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Re: Twelve Tips to Master Programming Faster

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Post by bad_user » Mon, Dec 07, 2009, 8:56 AM UTC

_pius wrote: post #50

bad_user wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, a single post where football, the Beatles, coin-flipping, dish-washing, waitering and the implied programming ... appear together. > Look at virtually any modern band If modern bands don't have to practice so much to be famous, that says so much more about their quality and the record labels that promote them. And I don't see any "modern band" being as popular and as eternal as the Beatles. Michael Jackson was c…

A quick sidenote ... And I don't see any "modern band" being as popular and as eternal as the Beatles. Michael Jackson was close, but he wasn't exactly known for his quick and painless path to success. Michael Jackson was more than just close, he achieved it.

The Beatles sold more albums than Michael Jackson, they had more successfully released albums to begin with (eight vs five), they had more nr. 1 singles in the US/UK, their hits stayed longer in the #1 position ... and the Beatles were active for eight years, certainly shorter than Jackson's career which is longer than 20 years.

Not that it matters much ... Michael Jackson's albums are here to stay.

I was just saying that to be great (instead of just acceptable) ... you have to put a whole lot of effort into it. For instance I haven't heard of a single great gymnast who hasn't practiced until every muscle in his/her body was pushed well beyond limits. I actually heard of a few cases where people have passed out, out of sheer exhaustion.

So you're born with a natural talent ... but so are many other people. What makes you stand out is the effort you're putting in achieving your goals.

Re: Twelve Tips to Master Programming Faster

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Post by _pius » Mon, Dec 07, 2009, 3:15 PM UTC

bad_user wrote: post #51

_pius wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A quick sidenote ... And I don't see any "modern band" being as popular and as eternal as the Beatles. Michael Jackson was close, but he wasn't exactly known for his quick and painless path to success. Michael Jackson was more than just close, he achieved it.

The Beatles sold more albums than Michael Jackson, they had more successfully released albums to begin with (eight vs five), they had more nr. 1 singles in the US/UK, their hits stayed longer in the #1 position ... and the Beatles were active for eight years, certainly shorter than Jackson's career which is longer than 20 years. Not that it matters much ... Michael Jackson's albums are here to stay. I was just saying…

First, to be clear, I agree with your main point ... I'm just arguing off-topic about Jackson vs. The Beatles. :)

Second, these minor differences between the two are not relevant ... they amount to nit-picking. My point is that they Michael Jackson and The Beatles are in the same equivalence class. Who sold more records or whatever really isn't particularly important.

Re: Twelve Tips to Master Programming Faster

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Post by thechangelog » Mon, Dec 07, 2009, 8:02 PM UTC

breck wrote: post #38

thechangelog wrote: post #10

This scares me. I can relate to the OP in that I denied my interest technology until my twenties until finally embracing it. Evidently, we're both looking to up our game and become better programmers. However, a few of his points are really... concerning. "Great code is easy to read" Not at all. JWZ's code challenges me; heck, some of the Rails code baffles me until I sit down and think carefully. A lot of code can b…

> "Great code is easy to read" Maybe it should have been "make it as simple to read as possible, but no simpler."? >"Use github." >Seems awfully narrowly scoped It is narrowly scoped. The thing I've witnessed with newbies and SCM, is that they are so intimated by it they never get in the habit of using it(until they go to a good shop that uses it). But it takes 1 minutes to sign up for github. And 1 hour of typing "g…

I do agree that in terms of getting people excited about SCM, github is the way to go. And helping a dev enjoy SCM and getting them involved with the community through forks and patches certainly will making them a better programmer. So, fair point on that one.

Re: Twelve Tips to Master Programming Faster

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Post by dopkew » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 8:35 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #46

dopkew wrote: post #41

Can somebody enlighted me why my comment shows up only when I am logged into my account? It doesn't show when I am logged out or when I am logged in from another account. Is this a bug, or, what? Details: http://walkie-the-talkie.blogspot.com/2009/12/hacker-news-us... I am posting here because I don't know where else to post.

You happened to use an IP address that had been banned for spamming.

I boot-time scanned my entire computer which ruled out virus infestation. Since I have only recently started using this IP address (4 months), I am guessing that the person using this IP address before me may have either been a spammer or may have had an infected system. I don't think it is because I goofed up in some way. So will this IP be blocked from HN for eternity? Shouldn't HN take into consideration that my account from which the comment was posted is older than a year with frequent activity throughout? (Mainly upvotes on submissions and comments) -and without any history of spamming or any wrongdoing? I would very much like to participate in the HN community. I request you to allow this IP address.