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...I read code and, well, that's it, I see the code I read.
I just had the bizarre experience of reading some code and realizing, wow, someone actually typed this, character by character, with thought about why they were writing this code.
A somewhat disturbing experience, as now I can't stop.
The code, BTW, that triggered this experience was LookAheadEnumerator: Implement Backtracking in Your Parsers[^]
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You've been bewitched!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: You've been bewitched!
Yup!
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Not so disturbing; you're achieving enlightenment.
Zen suggests the same thing when eating (visualizing): from where, by who, how … field to table. One chew at a time.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Quote:
WARNING: Choking hazard
This device may contain small parts that may be a choking hazard to children under 3 years. Keep small parts away from children.
Good advice. Except this is the H&S info for ... A Microsoft Surface ... Just how big are America children's mouths? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I'd be more worried on the implication that small parts (regularly?) fall out of surfaces.
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I'd be amazed - the biggest hole on it is the USB3 socket ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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OriginalGriff wrote: the biggest hole on it is the USB3 socket ...
... Which is the perfect size for a poison dart array!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Quote: This device may contain small parts that may be a choking hazard to children under 3 years. Keep small parts away from children.
There's not enough may's.
This device may contain small parts that may be a choking hazard to children who may be under 3 years. You may want to keep small parts away from people who may be children...
...may you be silly enough to buy a Microsoft Surface, let alone have children...
...whom you may have allowed to play with the surface.
Next incarnation, Mr Clifton, Esquire!
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Marc Clifton wrote: may you be silly enough to buy a Microsoft Surface
I'm quite surprised with it - at full price it's an expensive option but mine was second hand - after the XBox 360 debacle I wasn't expecting any MS hardware to be any good, but it's surprisingly solid and works really well with Win10. A lot more "together" than my WookieTab was, and with a much more responsive digitiser.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Don't all these devices come with a pen?
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No, you have to pay extra for that! Give away profits? Never! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Well, mine did, but that was a first-gen unit.
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By the time they got around to gen 2, all the free pens had probably been eaten.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Our grandson was around 4 when he got hold of an old (disused) computer keyboard, and without anyone noticing started prying loose the keys, re-inserting them in random places. Using that keyboard would have been quite a challenge afterwards! But the point is that he could have choked on one of the keys. 
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Does Christmas have you feeling Santamental?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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You're really sleighing it with these treemendous puns.
"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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You take the naughty with the nice: it's a package deal.
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Yes. For me it is a time of elf-reflection!
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
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In 2020 I will be leaving the computer vision industry... and joining the coffee making industry.
Been in the old job for 15 years - overly time for a change, methinks.
It might be an interesting commute though - Aylesbury to High Wycombe. Oh well, see how it goes - the job certainly looks worth it.
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A Project Manager of mine used to do Aylesbury to Alton, Hampshire daily and never complained about it. Mind you, it was a company car and fuel, so it was cheaper than moving house ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Now that is a nasty commute. 1h 30 according to google maps. Probably a fair bit longer with traffic.
High Wycombe is only 30 minutes according to Google Maps, but it took me 1h 30 when I went for the interview. Oh well, lets hope that was just a very bad traffic day.
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Yeah. I think it all started because he was supposed to get a relocation allowance, but his boss refused to pay for TV aerial installation and some curtains IIRC. So he said "Sod it" and refused to move. Instead, his company car was replaced every 18 months because it hit the company mileage limit of 75,000 ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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My soon-to-be-daughter-in-law does that commute daily - takes her about 40 minutes I believe - but a lot depends on whether you need to negotiate the bridge (she doesn't)
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I used to travel through High Wycombe, many years ago, between Hemel Hempstead and Wallingford, and that roundabout over the M40 could get very badly snarled at times. My worst commute was Bournemouth to Esher every day; I stuck it for three and a half years, doing 1000 miles a week. 
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