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Who else is hacking a project instead of watching the Super Bowl?

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Re: Who else is hacking a project instead of watching the Super Bowl?

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Do you know how much Karma you need to create a poll? I don't believe I have enough, or don't know how to.

I swear I read somewhere there was a high karma limit. Guess not, thanks.

It was 200 when it lauched a couple of years ago, not any more.

Re: Who else is hacking a project instead of watching the Super Bowl?

#65

I didn't even know it was today until all these Super Bowl articles started showing up. I was happy that the Bears lost a few weeks ago because it means I have another year to be able to walk around in my neighborhood without being hit by drunk drivers. (I live right by soldier field, and it seems they don't let you drive away from it unless you are utterly tanked. Someone ran a red light and was inches away from hit…

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Re: Who else is hacking a project instead of watching the Super Bowl?

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post #57

I'm doing both, since neither team is my team I'm only half paying attention to it. I also think it's hilarious how so many techies love to brag about not caring about football. I'd have thought that hackers would enjoy the complexity of the game (most of the programmers I know love football, and meeting up for beers on football Sundays is a ritual for us).

People think that sports and programming are mutually exclusive for some reason. As if you can't be a good programmer unless you hate sports.

Personally, I like to hack and I hold football season tickets.

Re: Who else is hacking a project instead of watching the Super Bowl?

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post #57

I'm doing both, since neither team is my team I'm only half paying attention to it. I also think it's hilarious how so many techies love to brag about not caring about football. I'd have thought that hackers would enjoy the complexity of the game (most of the programmers I know love football, and meeting up for beers on football Sundays is a ritual for us).

The complexity is actually one of the reason's I'm less attracted to American football than, say, soccer. In my experience programmers like simplicity and elegance, of which the NFL, with its large collection of seemingly arbitrary rules, has neither.

That's not to say I don't enjoy watching it (especially being a Wisconsinite...).

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