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Offline kzhk

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Latest xkcd : Efficiency
« on: Tue, 11 November 2014, 08:55:17 »
Latest xkcd:

legend: I need an extension for my research project because I spend all month trying to figure out whether learning Dvorak would help my type it faster.

And He didn't even start building a custom ergonomic keyboard yet...  ;)
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Re: Latest xkcd : Efficiency
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 11 November 2014, 08:57:37 »
Love that site.
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Re: Latest xkcd : Efficiency
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 11 November 2014, 09:47:48 »
this happens whenever you shop for tech..

Researching for 5 hours for a $100 item.. LOL

The worst was when you research things that are pretty much all the same.. but radically different in price.. like SSDs..

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Re: Latest xkcd : Efficiency
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 11 November 2014, 13:12:31 »
:)) :thumb:
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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Latest xkcd : Efficiency
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 14 November 2014, 06:57:52 »
Me and Web frameworks 4 years ago.
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(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
-Ray Bradbury

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Re: Latest xkcd : Efficiency
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 14 November 2014, 07:19:01 »
Reminds me of one of my favorite Stack Overflow responses.

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// Dear maintainer:
//
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
//
// total_hours_wasted_here = 42
//
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It's a good width!  If it's half-width it's too narrow, and full-width is too wide. 

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Re: Latest xkcd : Efficiency
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 14 November 2014, 16:14:57 »
Quote from: iri on Fri, 14 November 2014, 06:57:52
Me and Web frameworks 4 years ago.
What are the top 3 or so you ended up with?
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Re: Latest xkcd : Efficiency
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 14 December 2014, 17:38:50 »
Quote from: swill on Fri, 14 November 2014, 16:14:57
Quote from: iri on Fri, 14 November 2014, 06:57:52
Me and Web frameworks 4 years ago.
What are the top 3 or so you ended up with?
according to the old post on my livejournal, it's Helma, ACS and Plone 0_o
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(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
-Ray Bradbury
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