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mschnellon A Short Lesson in Perspective (2012)

What the article describes is something I also see in the electronics/software industry. So many people are competing about who works the most insane hours, but do not take the time to sleep over things.

mschnellon Interviews Can Be a Terrible Way to Identify Good Programmers

How do you know that those who tell you about such a bug are stellar folk, and those who don't aren't?

I think the question is great to see if somebody is on the same wavelength as oneself and probably a good conversation starter. I'm not sure if it helps with distinguishing between good and not so good programmers.

mschnellon I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How

Almost everything ever asked about language learning can be found in the forums of 'How to learn any language' [1]. But careful, you can get hooked pretty fast.

[1] http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html

mschnellon Efficiently Browsing Text or Code (esp. with Emacs)

The best tool I have ever used for that is CodeSurfer: http://www.grammatech.com/products/codesurfer/overview.html.

It supports slicing operations: Which downstream changes happen if I change this variable? What upstream control structures influence the value of this variable?

Great stuff.