Curt Doolittle

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  • Q: Biggest programming mistakes? (from elsewhere) All my big mistakes are the sa

    Q: Biggest programming mistakes?

    (from elsewhere)

    All my big mistakes are the same, and I remember them. I keep working when I’m too tired to keep working: So, I wrote more functionality than I needed to; I forget that I wrote something and wrote it again; I forget that I wrote it over there and wrote it here. I forgot that I did it that way and so did it this way, and now I have to fix one or the other. I made only one architectural mistake with a new product because I rushed with it. The rest are all the same. Tired = stupid.

    I keep lots of notes, I plan my work, I use diagrams to design it. I usually do databases for rules, then services, then ui designs; Then the class architecture. I pseudocode the work, I write code for readability first; I document as I go; I (mostly) write test then code, the reason I’m slower I think I should be is that I test more than I should, especially UI functionality, and so I revise too much. I refactor a lot. and sometimes I shouldn’t. I should focus on functionality coverage so that I have a better understanding of how different services interact in practice.

    Most recent mistakes that sit with me is the message bag in Oversing, where I’d replaced one technique with another and then forgot I’d done so until … oops. The other is writing one set of panels one week using one method of data propagation, and coming back the next week and writing another set of panels with a slightly different method of data propagation, when I should have used a different method of data propagation.

    My general strategy is to make it work, make it work together, make it durable, then make it elegant.

    I stopped writing code myself because there are people who are faster and better and my core strength is user interface design, business rules, and data structures, and not wiring everything together. And the reason is that with all the visual cues I do better than I do in code editors without them. ie: as I usually complain my weakness is short term memory. I remember almost everything. but that’s not the same as working memory.

    But in general, tired = stupid.

    Don’t write code tired.

    Don’t send emails tired (or angry)

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 17:39:00 UTC

  • “How does Propertarianism law handle the sensationalism of judicial trials and h

    —“How does Propertarianism law handle the sensationalism of judicial trials and hearings, such as major cases that are publicized and televised? …. That could potentially harm the commons, if so, how would Propertarian law prevent that?”— Madison

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 16:17:00 UTC

  • I only do compatibilism, for the purpose of maximum quality of life while in pur

    –I only do compatibilism, for the purpose of maximum quality of life while in pursuit of maximum eugenic evolution, with maximum speed, for the maximum achievement of mankind, in the shortest possible time, given the hostility of the planet and the universe to the development of intelligent life forms, that require long periods of stability and short periods of stress to incrementally evolve.–

    (worth repeating)

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 16:12:00 UTC

  • I translate paradox as “I don’t get it.” —Martin Štěpán

    I translate paradox as “I don’t get it.”

    —Martin Štěpán

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 16:11:00 UTC

  • THE “CREEPY” WORD I swear. From the time I was in HS I had at least one female s

    THE “CREEPY” WORD

    I swear. From the time I was in HS I had at least one female stalker all the f—king time. They’re all nuts. Social media just makes the current batch visible to everyone. And they all use the same female weaponry. Sex. (Which is fine when your in HS.) Sex has not been a problem. Women like me. Always. Any charisma at all will attract some range of women. Charisma has to be demonstrated. Unfortunately it attracts the crazies. and no, it’s not flattering. It’s creepy. And yes, women do not have a monopoly on judging the opposite sex as creepy. Women are just waaaaay better at hiding it, and men are just waaaaay more willing to take the freebies.

    And yes, they do send you the female equivalent of d-ck pics.

    And it’s just as creepy to men as it is to women.

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 16:06:00 UTC

  • RED QUEEN? —“I’m still not exactly sure what do you mean by defeating the red

    RED QUEEN?

    —“I’m still not exactly sure what do you mean by defeating the red queen because to me, red queen is part of the natural law (or rather one of its causes) and defeating nature is something leftists think they can do.”—Martin Štěpán

    Hmm. i mean staying ahead of the red queen?

    —“So, staying ahead of whoever happens to be in competition with you at the moment.”—Martin Štěpán

    Hmm broader. This planet is really dangerous and we are in a very ‘quiet’ period.

    This solar system is pretty dangerous and we are in a quiet period.

    This galaxy is in a pretty dangerous, and we are in a quiet period.

    I mean, until we are able to run around the universe we are kinda in competition with the red queen.

    After that WE ARE THE RED QUEEN.

    —“Okay, now I see. “You have to keep moving to stay in the same place.” I don’t think we can ever afford to stop moving so to me, ever defeating it remains out of the question. Staying ahead is right.”—Martin Štěpán

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 15:53:00 UTC

  • DEMONSTRATE INVESTMENT FIRST BEFORE OBTAINING INFLUENCE —“It was universal suf

    DEMONSTRATE INVESTMENT FIRST BEFORE OBTAINING INFLUENCE

    —“It was universal suffrage males who gave women the vote, and in 1932, it was men who supported FDR over Hoover (who women supported more). Voting used to be granted as a reward for responsibilities, as a consequence of it. Own land, pay taxes and part of the militia who keeps the country free against enemies foreign/domestic? You get to vote because of those responsibilities. Emphasis on voting as a reward for responsibilities solves the voting problem without the collateral damage.”—Steve Pender

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 15:49:00 UTC

  • STATE SPONSORED HYPERCONSUMPTION OF GOODS, SERVICES, INFO, AND VIRTUE SIGNALS —

    STATE SPONSORED HYPERCONSUMPTION OF GOODS, SERVICES, INFO, AND VIRTUE SIGNALS

    —“What we like or want may not be good for us.” –Curt Doolittle

    Context of the original quote was that we have used a variety of techniques to generate hyper-consumption and especially conspicuous hyper consumption, and even worse, conspicuous hyper consumption of virtue signals. In other words, we may like hyper consumption but that does not mean it is good for us, any more than hyperconsumption of the pleasure response by drugs is, or hyperconsumption of sedation by alcohol, or hyperconsumption of calming by nicotine, or anything else in any similar spectrum.

    So, yes, “all things in moderation” for the individual but this isn’t enforceable if the entirety of the political economy is generating hyperconsumption for hyper-taxation, and hyper-redistribution.

    The state should not engage in the provision of the incentive to hyperconsume. This only benefits the financial sector. Instead, just redistribute liquidity in response to shock and sags directly to the consumer and cause business to fight over it.

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 12:41:00 UTC

  • STATE SPONSORED HYPER-CONSUMPTION OF GOODS, SERVICES, INFO, AND VIRTUE SIGNALS –

    STATE SPONSORED HYPER-CONSUMPTION OF GOODS, SERVICES, INFO, AND VIRTUE SIGNALS

    —“What we like or want may not be good for us.” — Curt Doolittle

    Context of the original quote was that we have used a variety of techniques to generate hyper-consumption and especially conspicuous hyper consumption, and even worse, conspicuous hyper consumption of virtue signals. In other words, we may like hyper consumption but that does not mean it is good for us, any more than hyper-consumption of the pleasure response by drugs is, or hyper-consumption of sedation by alcohol, or hyper-consumption of calming by nicotine, or anything else in any similar spectrum.

    So, yes, “all things in moderation” for the individual but this isn’t enforceable if the entirety of the political economy is generating hyper-consumption for hyper-taxation, and hyper-redistribution.

    The state should not engage in the provision of the incentive to hyper-consume. This only benefits the financial sector. Instead, just redistribute liquidity in response to shock and sags directly to the consumer and cause business to fight over it.

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 12:32:00 UTC

  • BEST MOST COMPLETE INTERVIEW TO DATE Oct 30, 2019, 12:32 PM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwA8CeHHYZE&fbclid=IwAR1_phDZwJgscT3XCpOeQjF-96y7_t8kx7A_sRnx78OUW8u6pew_8GuwG2sPROBABLY BEST MOST COMPLETE INTERVIEW TO DATE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwA8CeHHYZE&Updated Oct 30, 2019, 12:32 PM

    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-30 12:32:00 UTC