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"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Did you miss this? The Lounge[^]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I did miss it Peter thanks
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 26-Dec-21 8:54am.
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It's 2:30am(ish). I'm wide awake.
I have a bunch of projects I'm half interested in working on but when I try to pick one up I just get nowhere with it, motivation-wise.
It is what Douglas Adams referred to as The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. Anyone who read him voraciously knows the exact feeling I'm referring to.
The hour that it is makes it particularly challenging, because it limits what I can do.
I'd go to sleep but I just woke up not too long ago.
Anyone have any ideas for getting over the slump, even if it's just short term? I need to be able to occupy myself.
If anyone else is similarly awake and in the same boat, I'm here to commiserate at least. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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Well, I got my new laptop set up yesterday. MS doesn't make previous versions of VS Community available, so I had to go with VS2022. I then had--count 'em--over 61,000 compiler warnings that weren't there before. Most of them deserve suppression, but there are a few that should probably be fixed. So if you're bored... 
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Ah, self abuse.
Wouldn't it be easier to just start listening to The Smiths and cutting myself instead?
Real programmers use butterflies
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Go here: Visual Studio Older Downloads - 2019, 2017, 2015 & Previous Versions and log in using your Visual Studio account (the one you use to register VS Community). If you don't have one, you can set one up for free. You can then download any version of VS Community, and IIRC some of the earlier (VS 2012, 2008, and 2005) versions.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Thanks. I thought I tried that, but I must have missed something. Oh well, I've bitten the bullet and upgraded. It found some good things, so I'll leave it unless something forces me to roll back.
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A "bunch of projects" ... I learned to postpone them all and focus on one; which takes enough side trips as it is. Then there are herbs.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Take a break from programming, go for chop wood, whatever. After a few days the 'programming batteries' are recharged.
I'm aware it is hard, but I know from experience it helps 
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It's snowing hard and freezing outside. I am not chopping wood. We have a felled tree that needs cleared, but we are waiting for it to thaw some. I certainly wasn't going to at 2:30am.
I'm not really burnt out on programming. It was the hour that it was, is all.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Quote: I'm not really burnt out on programming
Sorry for this now:
Trust an old man, I also always had excuses not to change my life
The hours will sum up again and again.
Only my view of the things.
Wish you all the best.
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It is 5:30 already - you may fix a breakfast...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I get that. 2:45 AM, can't sleep, wife kicks me out of bed for waking her up. So I go lay on couch with cup of tea and listen to some random podcast for half an hour
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
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maybe i should get into podcasts
Real programmers use butterflies
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Never thought I would, but there are some very esoteric, different and just plain weird ones out there. Plus, some of the TED talks can really get you thinking - NOT what you want at 3AM however
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
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Correct. You want the ones that you know are going to bore you but are still in your list anyways.
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I always have a book to read when the 3am loo break wakes me. Even a good book allws me to read for a while before sleep intervenes. A boring book (software manuals fall into that category) have an almost instant reaction. I suspect that may not be the case with you.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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That was me just waking up though. Not looking to go back to sleep right away, as it's not really doable for me anyway in that situation - maybe after being up for a few hours first. ironically, coffee seems to help with that sometimes.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Born on 25th December, 1642, 359 379 years ago. 🌳🍎
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
modified 26-Dec-21 10:49am.
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You mean his escape pod landed on Earth and The Doctor ensured his safety.
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The man is an integral part of our maths and sciences. 🤪
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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