Similar to when someone said that the rule of thumb should not be DRY (don't repeat yourself) but WET (write everything twice) - that is, be happy to repeat similar code once or twice, and wait for the need for abstraction to become evident.

It's advice I like, as I'm prone to falling into design paralysis while trying to think of the One True Abstract Entity.

I'm pretty sure I've seen that one in a list, by a French person, of things they wish other people wouldn't say!

> I don’t believe it. There are just as many variables involved in writing a short story.

Surely you're not implying that writing a good short story is a solved problem for computers?

Or because they're shy and antisocial but it's nice to think that they're part of the gang - as the original article was all about.

It's understandable, but in no way nice. One side is going to bring their authentic shy and antisocial self, and stonewall the invitations, while the other side needs to keep smiling and send invitations no matter what. This sounds slightly lopsided, doesn't it?

If you would like the other side to do you a small favor every time, it's worth considering to do the same. At least respond to the invitation with gratitude and a hope to maybe do it next time.

> while the other side needs to keep smiling and send invitations no matter what.

No one is suggesting one needs to. It's a choice. And when you make it a choice, it is indeed nice.

People have different capacity for social "niceties". Sometimes I'm full of energy and am happy to be Alexei for someone, sometimes I am Anna.

You can overcome shyness to some extend. Not getting invited anymore can also be a sign that the shy person has to change something about their behavior, instead of all others just accepting that.

>the shy person has to change something about their behavior

This is like asking depressing people to stop being "depressing"

For me the followup was the most obviously AI bit of writing - it's exactly the tone you get when the AI admits it's been utterly wasting your time.

My ex boss read too much Ray Dalio and it ate his brain.

Yes! The number of lousy articles and blog posts I've seen that talk about "imperative, oo and functional programming"...

Oh a bug, surely. How is the quiz supposed to give you insights when it's unanswerable?

By forcing you to make a decision without context.

Similar to how when presented with the trolley problem some will ask many follow up questions about the individuals on each track, the train, etc.

That’s not the point.

But here, the context is relevant, and the analogy does not change this.

> By forcing you to make a decision without context.

Not the OP, but what would be the point to that? In any practical scenario there is always context, isnt it? I guess I don't quite get what we are trying to measure here.

Cron is definitely not the biggest problem in my life. I've never had a problem with its format. I think this is a solution to a problem I don't have - and I tend to find that "English like" formats don't do me any favours.

I remember how much I liked my old iPhone 4. I liked the straight edges and crisp look and feel. I upgraded eventually to an iPhone 6 and hated the roundness - the design language of the phone said one thing to me, and that was "drop me on the ground and break me". I got a case for only minutes after I bought it so it would have a chance of survival.

Currently on an iPhone 12 mini and happy both that the clean straight edges came back, and that Apple's still making the occasional small phone.