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That doesn't work for me when I'm learning though, because I learn by doing, which means I'll implement something well before I realize I understand it, and that process helps me understand it further. The implementation I'm left with generally needs some retooling but that's how it goes. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I learn by doing to and I have an enormous codebase of fantastical experimental ideas from which I have learned a lot but would not employ in production code. Having said that, I am retired now and can afford to be wise and circumspect. In fact I specialise in it because it is less stressful.
Back in the day though, I used to innovate wildly and put it straight out in the field because it was needed. I had a lot of confidence in what I was doing but it did mean that I had to become an expert at completely refactoring my own innovations without breaking anything - usually because I hit a design cul-de-sac tying up loose ends. Yes, you do have to roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty and have confidence in your own brilliant ideas. I still do it but I now have the luxury of only publishing what I want to when I think it is ready.
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I believe that when I stop growing, I stop living. Even breaks from direct learning can provide growth just as rest periods are when the muscles grow when weight training.
I can always find ways to grow, even in an environment where I'm working with what I know, but absolutely new things are a delight to learn, it's true.
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that's not how you become a better coder
that's how you become a better human
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In some ways I guess. I think I get a lot more mileage out of helping people, in terms of becoming a better human in the general sense.
But I guess it depends on which rubber ruler you use, and what better really involves. It's a slippery concept, for sure. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Well done - three for me:
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"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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Lucky I got all 5 letters plus one fixed so it was again a simple anagram
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None of the previous ones are playing in dark mode?!
modified 27-Apr-22 7:19am.
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I do but I prefer using a single color system for consistency, and OG and Vivi practically set the 'default' scheme for me.
EDIT: the fact that I have thought about it and had a reasoned answer is... worrisome, to some degree. You can pull the boy out of Engineering but you can't pull the Engineer out of the man.
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OK, I fixed it to help calm your OCD. 
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Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I love about Wordle that it so frequently goes from "Huh? This must be some exotic... Oh...."
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I magically got it in two guesses (pure luck). It feels kind of let down to get it so quickly.
Brent Hoskisson
Brent
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After a 2 month long wait, I finally received information from another software provider's tech team regarding access to a common client's data via their cloud-based API. I have to say, I am impressed with how secure the process was/is:
0: receive invite email with a link to onetimesecret.com. There are several warnings that this is a one-shot deal. (don't screw it up!)
1: click that link and get a strange looking 100+ character string inside a panel that absolutely refuses to let me copy the message text. (careful: we will only show it once.)
2: frustrated at not being able to select/copy the message and fearful that viewing the source might screw the whole thing up, I simply grabbed a screenshot and have it opened in my favorite image editor.
3: the only other option is to reply with another secret. I don't know what else to do here, so go for it. This winds up being a waste of time creating a made up secret message wondering if it might finally reveal some kind of human readable or at least selectable text...I mean, they don't actually expect me to key in a 128 character alphanumeric string by hand do they? 
So yeah, I have a screen capture of a jumbled up mess of letters (upper and lower) and numbers which I must now transcribe into Notepad which will serve as my API key!  Now that's security! Oh yeah, I should save this image of my key somewhere just in case my transcription skills are off by a bit, which is highly likely! 
I suppose there might be an OCR solution, but it would take longer to figure that out vs. just zooming it out and highlighting chunks of 7-8 at a time and just getting it done! Rant over! 
Edit: OK, a quick search found ocr2edit.com which did a decent job for free. This just saved me a fair amount of time/effort. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Quote: I suppose there might be an OCR solution
Yep, Snagit does a really good job for this: https://www.techsmith.com/[^] and no, I get no money from them 
Maybe they have a trial version...
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It is free for a reason⦠I hope you did not feed it the entire string!
Always send it in chunks and hold back a few chars.
Kind of like a few email domains that accept ANYTHING you send them.
Xxx@noemail.com might be one.
Free password generators, always add a few more characters.
If it is free, you are the target/product/?
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Do you have the desktop version of OneNote? The "copy text from image" option sometimes works.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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