Nov 30, 2009 0
How to Tell SSH Who You Are
Do you log in to several servers with different usernames via ssh? Save typing by telling ssh which username to use on each server.
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One Simple Step for Avoiding Shallow Reviews
It’s your job as a reviewer to find as many defects as possible. If you’re not finding defects, you’re wasting time.
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If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly (via slashdot). Amen! I get uncomfortable whenever I have to leave a long comment, but it’s usually to document some deficiency in a lower layer that the code is working around. Typically broken hardware. (So that someone coming behind me doesn’t say, “This is overly complicated, [...]
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Who Else Wants Better Short Term Memory?
In “Talent is Overrated”, Geoff Colvin at one point discusses how superstars in many fields use the memory technique of “chunking” to boost their short term memory.
His simple example is the 13-letter word “lexicographer”. To you and I (assuming you speak English and have a decent vocabulary), it is easy to remember. We don’t have [...]
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