psnj

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by psnj 16y ago
> But I notice that the only people that really hate it are powerusers. This is an excellent point. If I write network clients in elisp just for yuks, I'm probably not Apple's target user for iTunes. Emacs' UI has broken my brain (and h
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by psnj 16y ago
Vigorously agree. I have no idea why I have such a hard time using iTunes, but I do consistently, even doing really simple and obvious things. It horrifies me.
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by psnj 16y ago
I was surprised by my almost-panicky reaction to seeing: Identifiers Can Have Blanks open_window_with_attributes(...) becomes: open window with attributes (...) I think I actually felt that wrongness in my stomach. Like a more
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by psnj 16y ago
I used to work at OT when Glazer was there, and I attended a workshop once where he gave a talk. Very impressive guy -- I remember thinking "I want to work for the company that guy's working for!"
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by psnj 16y ago
I think the "diamond test" is useful and elegant in its simplicity: a woman that requires a diamond to marry you is the wrong woman.
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by psnj 16y ago
I say "sequel" ("s-q-l" hardly rolls off the tongue) but often in my group we call it "skewl", because in addition to shaving off half the syllables of "sequel", it sounds fittingly sorta gross.
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by psnj 16y ago
Funny, that pulsing light drives me nuts. If I'm in a darkened room with my MBP, I have to cover it or turn it to face the other way.
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by psnj 16y ago
> [...] there isn't such a thing as happiness. > Misery and pain is part and parcel of being alive and that's the way it should be. Is it not possible that there is happiness, but also misery and pain? I've felt both. Is happiness "
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by psnj 16y ago
I've always found this an interesting topic, and once in a while it's interesting to discuss it with someone who believes in a god. Sometimes I wonder how much we choose what we believe, especially when it gets down to this bottom-of-the-so
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by psnj 16y ago
Although it is a bit goddy for my tastes, I've always liked the Ritual Calling of the Engineer and the Iron Ring that goes with it, which is unusual because I'm certainly not one for ceremony. But I appreciate the serious tone and quiet und
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by psnj 16y ago
I think this is great advice. I've been in some dark corners myself, and the parent comment resonated with me, especially: * It seems like you're the only one dealing with this, but you're really not. My friend describes us as ducks -- all
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by psnj 17y ago
A startup in the co-working space I'm in is addressing this very problem: http://www.zeebu.com/ They create smartphone games for little kids. Twenty-first century pacifiers? Apparently the kids love them!
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by psnj 17y ago
No mention of the "geeksnort"?
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by psnj 17y ago
> Can you show me some statistics to prove that this > (junk mail) works? One could argue that it must be effective, as it's expensive to print and post mail, yet marketers have been doing it for decades. Its results are also genera
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by psnj 17y ago
> Checking parameters in every method (especially an OO system) is a sure way to have poor performance. This seems overly general to me. I'm not sure it's a "sure way to have poor performance." It seems to me that (for example) a null-c
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by psnj 17y ago
> 1. If you are going to assert these things, don't do it in the middle of the method - do it in a place that makes sense (start of the method). Sure, I can see that -- assertions in the middle of a method might well indicate that maybe
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by psnj 17y ago
Could someone explain: "Be Defensive - They're out to Get Your Code! - Defensively assert about the state of parameters passed in methods, constructors, and mid-method."? which, desarcastified, I take to mean: "Don't defensively assert abou
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by psnj 17y ago
It's in situations like that where you see flight attendants doing their "real" jobs.
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by psnj 17y ago
Agree. When I was getting my pilot's license, I learned to be hyper-aware of another airplane that was less than say 1000 feet from me. But the strangest part of those lessons was getting back into my car afterward and getting onto the 417,
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by psnj 17y ago
Yes, you're right. I agree that there are times that denormalizing makes sense. My point was that the item said: * Throw away the normal forms you learned in school * Denormalize [...] whenever it makes a query faster. I think that's bad ad
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by psnj 17y ago
Some reasonable advice in there, but #3? Ruh roh.