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"We've run out of milk, so buy a carton. Oh, and if they have eggs buy six of them."
The programmer dutifully heads to the shop and returns with six cartons of milk.
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I think without actually getting into the 10x debate regarding engineers, we can all agree that there are definitely 10x comedians.
Analogous to programming, the average joke-teller just isn’t that funny, making 10x more achievable. “Think of a comedian.” There probably isn’t a 10x that comedian for you. “Find the first person to tell you a joke live next week; considering them as a proxy for average, there is almost surely a 10x comedian out there.”
To me the difference in 'funniness' between a random standup special (even one that is 'good' enough to get a distribution deal) and for example some of Eddie Izzard's best is easily 1000x.
But of course my least favorite stand up special is also literally the funniest thing someone else has ever seen. So maybe it washed out in aggregate.
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom...
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The "you learn limits in like, 9th grade" comment reminds me of this one: Two mathematicians are in a bar. The first one says to the second that the average person knows very little about basic mathematics. The second one disagrees, and claims that most people can cope with a reasonable amount of math. The first mathematician goes off to the washroom, and in his absence the second calls over the waitress. He tells he…
I don't get it :( Did she know the answer? Then why the confusion at the start?
The physicist aims his rifle at a deer, shoots, and misses six feet to the right.
The chemist aims, shoots, and misses six feet to the left.
The statistician exclaims "By golly we got him!"
"How is that possible?" asks her friend.
"Well, the first one was too old and couldn't do it. The second was gay and wouldn't do it".
"The third one was a computer salesman and all he did was sit on the edge of the bed telling me how great it was going to be."
(From the 70's days of the million-dollar mainframes)
chown -R us ./base
(probably for the old-timers among us ;))
I recommend The Codeless Code, a series of humorous programming-themed Buddhist koans. http://thecodelesscode.com/contents