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At Game Jams I would always start things off with my "2 beers, 2 coffees" method. After the theme was announced, we'd go out and discuss ideas over a few beers

At Game Jams I would always start things off with my "2 beers, 2 coffees" method. After the theme was announced, we'd go out and discuss ideas over a few beers (just not enough to get trashed), then, come back, flesh stuff out, get our coffee and go back to work. Worked out pretty well for generating some pretty wild ideas while not making ourselves disfunctional. Drink responsibly.

ihuman 7y ago
> not enough to get trashed But enough to reach the Ballmer Peak? https://xkcd.com/323/ https://xkcd.com/323/
- snarf21 7y ago
  Yeah, just enough to slow your brain down and you slide right into flow.
- squeaky-clean 7y ago
  Wouldn't the Ballmer Peak be pretty trashed? I don't really know how well BAC% correlates to drunkenness but that's almost double the legal limit for driving in the US.
  - OJFord 7y ago
    It's about 5 'US standard drink's according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content Which at 18ml ethanol each equates to 9 UK 'units', which is about 3 and half pints or ~90% of a bottle of wine. Of course 'trashed' or 'drunkenness' both depend on the person, and are subjective anyway, and the time taken to consume them has a big impact too - necking 4 pints is very different to a bottle over the course of a full evening, for example. But personally no, I don't think I'd program very well in either case.
nscalf 7y ago
Write drunk, edit buzzed, then?
- vsareto 7y ago
  Beer code tends to forget about edge cases in my experience, so yeah
  - beobab 7y ago
    I never remember to put comments in when I am beer-coding. Caffeine-code is much easier to follow later.
  - kingpiss 7y ago
    My weed code is usually really creative but riddled with bugs
    - petra 7y ago
      Does it help with solving hard problems ?
      - mywittyname 7y ago
        When you come back sober, the solutions won't make any sense.
      - oh_sigh 7y ago
        Personally, weed might help in the creative phase of problem solving, but if it requires working memory weed is a big negative(at least how it affects me)
        chrstphrhrt 7y ago
        I think including some CBD in there negates the memory issues.
      - nkingsy 7y ago
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ihuman 7y ago

> not enough to get trashed But enough to reach the Ballmer Peak? https://xkcd.com/323/ https://xkcd.com/323/

snarf21 7y ago
Yeah, just enough to slow your brain down and you slide right into flow.
squeaky-clean 7y ago
Wouldn't the Ballmer Peak be pretty trashed? I don't really know how well BAC% correlates to drunkenness but that's almost double the legal limit for driving in the US.
- OJFord 7y ago
  It's about 5 'US standard drink's according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content Which at 18ml ethanol each equates to 9 UK 'units', which is about 3 and half pints or ~90% of a bottle of wine. Of course 'trashed' or 'drunkenness' both depend on the person, and are subjective anyway, and the time taken to consume them has a big impact too - necking 4 pints is very different to a bottle over the course of a full evening, for example. But personally no, I don't think I'd program very well in either case.

nscalf 7y ago

Write drunk, edit buzzed, then?

vsareto 7y ago
Beer code tends to forget about edge cases in my experience, so yeah
- beobab 7y ago
  I never remember to put comments in when I am beer-coding. Caffeine-code is much easier to follow later.
- kingpiss 7y ago
  My weed code is usually really creative but riddled with bugs
  - petra 7y ago
    Does it help with solving hard problems ?
    - mywittyname 7y ago
      When you come back sober, the solutions won't make any sense.
    - oh_sigh 7y ago
      Personally, weed might help in the creative phase of problem solving, but if it requires working memory weed is a big negative(at least how it affects me)
      - chrstphrhrt 7y ago
        I think including some CBD in there negates the memory issues.
    - nkingsy 7y ago

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