Wikipedia briefly defines “magical thinking” as “nonscientific causal reasoning,” and it can be broadly applied to all kinds of superstitious behavior.  We all know someone who believes [...]

The Money Class

Something which is conspicuously missing from the .Net Framework is a Money class for runtime calculations on currency amounts. Such a class’s primary purpose would be to eliminate the round-off errors that you see when using float or double for money amounts, as well as providing runtime checks against adding or subtracting two money [...]