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Robspierre rides again; let the Reign of Terror begin!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I hear Trump is in Paris today. Potential new candidate for the guillotine...
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It isn't 'guillotine day', it is 'storming of the Bastille# day. That infamous day when one political dissident was freed, along with 30 thieves, murderers and rapists. 
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His amusing style soon turned to boring. I couldn't stand it until the end.
As far as I'd gotten, however, I observed that he's speaking as though we all learned in "programming school" - which an awful lot of us didn't. I was almost going to add that "the best of us didn't go to programming school", but it's subjective and I don't have any proof, anyway.
For some, you just know how to program - this flow he spoke about - it's intuitively obvious. That doesn't mean one doesn't get better at it, for intuition doesn't guarantee correctness, but the logic of building a program just makes sense. Experience is a good teacher both in technique and building one's toolbox.
Coding is all very personal, or, indeed, his claim that we're imitating others would actually be true. Perhaps, for most, it is (and they'll be replaced by code generators). It's a fingerprint. Most importantly of all, it reflects the individual imagination.
For those of you who are good at doing math (arithmetic) in their heads, by now you've realized that what they taught you isn't how you do it in your head. You have your own rules, like adding left-to-right instead of right-to-left; Reorganizations of information to more but simpler operations; whatever organization your head prefers.
Learning how to code? To be really any good, you were born knowing - you just needed some practice.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: To be really any good, you were born knowing - you just needed some practice.
That seems so true, whether you're a musician or astrophysicist. Still though, for the rest of us, some objective guidelines are good to have, and I think he touches on some good points, though yeah, it was a bit of a slog to get through to the end.
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Valuable. While the somewhat hyper style of the presenter kind of "wore on me" as the video went on, I enjoyed it, and I appreciated the extent to which he linked his self-awareness of his own character traits to how those traits were, or were not, contributing to his productivity in a team context.
Thanks, Bill
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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Died (supposedly from cancer) in a Chinese prison.Quote: "The greatness of non-violent resistance is that even as man is faced with forceful tyranny and the resulting suffering, the victim responds to hate with love, to prejudice with tolerance, to arrogance with humility, to humiliation with dignity, and to violence with reason."
Liu's words quoted at the award ceremony for the Nobel Prize: Liu was not permitted to attend. [^]
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«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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BillWoodruff wrote: the victim responds to hate with love
Doesn't work.
BillWoodruff wrote: to prejudice with tolerance
Doesn't work.
BillWoodruff wrote: to arrogance with humility
Ignored by the perpetrator(s).
BillWoodruff wrote: to humiliation with dignity
Hollow gesture, and means nothing to the perpetrator(s).
BillWoodruff wrote: to violence with reason
But they still end up dead victims.
My dad once told me that "The world is a sh|t sandwich, and every day you gotta take a bite." Despite your desire to love, tolerate, show humility or try to be reasonable, the plain fact is that a lot of people in this world simply don't give a damn. No amount of platitudes is gonna change their minds. That's why you have to f*ckin grow a pair, and be ready to and defend what's right, and visit violence on those who would disturb the world's calm. Hiding behind rainbows, flowers, and bibles NEVER works.
The answer to the question, "Can't we all just get along?" - "No".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So if you are on fire I don't have to p*** on you.
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I wonder if one way to put the fire out is to recognize that when you are burning, I am burning, and the world is burning.
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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Sometimes I sense a strange ... yet, paradoxically familiar ... resonance between the psychic posture of "dog eat dog" and the saint's embodiment of the optimistic assertion that there are "better angels" in our nature.
It's a feeling that these antipodal extremes are somehow whispering to each other across impermeable ontological boundaries ... that I can almost hear ... that.
But, I so often mistake my confusion for insight 
cheers, Bill
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: BillWoodruff wrote: the victim responds to hate with love
Doesn't work.
Actually, love is the only thing that will work.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Has hugging a terrorist ever worked in your experience?
(I suppose if you're quick enough to steal his bomb's trigger without him noticing)
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dandy72 wrote: Has hugging a terrorist ever worked in your experience?
I didn't say love will work every time, but it is the only thing that will have lasting impact for good.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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How come multiple names are bad and anti-alias good?
To your relief: PQOTW will take a month long break now
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I am currently offshore, and at midnight last night I switched employer. Yesterday, I went to bed working for Maersk Oil, and woke up this morning working for North Oil.
North Oil Co. takes over as operator of giant Al-Shaheen oil field in Qatar
As manager of the platform, I have just held my first townhall welcoming all the staff and contractors on-board to the company and outlining the plans for the next few days, with the management visits etc. etc. And yes, we had cake! We have had the ceremonial tearing down of old company branding and handing out of new company branded overs to the core team.
A busy week ahead getting head round all the new procedures and standards, and getting activity on-board back up and running.
Next Friday I fly out to Cyprus to go and take over my new rented villa, and hopefully a few days after that my shipment should be ready for delivery. You have got to love technology, I have been tracking my container and it is currently being offloaded in Port Said Egypt, to be moved onto a smaller container ship for the last leg to Cyprus. The week after that my new car should be also ready for collection, nothing fancy, no AMGs this time, just a very practical Outlander! All the usual stuff to do, Bank Accounts, Internets, Utilities, blah blah blah....
Can't wait to take a dip in the pool and enjoy the views over a few beers! Cyprus Villa
Then it will be back to work again for another 3 weeks. At least after that the wife and kids will join me the day after I get back to Cyprus again.
It's all coming together....
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Excellent!
The pool looks tempting... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Following the saga, glad to have you back.
Be safe.
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Well, Brother Dave, congratulations, and (perhaps) deepest sympathies.
cheers, Bill
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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Congratulations.
It is really satisfactory when hard work stats giving results, isn't it?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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"High ranking officers laid arms at sea." (8)
Nice and easy for a Friday .
Andy B
modified 14-Jul-17 5:33am.
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High ranking officers
laid arms at sea. (ANAG LAIDARMS) ADMIRALS
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well done Griff, you get to start the CCC's next week.
Andy B
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