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2 years ago
teh p41n.
Why would I endure the misery when I can get stuff done way faster in other languages? No thanks.
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Read one book every two weeks
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live simply
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travel with no plans
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drink rum with a pirate
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23 people |
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Totally grok Lisp
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get invited to Foo Camp
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20 people |
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become a ninja
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491 people |
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witness the end of IE
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love my wife
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71 people |
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have a secret underground lair
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Never stop learning
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Get more people to read my Blog
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723 people |
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learn smalltalk
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78 people |
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Practice religious test-first development for a month
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53 people |
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Become a better programmer
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959 people |
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master Ruby
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176 people |
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improve the flow of my chi
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27 people |
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help build local Ruby Brigades
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leave my city once a month, leave my country once a year
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finish reading why's (poignant) guide to ruby
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Get all my mp3's properly tagged
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Read all the books in my "must read" pile
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become known as an expert in my field
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101 people |
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Drink Green Tea
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learn Mandarin
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1,187 people |
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decorate office or apartment stairwell with framed source code.
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7 people |
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Finish reading Godel, Escher, Bach
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32 people |
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master emacs
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21 people |
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be a better web designer
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gain weight
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Read my Bible more
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536 people |
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see Venice before it sinks
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Glorify God and enjoy him forever
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86 people |
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build a robot
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410 people |
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Learn to pick locks
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write a game for Nintendo DS
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9 people |
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rest on the sabbath
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6 people |
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back up my hard drive
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79 people |
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learn to brew tea with a gaiwan
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1 person |
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try geocaching
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189 people |
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Summit Mt. Rainier
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181 people |
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go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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476 people |
teh p41n.
Why would I endure the misery when I can get stuff done way faster in other languages? No thanks.
I suppose I have to, sooner or later, but I don’t have to be excited about it. I wish it were as painless as Lisp or Ruby.