Forgotten skills...
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I've been doing this computing lark for quite a long time and still like to get my hands dirty crafting beautifully manicured code. What I don't do, nor do I recall ever having to do, is create a custom sort algorithm. I don't think I could without looking it up; oh, I know what many of them are called and recall, vaguely, the workings but I doubt I could articulate any of them without looking it up first. There are probably many other 'skills' I learnt in the dim and distant past but have now forgotten due to lack of use (like Visual Basic :-)). What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
Ada.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I've been doing this computing lark for quite a long time and still like to get my hands dirty crafting beautifully manicured code. What I don't do, nor do I recall ever having to do, is create a custom sort algorithm. I don't think I could without looking it up; oh, I know what many of them are called and recall, vaguely, the workings but I doubt I could articulate any of them without looking it up first. There are probably many other 'skills' I learnt in the dim and distant past but have now forgotten due to lack of use (like Visual Basic :-)). What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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I've been doing this computing lark for quite a long time and still like to get my hands dirty crafting beautifully manicured code. What I don't do, nor do I recall ever having to do, is create a custom sort algorithm. I don't think I could without looking it up; oh, I know what many of them are called and recall, vaguely, the workings but I doubt I could articulate any of them without looking it up first. There are probably many other 'skills' I learnt in the dim and distant past but have now forgotten due to lack of use (like Visual Basic :-)). What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
Deriving the Bloch wave bands and Brillouin zones for silicon from the underlying lattice group.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
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Deriving the Bloch wave bands and Brillouin zones for silicon from the underlying lattice group.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
You win. :)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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I've been doing this computing lark for quite a long time and still like to get my hands dirty crafting beautifully manicured code. What I don't do, nor do I recall ever having to do, is create a custom sort algorithm. I don't think I could without looking it up; oh, I know what many of them are called and recall, vaguely, the workings but I doubt I could articulate any of them without looking it up first. There are probably many other 'skills' I learnt in the dim and distant past but have now forgotten due to lack of use (like Visual Basic :-)). What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
RPG
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I've been doing this computing lark for quite a long time and still like to get my hands dirty crafting beautifully manicured code. What I don't do, nor do I recall ever having to do, is create a custom sort algorithm. I don't think I could without looking it up; oh, I know what many of them are called and recall, vaguely, the workings but I doubt I could articulate any of them without looking it up first. There are probably many other 'skills' I learnt in the dim and distant past but have now forgotten due to lack of use (like Visual Basic :-)). What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
mark merrens wrote:
What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
Algebra... and dealing with sane women.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
mark merrens wrote:
What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
Algebra... and dealing with sane women.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
dealing with sane women
There are SANE women??? Who knew! :-) (Sorry wifey, that was a joke)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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I've been doing this computing lark for quite a long time and still like to get my hands dirty crafting beautifully manicured code. What I don't do, nor do I recall ever having to do, is create a custom sort algorithm. I don't think I could without looking it up; oh, I know what many of them are called and recall, vaguely, the workings but I doubt I could articulate any of them without looking it up first. There are probably many other 'skills' I learnt in the dim and distant past but have now forgotten due to lack of use (like Visual Basic :-)). What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
dealing with sane women
There are SANE women??? Who knew! :-) (Sorry wifey, that was a joke)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
It's a skill that I learned in case I needed it, but have never had the opportunity to use.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
All of us (at least I hope so) as kids know how to forgive quickly. The world would be a very different place if we didn't lose that skill. :^)
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
Only a stupid person carries hatred. Mind you, like most men, I just forget: most things are just not that important that you need to expend emotional energy over.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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Only a stupid person carries hatred. Mind you, like most men, I just forget: most things are just not that important that you need to expend emotional energy over.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
mark merrens wrote:
Only a stupid person carries hatred.
That's a bit harsh. On one end of the spectrum, if some guy did unspeakable things to your daughter, you certainly would not be stupid to hold on to hate. Wrong yes, but stupid no.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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mark merrens wrote:
Only a stupid person carries hatred.
That's a bit harsh. On one end of the spectrum, if some guy did unspeakable things to your daughter, you certainly would not be stupid to hold on to hate. Wrong yes, but stupid no.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
RyanDev wrote:
That's a bit harsh.
Perhaps.
RyanDev wrote:
you certainly would not be stupid to hold on to hate. Wrong yes, but stupid no.
I disagree: what does hate get you? Revenge, on the other hand...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote:
Only a stupid person carries hatred.
That's a bit harsh. On one end of the spectrum, if some guy did unspeakable things to your daughter, you certainly would not be stupid to hold on to hate. Wrong yes, but stupid no.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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if some guy did unspeakable things to your daughter
I wouldn't hold on to hate. I also wouldn't hold on to him after I dangled him out of a 20-story building window. Let go the hate!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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if some guy did unspeakable things to your daughter
I wouldn't hold on to hate. I also wouldn't hold on to him after I dangled him out of a 20-story building window. Let go the hate!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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All of us (at least I hope so) as kids know how to forgive quickly. The world would be a very different place if we didn't lose that skill. :^)
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I use quite a bit, I do hardware more than software. I still think it's odd to be honest. :confused:
Nah, makes perfect sense, unlike most "laws"... If I'm not taking the subway and I'm not taking the bus, then I'm not taking either one of them. (!subway && !bus) == !(subway || bus)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
You win. :)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
Wait, what? I think I would have won if I had GOTTEN the chance to put it to work in a lab, instead I plunged right in to the internet boom of 2000. It's still neat to have at least a fuzzy understanding of everything that goes on to make computers work down to an atomic level.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
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Only a stupid person carries hatred. Mind you, like most men, I just forget: most things are just not that important that you need to expend emotional energy over.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
mark merrens wrote:
Only a stupid person carries hatred.
The cat hates water. Not because it is stupid, but because it is a helpful emotion.
mark merrens wrote:
like most men, I just forget
..and history repeats :)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I've been doing this computing lark for quite a long time and still like to get my hands dirty crafting beautifully manicured code. What I don't do, nor do I recall ever having to do, is create a custom sort algorithm. I don't think I could without looking it up; oh, I know what many of them are called and recall, vaguely, the workings but I doubt I could articulate any of them without looking it up first. There are probably many other 'skills' I learnt in the dim and distant past but have now forgotten due to lack of use (like Visual Basic :-)). What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote:
Only a stupid person carries hatred.
The cat hates water. Not because it is stupid, but because it is a helpful emotion.
mark merrens wrote:
like most men, I just forget
..and history repeats :)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
The cat hates water. Not because it is stupid, but because it is a helpful emotion.
There is a difference between acknowledging hatred and carrying it.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures