tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post2013374807380176715..comments2024-01-07T23:21:32.676+01:00Comments on The Axis of Eval: Programming and boringnessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-65924932264670216252012-03-31T18:57:52.913+02:002012-03-31T18:57:52.913+02:00"language fanaticism, holy wars, bike sheddin..."language fanaticism, holy wars, bike shedding, and battles over white-space sensitivity"<br /><br />But those are about the human facility of taste - and de gustibus non computandum est.Manuel Simonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840673741485280526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-89240484834481093792012-03-31T15:45:54.368+02:002012-03-31T15:45:54.368+02:00Computer: A person who makes calculations.
People...Computer: A person who makes calculations.<br /><br /><b>People</b> are boring.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170572784481628483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-77573922864665569822012-03-31T14:29:25.396+02:002012-03-31T14:29:25.396+02:00Wanted to write a short reply, but it rapidly spir...Wanted to write a short reply, but it rapidly spiralled out of control. Decided to <a href="http://tanyewwei.com/posts/computing-solutions" rel="nofollow">a separate post</a> on my site instead.Tan Yew-weihttp://tanyewwei.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-45479072235151832862012-03-31T10:14:10.980+02:002012-03-31T10:14:10.980+02:00I don't believe we can explain language fanati...I don't believe we can explain language fanaticism, holy wars, bike shedding, and battles over white-space sensitivity by arguing that a solved problem is 'boring'.<br /><br />It seems to me that people find subjects interesting, most of all, when they have something (perhaps of dubious value, but <i>something</i>) to contribute.dmbarbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370605342201490009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-72985392936087250872012-03-31T05:40:16.778+02:002012-03-31T05:40:16.778+02:00Well of course. If I have someone who can give me...Well of course. If I have someone who can give me the answers I need, I never bother looking it up myself, I just ask them. I have never been able to ignore an easier way to do something.patchworkZombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18279408952877283952noreply@blogger.com