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This is in fact a very powerful idea. It's been my rule for a couple decades now. I think I learned it partly from Rtm, who has always been a kind of code mis
by pg 17y ago
This is in fact a very powerful idea. It's been my rule for a couple decades now. I think I learned it partly from Rtm, who has always been a kind of code miser.
Curiously enough, there is one weird edge case where this approach can bite you: when you're launching something new that you're going to publish the source of, and which a lot of people are already predisposed to hate...
- gord 17y agoA Feynman quote comes to mind : 'what do you care what other people think?'
- dcminter 17y agoPedantry: That was his wife, Arlene. (Edit: Though I guess she was a Feynman too at that point...)
- wallflower 17y agoOT: Seven hours of Feynman lectures online: "The Character of Physical Law" (in case you missed the announcement several months ago, Silverlight required) http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html
- gord 17y agoI love watching Feynman in action, but refuse to install evil MS plugins.