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"I can code in a crowded bar" Bars aren't for coding, put down the computer.
by strebler 16y ago
"I can code in a crowded bar"
Bars aren't for coding, put down the computer.
- hugh3 16y agoIf I can drink in the office, I don't see any reason why this guy shouldn't be able to code in a bar.
- xtho 16y agoWell, maybe different people who live in different countries on different continents have different ideas of what a bar is. Where I live you don't go to a bar to drink although you usually drink something when you're in a bar. But then ... maybe you work at a bar? You didn't describe your office.
- ido 16y agoWhere I live you don't go to a bar to drink although you usually drink something when you're in a bar. What do you go to a bar to do?
- maneesh 16y agoI lived in Italy where 'bar' means any place, often a cafe, that also serves alcohol. Often they have free wifi and encourage people to come :)
- johnl87 16y agoYou go to a bar to socialize. Alcohol is a social lubricant. If you only want to drink, go to the deli, buy some beers, and drink at home.
- alexyim 16y agoBecause you're being a douchebag who is taking up way more space by having your laptop out and requiring a clearance to help prevent people from stepping into the danger zone where they might accidentally spill their drinks onto said laptop.
- maukdaddy 16y agoAnd we wonder why there is a stigma about geeks.
- SingAlong 16y agoWell, I can code in my class using my netbook. Helps me skip lousy classes and still get attendance for those classes. I keep my netbook on my lap and I'm a first bencher and never got noticed coz of the bench design :) My specs: Acer Aspire One D150 (1gb/160gb) with Ubuntu 9.10 Emacs 23 for editing Switched to Chrome (5.0.379.dev) from FF, coz the new dom inspector seems to hook right at the bottom of the window like firebug. Using Balsamiq on the netbook is a pain for new mockups. Not to just view mocks tho. It seems to be slow to run the Android emulator, but it runs fine raising some exceptions. Tip: click wait and not force quit in the emulator :) also skip eclipse and learn the commands. The only thing you'll probably miss is the auto pkg importer in eclipse (fixing statements by importing pkgs). But that's fine :)
- leif 16y agoI guarantee you've been noticed. Your professors just don't care. They are probably more jaded than you if the classes really are that bad.
- khafra 16y agoI actually like coding in a relaxed atmosphere, with music on and a drink in my hand. Not crowded, that would suck; but the conundrums that get me all tense and frustrated at work seem surmountable in different settings. Now, I'm not actually a coder, I just do a job-related script or two now and then; so YMMV.
- staunch 16y ago"At Caltech, he used a nude/topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman
- mkramlich 16y agoFeynman: favorite physicist ever
- blhack 16y agoI code in bars all the time... Granted, this is usually on Sunday at 2:00 in the afternoon, on the patio, and with my dog laying at my feet. It's wonderful, very relaxing, very easy to concentrate. If it's at night (I've done this too), the loud people act like a white noise generator and leave me alone in my thoughts.