greatzebu

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by greatzebu 14y ago
They'll change, but I wouldn't take it for granted that they'll improve. It's easy to make a new version, but it takes massive effort to make sure that you are converging on something great as you iterate.
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by greatzebu 14y ago
The Gibson opening line is great, but it's been a long time since it was common to see dull grey static on dead channels. Now, the color of a dead channel is bright electric blue. I wonder if in the future Neuromancer will need footnotes to
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by greatzebu 14y ago
Some of these steps seem very restrictive for no clear reason. > 3. Do all employees deploy code on their first day? You want to make sure that deployment is simple and streamlined enough that it's possible for a new employee to do it o
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by greatzebu 14y ago
> wingnut ideas that really will never work because they defy human nature / currently known laws of physics / principles of good software design / basic logic One of these things is not like the others. People defy the principles of go
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by greatzebu 14y ago
Obviously elegance, aesthetics, and a desire for personal improvement are common factors between these professions. But I've spent a lot of time with writers, scientists, and mathematicians, and I've very rarely heard any of them analogize
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by greatzebu 14y ago
> "Code is more than just a tool," I heard he said. "It's our craft. It's our muscle. And we need to train it. Chop wood. Carry water. Code." I seem to hear this comparison between skilled manual labor (especially carpentry) and coding
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by greatzebu 14y ago
You don't really need to identify the correct answer; you only have to be able to find an answer that you're sure isn't correct. Of course, that's much easier if you know what the right answer is, but there's pretty commonly one obviously w