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Actually, I think recursive functions are Schizophrenic. The talk to themselves and get answers.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Talking to yourself is only a problem if you don't expect the answer.
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Actually, I sometimes find it's the only way to get an intelligent conversation.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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No, they just return. 
/ravi
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Only if they're not chasing their tail [recursion].
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"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Easy to start the week (and lifted from the SMH - I've been travelling all day).
Plump for frozen turnover and delectable sides. (6)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I can't decide whether to answer or not 
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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It's a conundrum, isn't it?
I can't make my mind up if I should either.
Clever clue though!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Written by a professional methinks
Edit
Ignore that I've just realised what SMH is
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 21-Jun-21 5:25am.
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"Shaking My Head"? (Urban dictionary)
"Sydney Morning Herald"? (Google)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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If I said I got it from "Granny", would that be any better?
Someone better claim it, before Greg wakes up.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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pkfox already did, I thought! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OK, you've had your fun. YAUT.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
modified 21-Jun-21 6:53am.
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I sometimes base my clues on ones I've seen in a paper, I just change the definition and if neccessary the anagram indicator - nice clue though 
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Then a solution for those of us who read this thread everyday but can never figure it out, please?
(Reinforcing my manners as we are modeling them for a 5 year old.)
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Plump for frozen turnover and delectable sides. (6)
Plump for is the clues definition
Frozen turnover = iced = deci ( reverse iced )
Delectable sides = de ( the first and last letters of delectable )
Plump for = Decide
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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pkfox wrote: Plump for = Decide
Must be an Eastern side of the pond thing. No meaning in Southeastern USA.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Plump For
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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That's gotta be a west coast or Yankee thing. Never heard down South.
Gotta wonder about some of them folks. No sugar in their iced tea? Who raised them?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Never heard of it in the midwest either.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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one little pixel, crafted in templates and bit shifts and channel_traits<> until it became something more. The pixels became a bitmap. Then the bitmap, a frame buffer. Then the frame buffer a driver.
One little pixel became a library that supports it. The pixel became a wand - a way to translate and blend and draw and format graphics on screens for people to use with modern widgets.
And now I'm happy with it. That's rare for me. I feel like I can set it down. I won't, as now there are people that are using it, and I feel obligated to support it. It has become a little bit bigger than just me now. I still have drivers to write, and certain technical challenges to overcome but I'm ... satisfied. I'm actually satisfied with it. Weeee
That feels so good. You know? To get there with a codebase. Even professionally, I get to points where I'm willing to hand it off, but I've made so many compromises along the way that it doesn't feel like it's mine anymore, but this isn't that. This is something I feel I finished (with a rider) that's fully my creation.
Anyway, that happens maybe once or twice a year, and I work on a lot of projects. Most of them I feel go nowhere. A few like my Midi library become solid, and don't need a lot of maintenance because the protocol hasn't changed (it actually has but the new standard isn't used commonly yet) but most just die on the vine. I'm okay with that, as I code because I enjoy it primarily, so none of the effort is strictly "wasted"
But this project feels like it will stick. Not only that, it was one of those where the end result was not only better than I originally designed for, but I feel like it was better than something I *could have* designed for. Do any of you ever feel that way about your code? It was a serendipitous creativity I hesitate to call brilliance, but is still something better than my typical self would devise.
So instead of coding I've been enjoying the sunshine and our chickens. Wow, they're stupid, but it's cute. Lawn dinosaurs. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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It feels like the Big Bang, and Genesis, combined!
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honey the codewitch wrote: that happens maybe once or twice a year
You are really fortunate... I remember that level of satisfaction only five times in over 25 years of coding... But even so - it is with me probably till the dementia 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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