I've realized there are three types of software developer: Scrawny-aspect, Bulky-aspect, and Buff-aspect. They focus around the three core tenets of a good programmer.
If you're overly lazy, chances are you'll be overweight, or at least frumpy. The trait which makes you not repeat yourself (see DRY principle) also makes you not want to drive to the store or cook something special and healthy, when "reusing" bags of Pizza Rolls works just fine.
If you're overly impatient, chances are you'll be scrawny or underweight. Who wants to go to the gym and do the same thing over and over again to get fit, when you can just cut a meal a day, and stay skinny? Besides, you have waaaaay more stuff to get to, and there's only so much time in a day.
If you're full of hubris, chances are you'll have a really strong physical image. After all, shouldn't your body look and work as good as your code? You do things well at work or on your hobby time, why not do things well with your lifestyle? The problem with an overly large amount of hubris is that you can get distracted from what really matters, and spend too much time being "elegant in form and function" that you miss the quick fix that would bring you success.
By balancing these three forces, one can improve their lifestyle and their programming abilities. This, then, is the balance all programmers must seek.
@ShotgunNinja hmm, I'm probably close to the extreme end with impatience. I have been known to skip meals sometimes because there was so much I wanted to do before sleeping and making food would just take too much time.
I only get about 5-6 hours of sleep most nights because sleeping is time not spent doing better things.
not sure if I'm ashamed of it or not. so far, not ashamed enough to try to change.
I'm not sure if I'm lazy or not. It depends mostly on what I'm doing, and a lot of the things that make me seem lazy are probably more due to impatience.
I always say I'm too rational to have or lack any hubris, but I do like things to look good if it's not detracting from the function. It's only recently that I've been working on the discipline to work on function first in my programs, before trying to make it look good.
@Tips48 header files don't really need a tutorial I don't think. they're pretty simple. I can show you an example if you want, and walk you through it.
or perhaps I should first ask if there's anything specific you're looking for?
I have previously used chat (this morning in fact) and all the sudden, I log on and cant use it! I have over 110 reputation, and even more network-wide.
I have some pictures:
The GD.SE header:
http://i.imgur.com/i9VxZTA.png
The error message:
http://i.imgur.com/qpsk9oW.png
and all of my acc...
I wouldn't be surprised...but wouldn't it be easier to gain access to his computer and add a greasemonkey script to his browser to show the message he's getting?
but killing the competition feels like being Caesar and conquering the world
user4704
Without needing to rely on the right-place-right-time factor that helped Minecraft, or actually putting all that effort into having to creatively define an entire game.
I logged out, back in, out, in, cleared my cookies, tried again, nothing. I still had my rep on the main site, just not for chat anywhere except stackoverflow
I just waited, roughly 1 hour, then it was back
:( lame
So yeah.... if you're having this problem, just wait an hour, then try again
Great timing for me. Right in between 2 messages I was trying to post back-to-back
for example if I turn the computer on and don't check the date, it could be something like june 2019 instead of 2013. and in that situation if I try to open either chat or main site, I'm going to be forced log out
@JohnMcDonald my system clock is very bad, it just jump with no reason.
there usually is a jump every half an hour while the computer is turned on, these jumps are usually small (around couple of minutes) but sometimes they are even as big as few years
I only ask because PIP is/was having the same issue with chat. He's not around to check his network profile... but I was curious how similar all three of our occurrences are, even though mine was ages ago
**Available:** Rep on Gamedev Check votes on Gamedev (needs some rep) Account on GD.SE, SO, and others Chat on SO only **Not Available** Chat on anywhere except StackOverflow (sites affected included GD.SE and Arquade)
Logging out and in didn't work, clearing cookies didn't work, using a different browser didn't work. I just had to wait 1 hour then everything was back to normal
Word, Visual Express (for C++ - bet I said that wrong), FlashDevelop, Visual Studio 2010, Google Chrome, Ardunio, QT, Eclipse, Visual Studio Express C#, Calculator, Game Maker-Studio, Task Manager, Firefox, Skype, Gimp , Windows Explorer, Tiled Map Editor, uTorrent 7zip, Spotify, and Xplay
I've actually had a similar problem now that I think of it.
Chat.StackExchange Reputation Bug?
The mods were able to force refresh my account but I was able to get around it by switching my chat profile's parent account to a different StackExchange site and then back to GameDev.
Your chat acco...
@ToddersLegrande That sums it up. One additional thing, I was in chat at the time. I sent one message (the one you linked), and within 5 seconds, I tried to attach an image and it failed because I didn't have rep.
I figured since I had an answer with an attempt at resolving it it would be a good idea to include the details of your experience in the meta question somewhere (like I said I can't edit the actual question) so that if anyone investigated it further they'd have all the details in one spot
I can confirm that, as one would suspect, browns and blacks are about the same without the o rings but the browns really are much more pleasant to type on. I probably should have gone with reds like you advised :P
It seems that my profile no longer shows other accounts that I have in Stack Exchange:
0 Accounts
You have no other accounts on the Stack Exchange network
I haven't checked all my accounts, but it's happening at least in Stack Overflow, Meta and Board and Card Games. This morning, I ...
I have previously used chat (this morning in fact) and all the sudden, I log on and cant use it! I have over 110 reputation, and even more network-wide.
I have some pictures:
The GD.SE header:
http://i.imgur.com/i9VxZTA.png
The error message:
http://i.imgur.com/qpsk9oW.png
and all of my acc...
I've actually had a similar problem now that I think of it.
Chat.StackExchange Reputation Bug?
The mods were able to force refresh my account but I was able to get around it by switching my chat profile's parent account to a different StackExchange site and then back to GameDev.
Your chat acco...
It seems that my profile no longer shows other accounts that I have in Stack Exchange:
0 Accounts
You have no other accounts on the Stack Exchange network
I haven't checked all my accounts, but it's happening at least in Stack Overflow, Meta and Board and Card Games. This morning, I ...
