It's missing the BASIC: 10 tequila 20 GOTO 10
A beginning programmer will think that's an infinite loop, but anyone familiar with tequila will know better.
It'll run until the stack overflows.
Cocktails for programmers
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Re: Cocktails for programmers
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because there's absolutely no intersection between having drinks and partying and discussing relevant conference topics. Some of you need to loosen your britches around here, seriously.
You seem to be making the same point as untog did in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6376678 Therefore, see my reply to untog's comment.
Perhaps you should stop making the same point over and over in different comments..
Re: Cocktails for programmers
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
My wife is a bourbon/whiskey snob. She mocks me when I make a jack and coke.
(a) your wife is awesome, (b) I too am a whiskey snob, (c) there's really nothing wrong with Jack Daniels or for that matter with jack & coke, (d) there is something wrong with mixing vodka and cola and calling it a cocktail.
Well, the cocktail in question is called 'Epic Fail'.
Re: Cocktails for programmers
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree that "this" is why people don't like cocktails. That's a very broad statement, encompassing thousands of (existing) drinks that are great. I think it's more of a taste preference and has little to do with bad prior experiences. If said people are basing the totality of drinking cocktails based on their first go at it, there may be a bigger problem there.
Over here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374955 ) you say, "I never quite acquired a taste for more refined liquors." Why not? I'm afraid you haven't had anything good. There's no reason you shouldn't like "more refined" (good) products if you like the bad ones. Also, it's not just the quality of the product. For instance, Jaegermeister is a quality product, but the drink he makes with it is arbitrary. Would…
I have a very insensitive palette, which is probably to blame for apathy when it comes to variation. Most coffees, liquors, other drinks, tobacco products, and even foods taste almost exactly the same to me, despite consuming different brands/combinations/recipes of all of them for years, whereas my peers have developed discernible tastes when it comes to such things.
Or it could be as you say and I've never really indulged in what could be considered truly superior products. Sometimes I'm not really sure.
I will indeed. I'm curious if it's just me.
Re: Cocktails for programmers
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
there are many things wrong with Jack Daniels.
But the good thing about it, unlike its superior rival George Dickel, is that JD is not owned by Diageo. It's a pity that I have to boycott Dickel because of that, but I'm not giving my money to those assholes. EDIT: and yeah, rayiner's wife is awesome :)
That's a lot of brands to boycott, including, sadly Guiness.
Re: Cocktails for programmers
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Conference attendees are still paying customers. Giving them what they want tends to result in repeat business.
An analogy might help: If people like more sugar in their food, and adding sugar to it increases sales, then what we ultimately will get is not food, but candy, labeled "Food". Therefore, even giving paying customers what they not only ask for, but actually do want, might still not be a good idea.
Grocery stores are absolutely chock full of terribly unhealthy products misnamed "food".
Presumably, their competitors either adapted or died. Even if the winds of change are blowing in bad way for society, trying to stand against them may be bad for business.
Perhaps take the tactic of the yuppie organic good section?
Wait a few years, then start a conference dedicated to real work and actually getting things done.
Re: Cocktails for programmers
#147C# would need to be citrus-y (C and sharp). It would go very quickly but might take a while to build.
Re: Cocktails for programmers
#148While not themed after languages and such, I keep a gist of my favorite cocktails I either want to try or the recipes me and my friends have come to enjoy: https://gist.github.com/dylan/6093669 My engineering pals think me using a gist to store recipes is funny... :P
Re: Cocktails for programmers
#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
Over here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374955 ) you say, "I never quite acquired a taste for more refined liquors." Why not? I'm afraid you haven't had anything good. There's no reason you shouldn't like "more refined" (good) products if you like the bad ones. Also, it's not just the quality of the product. For instance, Jaegermeister is a quality product, but the drink he makes with it is arbitrary. Would…
I have a very insensitive palette, which is probably to blame for apathy when it comes to variation. Most coffees, liquors, other drinks, tobacco products, and even foods taste almost exactly the same to me, despite consuming different brands/combinations/recipes of all of them for years, whereas my peers have developed discernible tastes when it comes to such things. Or it could be as you say and I've never really i…
Honest question....are you a tobacco user? If so, that explains it. I am, and also have an insensitive pallette. Never notice it except in those "quitting" passes.
Re: Cocktails for programmers
#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd suggest trying a better tequila.
There's no such thing. Tequila is nasty poor man's liquor, only made palatable to yuppy palates by insisting you can only enjoy it by inbibing in a taste bud numbing cocktail of salt and lime juice before you drink it. That said, I enjoy a good (=nasty) tequila every now and then. Just like I enjoy a good glass of paint thinner aka Moutai on occasion: give the ol' taste buds a little workout.
next time you feel like tequila get a shot of don julio 1942; it might just change your mind about what tequila can be. And hey, if it doesn't it's still a damn good tequila.