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The same is true of programming. I also can't remember specific exchanges off the top of my head but I know I've used "it's a FIFO" and "do a binary search" to

The same is true of programming. I also can't remember specific exchanges off the top of my head but I know I've used "it's a FIFO" and "do a binary search" to refer to non-programming related tasks.

kmicklas 10y ago
Latency throughput tradeoffs is the one I always seem to be trying to explain to non CS people.
niccl 10y ago
My partner has (she says) treasured my comment to her once that the second derivative of her emotional plane is very low. I meant that she is very stable and doesn't suddenly fly into some weird emotional state. I couldn't think of any other way of putting it.
- batbomb 10y ago
  There's a joke in there about third derivatives of displacement (jerk).
  - pavel_lishin 10y ago
    What's the term for encountering some relatively unlikely concept multiple times in a short period? I was just looking at the Wikipedia page for the physics-variant of "jerk".
    - batbomb 10y ago
      That's the same one. I meant third derivative of position which is the derivative of acceleration, which is "jerk".
    - theoh 10y ago
      Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
pavel_lishin 10y ago
I'm frequently frustrated when I'm trying to do chores, or something else, with someone who doesn't understand the concept of parallelization.
- thedudemabry 10y ago
  Haha, I once got into a rather frustrating discussion with my partner when discussing the optimal order and partitioning of laundry loads so that we spent the least amount of time babysitting the washer and dryer. After our third digression into understanding the concept of pipelining I decided that saving 30 minutes per week wasn't worth it :)
  - pavel_lishin 10y ago
    Laundry is the exact chore I was thinking of. Mine folds (e.g.) a few pairs of shorts, and then takes them to the dresser and puts them away. Then later, she folds more shorts, and puts them away again. I fold everything, once, and then make one trip per handful-of-piles-of-items. Precious seconds saved! Seconds that I can use to have pointless arguments about saving precious seconds with my wife!
    - shalmanese 10y ago
      Yeah, but with her agile, small batch approach, if she makes a mistake on any one folding, she minimizes the amount of rework.

The same is true of programming. I also can't remember specific exchanges off the top of my head but I know I've used "it's a FIFO" and "do a binary search" to refer to non-programming related tasks.

kmicklas 10y ago

Latency throughput tradeoffs is the one I always seem to be trying to explain to non CS people.

niccl 10y ago

My partner has (she says) treasured my comment to her once that the second derivative of her emotional plane is very low. I meant that she is very stable and doesn't suddenly fly into some weird emotional state. I couldn't think of any other way of putting it.

batbomb 10y ago
There's a joke in there about third derivatives of displacement (jerk).
- pavel_lishin 10y ago
  What's the term for encountering some relatively unlikely concept multiple times in a short period? I was just looking at the Wikipedia page for the physics-variant of "jerk".
  - batbomb 10y ago
    That's the same one. I meant third derivative of position which is the derivative of acceleration, which is "jerk".
  - theoh 10y ago
    Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.

pavel_lishin 10y ago

I'm frequently frustrated when I'm trying to do chores, or something else, with someone who doesn't understand the concept of parallelization.

thedudemabry 10y ago
Haha, I once got into a rather frustrating discussion with my partner when discussing the optimal order and partitioning of laundry loads so that we spent the least amount of time babysitting the washer and dryer. After our third digression into understanding the concept of pipelining I decided that saving 30 minutes per week wasn't worth it :)
- pavel_lishin 10y ago
  Laundry is the exact chore I was thinking of. Mine folds (e.g.) a few pairs of shorts, and then takes them to the dresser and puts them away. Then later, she folds more shorts, and puts them away again. I fold everything, once, and then make one trip per handful-of-piles-of-items. Precious seconds saved! Seconds that I can use to have pointless arguments about saving precious seconds with my wife!
  - shalmanese 10y ago
    Yeah, but with her agile, small batch approach, if she makes a mistake on any one folding, she minimizes the amount of rework.