Do you recall back in 2023 where I mentioned failing my C programming class in college? So long ago! Going into this holiday break (a two week vacation for me), I got bored and picked up the old source code and input file and I finished the assignment…on the 30th anniversary of my Incomplete. Assignment:Based …
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Philately
Throughout his life, a man accumulates a large collection of hobbies. He consumes them, just as they consume him. He gains supreme expertise in every hobby, but never spends time enough on any of them to gain supreme mastery. He feels like a fraud, loses interest, and finds a new hobby. That next hobby will …
Solitary Wizard
So many times since learning the handful of technical skills I have, I’ve wished that I had been a little more double-plus-extra in my skills, capabilities, knowledge, and focus, so that I could’ve crafted some of the great creativity software that people rely on. I see these packages that people have put together and I’m …
No Constrictor
Guys, I hate to say this, but I have a confession. After decades of being a staunch Perl and Ruby zealot, I confess that I… I… I love Python. A year ago, I started my current job at a research lab where Python is the lingua franca next to C. It’s just what the actual …
Smart Monkey
Second day of my return to work. Back at my old company as a contractor. Once again, I’m a smart monkey. It’s not super-exciting-omg-yes, but it’s work. New lab, new team, new job functions: somewhere in the company, somebody wants to know how the data buses leaving the CPU behave electrically, and it’s the job …