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Pet peeves. |
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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On my C64, I did not use any extra spaces, but I'm not stuck on a 40x25 terminal anymore. |
Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Usefulness of a monitor doesn't keep going up as the monitor size increases. 10,000x10,000 characters isn't going to be very easy to use. What's the sweet spot? Maybe 200x200 or so? I'm sort of with you on this though. I don't understand why people still write code for an 80x25 terminal. My terminal starts out 80x25 but if I start writing long lines I just maximize it. Same can apply to using { on a separate line. I just don't find it any more readable. The block is already delineated so it's just extra typing, extra lines used, extra keys to navigate rows, etc... I just don't like it. Though I do put it on separate lines for function and class definitions, so it's probably something like the OCD 23yrold is talking about.
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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With a larger monitor with more lines of visible code, I find the "blank" line makes it more readable in that it helps visually offset a block of code. But the bracket on the same line doesn't bother me too much, especially as I saw some undeniably horrible coding styles as a GA at university. |
Peter Wang
Member #23
April 2000
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Too many people crushing up the parenthesis to the keyword these days. What is wrong with you people?!
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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I never do that except in the Allegro cmake files. Mainly because that's the way they were when I first edited them .
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Jonatan Hedborg
Member #4,886
July 2004
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Re-railment time please Let's not make this about
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Seperate. Could/Should/Would of. "Could care less". Intensive purposes. Sheild/Theif/Gaurd/Rouge (when you really mean "rogue")/Wierd/etc. It's/Its mistakes. Then/Than. Their/They're/There. Your/You're. At least "alot" doesn't bother me anymore... -- |
Tobias Dammers
Member #2,604
August 2002
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Trent Gamblin said: I don't understand why people still write code for an 80x25 terminal. My usual screen layout for web development is this:
If everything is written for 80x25 (or 80x{anything}), this works nicely - my terminal is configured so that two 80-character windows fit exactly. gnolam said: Seperate. Could/Should/Would of. "Could care less [www.youtube.com]". Intensive purposes. Sheild/Theif/Gaurd/Rouge (when you really mean "rogue")/Wierd/etc. It's/Its mistakes. Then/Than. Their/They're/There.
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Tobias Dammers said: People who think a preposition is something you must never end a sentence with
"This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put." -- |
Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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GameCreator
Member #2,541
July 2002
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Trent Gamblin said: Is a waste of vertical screen real estate. Pick one?
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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^ This. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Since Superstar brought it up: all kinds of woo. Pseudoscientific psychology like Myers-Briggs isn't even half as bad as, say, homeopathy though. A while ago, there used to be a pickup truck on the parking lot outside my house with a sign proclaiming it to be from "The Alternative Clinic - homeopathy for both people and animals!". It almost sent me into apoplexy every time I saw it. -- |
Tobias Dammers
Member #2,604
August 2002
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And what's even worse is that not only does a large part of my fellow humans believe in homeopathy and even tries to sell it to me as medicine, they also happily confuse "homeopathic" with "made of plants", and then somehow assume that things made of plants are automatically harmless. Mentioning Heroine usually shuts them up though. --- |
Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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Tobias Dammers said: assume that things made of plants are automatically harmless. How about baseball bats? Those can be deadly weapons. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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There's an annoying ad on the radio here for a product that's basically "herbal" Viagra. What annoys me about the ad is that they mention twice that "The best thing about Herbal Ignite is you're not taking a drug. It's a 100% natural product." I even made a complaint about it to the Advertising Standards Authority, but it wasn't upheld.
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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Talking about "energy", when it's something else doesn't bother me very much, like "After swimming 500 m each morning, I feel full of energy". But mixing pseudo-energy with "real" energy makes me annoyed. Hear on radio: "Fine thing with nuts is that they give you energy. The downside is all the calories they contain." Or "low-cal energy drinks". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
Tobias Dammers
Member #2,604
August 2002
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Arthur Kalliokoski said: How about baseball bats? Those can be deadly weapons. How about a homeopathic baseball bat? That is, a lump of wood, soaked in water with extremely small quantities of ground baseballs dissolved in it. LennyLen said: I even made a complaint about it to the Advertising Standards Authority, but it wasn't upheld. Meh. A complaint about Viagra that doesn't hold up. --- |
gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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LennyLen said: There's an annoying ad on the radio here for a product that's basically "herbal" Viagra. What annoys me about the ad is that they mention twice that "The best thing about Herbal Ignite is you're not taking a drug. It's a 100% natural product."
Tim Minchin's 'Storm' said: - So you don't believe in any natural remedies? - On the contrary, Storm, actually
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Neil Walker
Member #210
April 2000
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I like vertically aligned brackets because you can see matching pairs and spot mistakes more easily. I detest xml with all the white space missing. Either give me something readable or use binary if those extra tabs and carriage returns cause problems. Neil. wii:0356-1384-6687-2022, kart:3308-4806-6002. XBOX:chucklepie |
james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002
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Johan Halmén said: Talking about "energy", when it's something else doesn't bother me very much, like "After swimming 500 m each morning, I feel full of energy". But mixing pseudo-energy with "real" energy makes me annoyed. Hear on radio: "Fine thing with nuts is that they give you energy. The downside is all the calories they contain." Or "low-cal energy drinks". I agree. "I've just been to the gym and now I feel great and all full of energy!" Evidently not a very productive gym session.
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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GameCreator said: Pick one? They're not mutually exclusive.
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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James Lohr said: I agree. "I've just been to the gym and now I feel great and all full of energy!" Evidently not a very productive gym session. Depends on what you're doing... Regular workouts and general exercise actually helps keep you awake, and feels like it gives you energy. I know after years of doing jack all, doing jack all makes you more tired than anything else. -- |
bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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^ This. My unscientific explanation would be that the exercise incites your body to actually turn stored and consumed calories into consumable fuel, whereas if you don't get much exercise then your body's instinctual reaction to calories will be to store them, making them not available for immediate use. You always feel better and more energetic after exercising. Of course, somebody actually trying to push their body to its limits will likely not have much energy after a workout, but your average individual going to a gym is just trying to lose weight or not gain any. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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You should vary the routine and difficulty of exercise sessions to avoid getting in a rut, and to allow muscles to rebuild. The lighter sessions will leave you feeling quite peppy, the medium sessions will leave you feeling pleasantly fatigued, and the heavy sessions (maybe one every two weeks) will leave you impressed with your ability. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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