September 2010
17 posts
“Americans view time as a currency in the workplace, as opposed to output. Meanwhile, Germans view results as the biggest indicator of results.”
—Why Germans Have Longer Vacation Times and More Productivity : Lifestyle :: American Express OPEN Forum
“All hard liquor is distilled and thus contains no carbohydrates. (Beer and wine are fermented, and fermentation results in some amounts of residual sugars.) Though liquor is derived from high-carbohydrate substances such as sugar, molasses, potatoes, and grains, once these things are distilled all that is left is ethyl alcohol, a zero-carb liquid. It does, of course, contain calories. Mixers, also, can be very high in both carbs and calories, so choose wisely.”
—I had no idea.
Shedding Bikes: Programming Culture And Philosophy :: Products For People That Make Products For People →
sheddingbikes.com
Really great essay on the false war between product and devs.
“What made it click for me was programming in anger. Programming because I needed to. Programming because I gave a damn about what I was writing and I wanted it done sooner rather than later.”
—How do I learn to program? - (37signals)
What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered? - Stack Overflow →
stackoverflow.com
/**
* For the brave souls who get this far: You are the chosen ones,
* the valiant knights of programming who toil away, without rest,
* fixing our most awful code. To you, true saviors, kings of men,
* I say this: never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down,
* never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry,
* never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
*/
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“After decades of affluence, the U.S. has drifted away from the hardheaded practical mentality that built the nation’s wealth in the first place.”
—Op-Ed Columnist - The Genteel Nation - NYTimes.com
“We tend to forget how huge a part of a man’s life is the same under a Sultan and a Senate, under Nero or St. Louis. Daybreak is a never-ending glory, getting out of bed is a never-ending nuisance; food and friends will be welcomed; work and strangers must be accepted and endured; birds will go bedwards and children won’t, to the end of the last evening.”
—The Great Depression Was Fun « A Separate Piece
