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I don't know, I appreciated the correction and additional information. There was also an acknowledgment that it doesn't change ops point. Seemed like a useful c
by nend 5y ago
I don't know, I appreciated the correction and additional information. There was also an acknowledgment that it doesn't change ops point. Seemed like a useful comment to me.
- jstummbillig 5y agoWell, pedantry is quite popular around here.
- elevenoh 5y agoWriting code w/o a pedantic frame ~= buggy code.
- pvorb 5y agoBut writing code while being pedantic doesn't save you from bugs. Maybe writing code ~= buggy code.
- random_kris 5y agoWriting code with pedantic frame makes you ship slower which makes bug discovery slower
- samstave 5y agoI was listening to a podcast recently with a PHD scientist, and she was saying that she was a terrible programmer and that she would go back to her code after !6months and it didnt make sense to her, but that she was good at adding comments to the code, but they were useless because she was commenting on her emotional state while she was writing the code (her thesis was on the way stars evolve and devour solar systems and planets etc) ((dope premise btw)) but the fact that her code comments were all about how she was feeling at the time, and were completely unhelpful with discerning what the code meant/does...
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoTo be precise, it occurs a lot around here. /s
- ziftface 5y agoIt was pedantic but that doesn't make it a bad comment, I definitely appreciated the information
- telchar 5y agoSince this comment got some attention, my source for this was [0] Ranney, Wayne. “How Rivers Carve Canyons.” Carving Grand Canyon - Evidence, Theories, and Mystery, 2nd ed., Grand Canyon Association, 2012.
- tobmlt 5y agoAlso appreciated by those who prefer to work in torrents, rather than consistently. ;)
- samstave 5y agoWe should have a Bay where we can store all these torrents! We should call all those who create these torrents Pirates! because pirates are cool.