Interesting Links for 29-10-2013

[andrewducker]

• Many Now Think Inflation Helps
  (tags: economics inflation )
• The Best Of The Internet's Reaction To The St. Jude Storm
  (tags: funny weather internet )
• This is what happens when you interrupt a programmer
  (tags: programming development thinking comics )
• Cockblocking Rapists Is A Moral Obligation; or, How To Stop Rape Right Now |
  (tags: advice rape )

Comments

[momentsmusicaux]

> This is what happens when you interrupt a programmer

YES. THIS. A THOUSAND TIMES THIS.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I've likened it to building a complex mechanical device in my head before - and if you're interrupted before all the pieces are in place then you're left with a pile of pieces rather than a ticking watch!

[momentsmusicaux]

What really confuses Tolstoy is that I am able to be interrupted sometimes, or interrupt myself, but for a limited time only. So I can ask her a question about something, or respond to her briefly, because in my head I am holding all the pieces up in the air on pause. But then it turns into a conversation and I feel they are about to fall, and I have to go, 'Sorry, got to get back'.

[andrewducker]

Yup - I can hold it together for a few seconds in my short-term memory, but not very long.

[momentsmusicaux]

> building a complex mechanical device in my head

This is what I love about programming :)

[andrewducker]

Oh yes, me too. I get to design and build complex interlocking systems. It's a puzzle that does something!