February 2012
7 posts
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Gumption Scarcity and the Engineering Mindset
“[Entities] often have problems that can be solved, and have been solved in many other [places]. But if they do not have the will to solve them, then all of our effort to address the issue is wasted. Our desire to solve the problem will simply come across as interference, meddling, or worse. So as I move from youthful enthusiasm to elderly wisdom, one of my development goals is to supress...
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“What is it to do one’s “fair share”? In small groups,...”
– The Economist’s always awesome bloggers on “The Politics of Fairness” via T.E.S. The article does a great job of attacking what we really mean when we talk about fairness, and wades into equality territory as well. A good read at either end of the political spectrum. Fair...
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“Ryan: Machines don’t have a universal noun – that’s why they suck. Every...”
– How I Explained REST to My Wife via Stack Overflow
Tom Blomfield: Automate Everything →
tomblomfield:
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a programmer, but I’ve come to suspect (or hope) that this behaviour is inherent in being human.
But being able to hack together scripts simply makes it much easier to go from a state of rage to a basic…