Jun 8, 2007
“One way to tell whether a field has consistent standards is the overlap between the leading practitioners and the people who teach the subject in universities.
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Jun 8, 2007
“Planning is often just a weakness forced on those who delegate.
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Jun 8, 2007
“I maintain my todo lists and project plans as text files in
version control, configured to automatically take a snapshot when I exit my text editor. This lets me look back over how my todo lists turn over. Their evolution provides a pretty good indicator of how I change over time.
— me
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Jun 8, 2007
“Like postcards from strangers, snakes are frequently misunderstood.
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Jun 7, 2007
“‘:freekeys’ command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping.
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Jun 7, 2007
“It was important where our classic minimalism wasn’t working that we adapt.
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Jun 7, 2007
“The first step in any potentially impossible project is, of course, to announce that you are on the verge of succeeding.
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Jun 7, 2007
“The key focus of distributed version control compared to centralized systems like CVS and Subversion: support for merging with people you don’t know.
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Jun 5, 2007
“The Japanese asset price bubble (1986-1990) was a time of skyrocketing land and stock prices in the Japanese economy. By 2004, prime “A” property in Tokyo’s financial districts were less than 1/100th of their peak, and Tokyo’s residential homes were 1/10th of their peak, but still managed to be listed as the most expensive real estate in the world.
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