Asides

How to Be Healthy, in Just 48 Words

  1. Don’t smoke (2).
  2. Get vaccinated (4).
  3. Avoid trans fats (7).
  4. Replace saturated fats with unsaturated if you can (15).
  5. Cook from whole ingredients — and minimize restaurant meals (23).
  6. Minimize ultraprocessed foods (26).
  7. Cultivate relationships (28).
  8. Nurture sleep (30).
  9. Drink alcohol at most moderately (35).
  10. Exercise as often as you can enjoy (42).
  11. Drink only the calories you love (48).


Source: Opinion | How to Be Healthy, in Just 48 Words – The New York Times

Top Replies by Programmers when their programs don’t work

  • The classical: It works on my machine.
  • How is that possible?
  • It worked yesterday!
  • The person responsible doesn’t work here anymore.
  • I’m sure someone’s changed something.
  • The third-party documentation is wrong.
  • About the previous sentence: The API is wrong.
  • The server is down. (when it is not)
  • The database is down. (I know it’s a lie)
  • It’s a network problem. (I know it’s a lie)
  • I forgot to commit the code that fixes that.
  • About the previous sentence: I undo the GIT update, and it will work again. I swear.
  • It’s never done that before. (I don’t believe it myself)
  • It must be a hardware problem.
  • I haven’t touched that code in weeks! (or better, in months!)
  • About the previous sentence: I’m sure you just changed something.
  • Your data is corrupt! You are corrupt! Leave me alone.
  • I don’t have time to test everything!
  • In reference to the previous sentence: I really want to say, “I haven’t test anything, I was watching youtube videos.”
  • It’s just some unlucky coincidence. That’s just what I haven’t tested.
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  • A woman whose ice cream has fallen image
  • Someone merged the wrong code in GIT and messed up the code.
  • It works, but it hasn’t been tested. (of course, it doesn’t work)
  • Although it gives many errors, the base is stable. (If you audit the code, you’re going to freak out)
  • Someone must have changed my code. (me, yesterday)
  • No one told me it had to work like this.
  • Whatever, you’re the boss, but I think it’s okay.
  • It is the fault of chrome (firefox, opera, safari) or, of course, Internet explorer.
  • It’s my code, and I decide how it has to work.
  • I have no idea what you’re saying right now; I think it is okay.
  • Yesterday I had a bad day.
  • This is an edge case. In other cases, it works well.
  • Your browser must be caching the old content.
  • It must be because of a leap year.
  • Its a character encoding issue.
  • The third-party documentation is wrong.
  • The API is wrong.
  • It’s the version of your system.
  • I forgot to commit the code that fixes that.
  • It’s a problem with your dependencies.
  • It’s a bug in the library.
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  • An incorrect sum
  • But, the code is compiling.
  • The client must have been hacked.
  • I did a quick fix last time.
  • The unit test doesn’t cover that eventuality.
  • This is just a temporary fix.
  • That was literally an unpredictable mistake.
  • I didn’t create that function.
  • That’s interesting, how did you manage to make it do that?
  • I haven’t had any experience with that library.
  • It is because of technical debt. This is a previously known bug.
  • The specifications were ambiguous.
  • I haven’t had time to try it.
  • The fault is yours, and I did not want to show it today. (After several excuses postponing the date)
  • I thought I fixed that.
  • It’s a UX problem.
  • They don’t pay me enough.
  • It is a problem with the antivirus or with the firewall.
  • They have updated the library, and now it causes bugs.
  • The mistake is javascript.
  • Of everything I have developed, just what you want to see does not work.
  • The person responsible doesn’t work here anymore.

Source: The best excuses when we make mistakes programming | by Kesk -*- | JavaScript In Plain English | Medium

On shopping thriftily

Try answering some questions before buying, or even lusting after, a new piece of gear. There are no wrong answers, but the more honest you are, the more likely you’ll be happy with the decision.

  • Can I afford this?
  • If I buy this, what else am I not buying, like another trip or three?
  • How often will I use this in the next year? In the next five years?
  • Will this help me do things I can’t do now?
  • Will using this gear significantly increase my time outdoors, or increase my enjoyment while I’m there?
  • Am I replacing something that’s broken or not meeting my needs?
  • How often does that problem happen?
  • Is the problem life-threatening, uncomfortable, or just annoying?
  • Can I work around the problem with a repair, modification, or change in use?
  • Do I really need “the best?” What would be a good second choice?

Source: Buy Less, Do More with Good Enough Gear – Backpacking Light

What you see in the world around you is a reflection of who you are

This is a story of about two dogs. Both seperately walked into same room. One came out wagging its tail while the other one came growling. A women saw the dogs coming out and was curious to know why the dogs are having different reactions. To her surprise she found a room filled with mirrors. The happy dog found thousand happy dogs smiling at him where as the growling dog found thousand unhappy dogs growling at him. What you see in the world around you is a reflection of who you are.

Source: #2 Inspirational – Superwoman of India

Do the thing or don’t do it. Either is fine.

Honestly, there is a lot to be said for tooling about all day, looking up recipes and not making them, not bothering to paint the living room and failing to write a novel. In the middle of the messy non-event called your mid-afternoon, you might get something – a thought to jot down, a good paragraph, a piece of gossip to text a pal. Boredom is a productive state so long as you don’t let it go sour on you. Try not to confuse the urge to get something done with the idea that you are useless. Try not to confuse the urge to contact someone with the thought that you are unloved. Do the thing or don’t do it. Either is fine.

Source: Tiger King and a bloody mary: Hilary Mantel, Simon Armitage and other writers on lockdown life | Books | The Guardian

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