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May I submit these? Didn't see these after many refreshes: "Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtiv…

>I assume I'll not see my favorite Your favorite was the first I saw. Just FYI.

I also read what he writes. But some other things he writes/ tweets about actually interest me more- like art, writing-as-thinking, some interactions with his kids- than his startu…

I tried this idea for the books and gave up. No rules for book purchases. But for something like netflix, I create a list. And when I start repeating something like Seinfeld, Break…

>Software design/architecture is a strange beast Yes. At one point I thought a set of good programs can be composed into a good architecture. Then at another stage- with agile, etc…

Another aspect besides not recognizing everyone from your company is like this- even if someone knows for sure that a person from a different company is helping themselves to snack…

ICYMI Recently this link was posted on HN https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stor...

This related BBC QI video is quite interesting: Which Software Drove People To Violence? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7r1GnG9cQ8

At some point I shifted from eclipse to intellij idea. And with other features also loved the Darcula theme.

Was the co-worker called Newman? I read the last sentence 'And boy, there's a lot of cron jobs running at HP.' in Newman's voice: From the Seinfeld episode The Diplomat's Club: "I …

> I've learnt to blog as if no one will ever read I agree with the detachment part but when I write about technology, books, ideas/ thoughts, etc. I generally find it 'easier' to i…

A couple of indicators I have seen: 1. For a non-manager, an indication that there is good management (project, process, etc.) in place is that the management aspect sort of seems …

this was insightful, thanks.

Thanks. Any intrusion of privacy, threats, bribes, etc. like they show in some movies? Does the experience test your preconceptions, morals, ethics, etc?

Have seen jury only in movies. So just curious.

I did not post this earlier because what the post says and what I am going quote are not exactly same. Time on Progress-craft/ Problem Solving. But maybe at some level of abstracti…

After a few pages into Midnight's Children it made me a bit uncomfortable (not bored)- not for the story or characters like in other novels- where you identify with characters or f…

I haven't read Evaristo but I will add Salman Rushdie to your list. Particularly, Midnight's Children.

Exactly. We seem to refer to these ideas somewhat casually, don't we? For example, selfish gene, natural selection, entropy, etc.

This is good.

Does Steve Yegge's platform rant resonate in your workplace or after all these years is the service and platform orientation more mainstream now? with microservices, REST, cloud, e…

My notes/ underlines were wiped out when synched. (new edition with quality issues- spellings, I think- corrected.) Any workaround?

Just checked kobo sites due to original comment. The catalog may be smaller but now they (India store) have comparable book prices to kindle. The last time (many years back) I chec…