What happened to procrastination and laziness?
To say nothing of impatience and hubris.
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To say nothing of impatience and hubris.
6. Refactor mercilessly.
The difference between O(1) and O(n) memory usage is a big deal, IMHO...
Sadly, people can be persuaded to allow all manner of things, if they're led to believe that their way of life is under threat.
Thomas Jefferson put it better than I ever could: “He who trades liberty for security deserves neither and will lose both.”
You may want to read Article 25.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights before reconsidering that statement.
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
As you point out, life's too short to spend it being cynical and unhappy.
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If that's what you want to do, that's what you should do.
But I'm not sure I'd recommend it. Imagine replacing "watch TV" with "gamble on horses" or "drink beer".
I kind of wish you'd said "What if I just want to chill and tend to my garden all day?" instead...
Less flippantly, if you don't do something because you think you won't succeed, then there's no chance of you succeeding. If you try something, don't succeed, learn from the experience and try again, there's a chance that you may succeed.
In that situation, I think you should retake the course at the first opportunity, and keep retaking it until you pass.
There's a difference between failing and giving up.
"It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at."
* Why do I have to sign up using my real name? I'm not sure I'd want that plastered all over a dating site.
* As someone living in Canada, I don't have a valid ZIP code.
That's odd, I had assumed that the list of names at the end of the article were the authors...
Beat Balzli, Klaus Brinkbaumer, Frank Hornig, Hans Hoyng, Armin Mahler, Alexander Neubacher, Wolfgang Reuter, Christoph Pauly, Michael Sauga
I try do this at least once a day. It might sound stupid, but I find it gives me a bit of a lift every time I do it...