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Then there are monk programmers:

http://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html

"The Silent Void

Thus spake the Master Programmer:

When you have learned to snatch the error code from the trap frame, it will be time for you to leave."


That's definitely one of the funniest things I've the chance to read recently.


"After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless."


You're lucky.

I automated my deployments and test analysis, which were the most time consuming tasks (sequential process, with few quirks along the way) as a developer. This gave me reliably 30-40 minute forced breaks.

Soon I got notices that there were complaints that I do not conform to the office norms, and that apparently I "sleep instead of working", and people "ask if they can work like I do" (never got any further explanation). I got passed the slip and I'm moving on to a different job next week.


If you automate your job, DONT show it. Use it and hide it, unless your job is explicitly automation engineer or thereabouts.

Most places don't value the work you saved via automation. It's the company's gain; it shouldn't be yours!

And shame on you for not cranking the gear next to your computer keeping it working! /s Remember, the appearance of work matters more than actual work for almost every employee.


yup, that's why I carry a notepad and take notes down with a serious face and occasional frown... I doodle well too


> you can export your animations to mp4 and H.265. You need a version of FFMpeg that supports H.256

I believe author meant 265 not 256. Typical programmer typo.


Ha, now I'm wondering how many times I've typed it wrong as well.


That reminds me of one point: I highly respect that Elon Musk doesn't wall himself off from the mind of the internet (aka the populace). It's something you won't see other CEOs do, unless it's a PR stunt meant to achieve some positive PR statistics.


Yeah, I think a lot of people here are just naive to how much dirty dealing goes on in the world. This stuff is just more public.

Musk was never some wonderful person that should have been looked up to for his own merit. But I generally don't pick cars based on how much we like or dislike their CEO, and I suspect that most others don't either.


It doesn't mean that it's true


> Some Genetic Tests Apparently Can’t Tell If You’re Dog Or Human

We do share a lot of genetic code, so checking for a specific aminoacid sequence could very unsurpisingly detect it in both


People have tried spoofing with dogs, but dogs aren't even that close genetically compared to other animals. Makes one wonder if they'd be able to detect a chimpanzee.

https://www.thedodo.com/animals-you-had-no-idea-were-so-clos...

The real test should be sending in your own genes twice. They might not detect exactly the same because of minor mutagenic differentiation that has taken place (or because you're a chimera!), but they should easily place you into the same family tree as yourself.


Your comment seems almost tautological, especially the last part.


There's a Firefox addon called Tab Session Manager.

It's fully functional and does exactly what you say you want. It could use some UI improvements though.


I've tried it. Maybe it's buggy, but it doesn't do what I want at all, unfortunately.

Tab Session Manager doesn't have a link between your windows and the session state. All it does is snapshot the state of your browser.

For example, say I open a few tabs and save the window as the session "My trip". Then I open a new tab in the same window. This new tab doesn't get added to the session. The only way to update it is to go into the session list and click "Add to session" from the context menu.

In fact, it's profoundly stupid: With the default settings, if you open a session, then close a window, it will save a copy of your window state as a new "auto saved" session. You'll end up with an endless list of copies.

What I want: Once I've opened a session as a window, it should track all the activity. Opening a tab should add it to the session; removing a tab should remove it. Closing the window and then click on the session from the list should revive the window as it was when it was closed. In other words, a window's set of tabs is the active session at all times, and the tabs are persistent. It should be transparent, no need to click on things to micromanage it.


Sometimes the target is a known browser version on a known OS (eg. intranet sites). Those are a lot simpler and (arguably) fun to make.


It's not something that originated here. These hypotheses are based on correlation. That does not imply causation though.

Disclaimer: my educated guess is that there is probably a real connection between lead and functioning of nervous system. Element particles/molecules probably have very high ability to diffuse through complex systems due to their small particle sizes.


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