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Nah, I don't blog... But something similar does happen to me often...
1) Encounter a difficult problem
2) Spend hours figuring out a solution and coding it
3) Try to move the new code into my common libraries, only to realize it's already there... With exactly the same name as I was about to give it... And has been there for over a year.
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Ah yes, often to find that your previous solution is an elegant work of art. How did I forget this!?
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Oh well, I was beginning to think it was just me
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I've had that happen a few times with articles I've posted here.
Marc
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Nice.
What would be funnier is sending a thank you note to the author for his article, and then immediately getting an email.
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OMG I am exactly absent minded enough to do just that.
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I remember what I write about, but yeah, I often revisit an article I wrote to figure out how the hell something works.
What's worse, I wrote a (Dutch) article on co- and contra variance with generics once.
At the time it all seemed very easy.
Now I don't understand my own article anymore (well, after really careful reading)
Whenever I see it I'm amazed at how smart I once was
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Sander Rossel wrote: Whenever I see it I'm amazed at how smart I once was
So true.
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You're having old man problems.
On the bright side all those really bad jokes you heard will be surprising and funny again.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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IsOld == ThatWasFunny == true
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So whenever I'm writing I often wonder about all kinds of small and silly language details.
I just wondered what the (more?) correct translation of the Dutch word 'ingevuld' is.
My first thought was 'fill out' (as in "can you fill out this questionnaire?").
Then I though 'fill in' (as in "can you fill in this questionnaire?").
Google Translate just gives me 'fill' when I give it 'invullen'.
I think both are correct even though 'in' and 'out' are each others opposites...
Of course 'fill in' can also be used in the following sentence: "Can you fill me in on the details?", where 'fill out' would be a no-go: "Can you fill me out on the details?".
Any ideas on what I should use? In or out?
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FTFY
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He's busy with a number of cunning stunts.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I dare you to quickly repeat that 10 times.
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cunning stunts cunning stunts cunning stunts cunning stunts cunning stunts cunning stunts cunning stunts cunning stunts cunning stunts
There - happy?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Now try "ox boll".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Highlighting the importance of the comma:
Peter helped his uncle Jack off a horse
Dave
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I'm not a pheasant plucker,
I'm a pheasant plucker's mate,
I'm only plucking pheasants because the pheasant pluckers late!
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Is there a gender issue as well?
As in "she really fills out that dress" or "he quickly filled in the shallow grave" ?
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And why not "she quickly filled in the shallow grave"?
Or even, "he really fills out that dress"? Or have you never seen Sean on a Saturday night?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: Or have you never seen Sean on a Saturday night Casual Friday?
FTFY!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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A dress on Casual Friday? Are you mad? Sean would never pass on a chance for getting out the peek-a-doo onesie!
veni bibi saltavi
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: As in "she really fills out that dress" or "he quickly filled in the shallow grave" ?
The relationship between the two occurs when replying to the question; "Does this xxx make my butt look big?"
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I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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That's a different interpretation of "filling in". To me, it suggests the person filling it in with a shovel, not the person "filling it in" with their own mangled corpse!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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