earnestinger

> read everything in depth

Is not necessarily

> first read the entire manual of the library I'm using, all 700 pages

If I have problem with “git bisect”. I can go only to stackoverflow try several snippets and see what sticks, or I can also go to https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect to get a bit deeper knowledge on the topic.

It is normally pretended to be solved. Which is good enough.

If simplicity syntax is the only goal, we can take one step further.

I present you with, EP - easy properties: Any UTF8 encoded file is valid configuration file. You’re the boss, not the language. You can concatenate two files, you can add comments in format you want, you can choose any syntax you want!

(Somebody will need to parse it eventually though)

> if it's a problem, it's a problem of discipline.

With this

> Also note: the title is “be aware,” not “beware.” The Makefile effect is not inherently bad!

I interpret it in a bit of different way.

Makefile is relatively simple and unopinionated like a brick. Also makefile defines/reflects project’s structure.

From simple blocks one can build any shape one want. Total freedom.

Problem is, make doesn’t impose best practice and doesn’t steer you clear of common pitfalls of project structuring and building and publishing.

One example for illustration: Out of source builds is rather good idea, but not imposed by make.

So makefile is not enough, one needs all the life-lessons of using make, so inherited makefiles are better than written from scratch.

Actually, that was my first natural reaction. (Though I do live in the neighborhood of Russia, here probability of foul play is much higher up the list)

> Sometimes they're firefighters, too.

That is messed up.

I’m here to nitpick.

Number of bits is not strictly 1:1 to number of particles. I would propose to use distances between particles to encode information.

Do you have any example? I’ve heard lots of good things of dsl, but never had the luck to witness it’s full glory.

(except for regex, which I love, but it has more than two pages of docs)

(Kind of like wikipedia for go players)

It depends a lot on individuals making up the companies command chain and their values.

Real problem they had was heroin. So they made heroin(or some replacement) free, pushing out drug dealers from the market. Importantly: providing other help to addicts, so they could/would be part of society.

https://youtu.be/6OYLoPvLzPo?feature=shared (1h video comparing situation in US, Portugal, Netherlands; Netherlands part starts around 27:00)

you are right, talking about mental processes is difficult. Nobody knows how exactly other person perceive things, there is no objective way to measure things out. (Offtopic: describing smell is also difficult)

In this thread, we see that rudimentary language for it exists.

For example: lot of people use sentence like “to hear my own thoughts” and a lot of people understand that fine.

That is what my partner in the conversation is doing. I am not doing that.

When I think of a plan what’s needed to be done (e.g. something broke in the house, or I need to go to multiple places), usually I know/feel/perceive the gist of my plan instantly. And only after that, I verbalise/visualise it in my head, which takes some time and possibly add more nuance. (Verbalisation/visualisation in my head, is a bit similar to writing things down)

At least for me, there seem to be three (or more) thought processes that complement each other. (Verbal, visual, other)

In other topic, I would consider this as minor evidence of possibility of nonverbal thought “could you pass me that… thing… the thing that goes under the bolt?”. I.e. Exact name eludes me sometimes, but I do know exactly what I need and what I plan to do with it.