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Comment on About Me by Pavan Kumar Aryasomayajulu

Pavan Kumar Aryasomayajulu — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:16:32 +0000

Hi Ben,
You are really inspiring me a lot with your posts and the way you deal with situation.
Great web site that i came across.
Thanks,
Pavan

Comment on Difference between ConfigurationSettings and ConfigurationManager by ajay Babu Devalla

ajay Babu Devalla — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:38:26 +0000

Inorder to add reference to System.Configuration we have to right click on the Project and click on ‘Add Reference’.
Now a new window opens.Here click on .net Tab,Now Scroll down inorder to select the System.Configuration.Install.dll and click on the ‘select’ button.

Now finally click ‘ok’ button to add reference

Comment on How to work an 8-hour day by Sam

Sam — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:44:29 +0000

Where in the hell did the 8 hour workday go. I want it back.

With a semi enjoyable job that i am proficient at, i can work 40 hour weeks indefinitely.

On the other hand, 12 hour days where i am doing something boring , im pretty sure it kills brain cells and drains your life force right out of your body.

Comment on Top 5 Attributes of Highly Effective Programmers by Ahsan Butt

Ahsan Butt — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:41:13 +0000

Excellent Article.
Keep up!

Comment on Difference between ConfigurationSettings and ConfigurationManager by Ben

Ben — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:41:36 +0000

Sonny, that’s awesome! Glad to help.

Comment on Difference between ConfigurationSettings and ConfigurationManager by Sonny

Sonny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:34:49 +0000

You ROCK Ben!!!!! Even after 4 years, your post was able to help me understand and resolve my issue.

Comment on Top 5 Attributes of Highly Effective Programmers by Nawaz

Nawaz — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:42:49 +0000

I totally agree with each and every word of the article. I’m pleased to read the symptoms of a passionate guy which you’ve listed – each one of them matches with my habits and activities which I do in my spare time and weekends.

Comment on My interview experience with Google by Lalit

Lalit — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:15:07 +0000

very informatic!

Comment on Determine CPU usage of current process (C++ and C#) by Adam Smith

Adam Smith — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:27:25 +0000

Hi Ben,

THANKS for the code! Some machines don’t have perf counters installed correctly so this is great!

Some quick tips:
* Instead of using DateTime.Now, .UtcNow would be better as it’s both faster and less dependent on user settings. But even better is Environment.TickCount since it is not dependent on the user not touching their clock.

* SubtractTimes can be static.

* I rolled the two properties into the code, inline, since they were only used once. Probably personal preference but the code seemed more readable for me that way.

But mostly THANKS again for the code!

Adam

Comment on 10 Ways to Learn New Things in Development by Anjan

Anjan — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:47:44 +0000

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Comment on 10 Ways to Learn New Things in Development by Sujoy

Sujoy — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:42:46 +0000

Thanks a lot for this information.I’m very much grateful to you.

Comment on My interview experience with Google by siva

siva — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:27:20 +0000

Nice man..thanks for sharing ur experience

Comment on My Interview Experience at Microsoft by Ritesh Parkhi

Ritesh Parkhi — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:19:57 +0000

Hi Vijay,

This is Ritesh.

It would be great if you proposed me guideline to make my dreams come true to be a part of Microsoft. I am working with .Net technology and looking for some sort of preparation.

Can you please let me know your email id or can mail me so i can get wast area of guidance..

Thanks and Regards
Ritesh Parkhi

Comment on 4 Principles of Not Wasting Time by “Wasting Time” on My Hands « The Art of Procrastination

“Wasting Time” on My Hands « The Art of Procrastination — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:13:42 +0000

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Comment on 4 Principles of Not Wasting Time by vbbb

vbbb — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:43:52 +0000

Comment on An easy stack layout panel for WinForms by John Gietzen

John Gietzen — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:12:16 +0000

Ah, brilliant. Thanks.

It looks like AutoSize instead of AutoScroll also works, which allows you to have the “real” version of stack panel, which can then be wrapped inside of *something else* with auto scroll, as well.

Comment on Determine CPU usage of current process (C++ and C#) by nisar

nisar — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:54:06 +0000

Hi, the conversion in C# SubtractTimes (((UInt64)(a.dwHighDateTime << 32)) | (UInt64)a.dwLowDateTime) is incorrect. The correct conversion is (((UInt64)f.dwHighDateTime) << 32) | (UInt32)f.dwLowDateTime.

Comment on Clarification on Why Study for an Interview by Madhav

Madhav — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:04:00 +0000

I agree with you 100% when you say that if you do not get the job, its under the premise that you are simply not a good fit as opposed to the fact that you are not as prepared as you could have been. I am currently studying hard for this MS interview and this article and the initial one really went over methods similar to what I am starting to do and plan to continue doing.

Thanks man, I wish you best of luck in your endeavors.

Comment on My Interview Experience at Microsoft by Austin

Austin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:12:30 +0000

Ben,
Thank you! I got an offer.

Comment on Determine CPU usage of current process (C++ and C#) by susheel

susheel — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:41:28 +0000

Hi All,
I am looking code to find out processes which have been idle for a long time and want to kill them like javaw processes.

any help

thanks